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BASKERVILLE'S WINS

CLEVELAND Ohio's first after hours bar was "raided" at 3:20 a.m., Monday morning July 5. Baskerville's Music and Company located at 1187 Old River Road in the Flats was entered by a uniformed policeman who informed the bar owner that if he did not arrange for the crowd to leave in five minutes the owner would be thrown in jail.

Apparently, there was no

CLEVELAND Coordinated by Dan Richmond, minister of the Cleveland MCC Church and other individual gay activists, a gay pride march in Cleveland is apparently set for July 10. According to the Ohio East Gay News the march will begin at Gypsy's Restaurant, 2418 St. Clair at 1:30 p.m. and will move through downtown Cleveland at 2 p.m. to the final destination of the proposed Cleveland Gay Community Center at W. 6th St. OEGN says contingents from Akron and Toledo have already

reason for this harassment. Since late June, on weekends, John the owner had padlocked all of his liquor in a secluded. room at 2:30 a.m., and only served soft drinks, juice and coffee to his patrons. Meticulously, he complied with state liquor laws including the time of confrontation with the police.

John did not buckle down to policy bullying. The next day he

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been promised and others are being sought.

It was reported that a "bare walls dance would be held at the Bradley Building; but this is unlikely as a lease will not be signed by July 10. More exact information on the march may be obtained by calling MCC/Cleveland at (216) 6963649. A picnic is planned at Edgewater Park following the parade.

On Sunday, July 18, a "Gay Workshop Weekend" is scheduled at the site of metro-

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arranged a meeting with the liquor control board who issued a ruling that so long as he has a restaurant license, he may remain open to the general public all night. The only stipulation is that food must be served.

Baskerville's will be open after hours beginning Friday, July 9 and will continue to "disco until dawn."

politan Community Church of Cleveland, 6415 W. Clinton Avenue on the West Side. Topics for the workshop. open at no charge to the participants, are "Gay Media," Legal" Rights and Gays," and "meditation." Interested parties may call (216) 696-3649 for more information.

Although the march and workshops are not G.E.A.R. sponsored, the Foundation has issued a strong statement of support for its intent and urge all area gays to participate.

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A HAND TO AKRON MCC

AKRON-MCC/Akron has been under increasing financial pressure in recent weeks because of decreasing revenues. On Saturday, July 10, Satan's Den, 839 S. Arlington St. in Akron will hold a benefit Drag show at 10 p.m. with all proceeds from the door going to Akron MCC.

According to Caroline, the bar's manager, "While I don't attend MCC, I support the work MCC does in this community. I want to help if I can."

All the performers are donating their time, effort, and

absorbing the personal cost that it takes to put together the show. Appearing compliments of The Gentlemen's Pub will be Miss D. and the Lavender Ladies who recently returned from Tampa, Florida.

Akron MCC has helped their community in political and social spheres as well as religious. If you cannot attend the show, a tax deductible donation of any size may be sent to Metropolitan Community Church, P.O. Box 563, Akron, Ohio 44309. By helping them, we help each other.

KARLA JAY SHINES ON TOMORROW

NEW YORK On Thursday, June 24, Karla Jay, co-editor of Out of the Closets: Voices of Gay Liberation and After You're Out, David Goodstein, editor of The Advocate, and Adrian Scott, editor-in-chief of Blueboy appeared on Tom Snyder's Tomorrow show. The segment, part three of a series on "The Sex Business in America" featured a tour through the gay world.

Lesbian/activist Karla Jay was significantly more eloquent and articulate than her two male cohorts. During a discussion of labels used for gays, Ms. Jay said that in the strictest sense of the word, she was not a lesbian, that is to say a native of the island of Lesbos (a Greek island now off the coast of Turkey in the Adriatic sea. The island was purportedly a haven for homosexual women, most notably the poetess Sappho Ed.)Asked by Snyder if she was happy (gay) 100% of the time, Karla responded, "No, just 95% of the time."

A confrontation shortly ensued between the two men and Karla over the question of how wealthy gay people are.

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Adrian Scott said that gay people on the whole had more money to spend because they Didn't have the responsibilities of a spouse and children Ms. Jay retorted that historically there's always been the straight men

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and their women. She doesn't want it to be gay males and their women. Karla pointed out that lesbians are also discriminated

against as women, and thus make substantially lower salaries, so they are not included when others talk about "wealthy gay people."

The subject then turned to effeminacy where Scott made so much of a point emphasizing

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have to recognize that effeminate people like women "truck drivers" and others have a right to be the way they are.... During the course of the show Snyder also conducted a live interview with two members of the New York gay scene. Part of this segment featured on-thespot action in one of New York's gay discos. Interestingly, one of the bar owners interviewed said straight trade in gay bars was a necessary and positive factor in good business.

Back in the studio Snyder inquired of Goodstein and Scott if they had ever featured any straight national advertisers. Goodstein said, "Summarily, no," claiming that many are afraid of tarnishing their image.

Then, point blank, Snyder drilled Goodstein with the

following: "Are you in this for the money or the Movement?"

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To which Goodstein replied. "I don't feel the two mutually exclusive." Karla Jay just smiled... It was all a of political

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