FYI: Of 2,074 lesbian/gay people who participated in a 1984 survey of anti-gay violence conducted by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, nearly one in four men and nearly one in ten women had been punched, hit, kicked, or beaten at least once in

their lives because of their sexual

orientation. Research has shown that the rate of criminal victimization of lesbian/gay people is 8 times higher than the average rate for the U.S. adult population

GAY/LESBIAN MEDIA

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PO Box 1485

Cincinnati OH 45201

Gaybeat 513-622-BEAT PO Box 11470 Cincinnati OH 45211

Nouveau 513-621-9500 PO Box 3176 Cincinnati OH 45201

To The Root(s) 513-221-6117 PO Box 20134 Cincinnati OH 45220

Out Front (cable TV show) 513-221-7800

PO Box 6621

Cincinnati OH 45206

airs Mondays and Fridays, 10:30 PM

Warner Cable, channel 7C

⚫airs Mondays and Thursdays, 9:30 PM

Storer Cable, channel 16

Alternating Currents (radio) 513-961-8900

c/o WAIF-FM

2525 Victory Parkway Cincinnati OH 45206

airs Saturdays, 3-5 PM, WAIFFM, 88.3 FM

BARS (*RESTAURANTS)

Birds of a Feather * 513-381-BIRD

126 West Sixth Street

Carl's Place 513-621-5021

303 West Fifth Street

Carol's Corner Cafe.* 513-651-BOOP 811 Main Street

Copa

513-861-3966 2640 Glendora

The Dock 513-241-5623

603 Pete Rose Way

GJ's Gaslight * 513-221-2020 354 Ludlow Avenue

Golden Lions 513-281-4179 340 Ludlow Avenue

Pipeline 513-241-5678

241 West Court Street

Side Door Lounge 513-721-9551 619 Walnut Street

Simon Says 513-381-8196 428 Walnut Street

Spurs

513-621-7390

326 East 6th Street

Subway 513-421-1294

609 Walnut Street

Tight End

513-721-TITE

2401 Vine Street

WG Magic 513-381-9900 927 Race Street

Zizi's Pizza 513-559-0926

2401 Gilbert Avenue

CLEVELAND

ADDICTION/RECOVERY RO ORGANIZATIONS

Gay Overeaters Anonymous 216-781-6736

AA/Al-Anon/etc.

216-781-6736

AIDS/HIV RESOURCES

Health Issues Taskforce 216-621-0766

2250 Euclid Avenue Cleveland OH 44115

HIV-Spectrum Conditions 216-651-1450 Bilingual Women's Support Group

The Living Room 216-522-1998

1410 West 29th Street Cleveland OH 44113

Men In Touch 216-781-6736

NAMES Project/Cleveland 216-281-1610

2032 West Boulevard Cleveland OH 44102

Northcoast Care (home care)

216-651-3429

BUSINESS/PROFES-

SIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Design Industries Foundation for AIDS 216-591-0258

Ohio Chapter of Committee on Lesbian-Gay Issues (social workers) 216-229-2100

Bisexual Women Support Group

216-321-3054

Black and White Men Together 216-371-4597 PO Box 5144

Cleveland OH 44114-0144

Body Language Bookstore 216-251-3330

3291 West 115th Street

Buckeye Rainbow Society of the Deaf PO Box 6253 Cleveland OH 44101

Coming Out Discussion Group 216-781-6736 CSU Gay Men's Support Group 216-687-2277

CSU Lesbian Support Group 216-687-2000

CSU Lambda Delta Lambda CSU, UC 301, Box 79 Cleveland OH 44115

CWRU Lesbian-Gay Student Union 216-368-2226 Thwing Center Student Activities Office 11111 Euclid Avenue Cleveland OH 44106

Gay Fathers

Physicians for Human Rights 216-621-0228

216-281-7418

PO Box 15471

Cleveland OH 44115

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Hotline

216-781-6736

Bisexual & Gay Married Men 216-381-2736

PO Box 601

Lakewood OH 44107

Gay/Lesbian Academic Union 216-932-2195 2512 Edgehill Road Cleveland Heights OH 44106

Gifts of Athena Bookstore 216-371-1937

2199 Lee Road

GLOWS

216-331-6302

(Gay and Lesbian Older, Wiser Seniors)

FYI: The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force in Washington DC recently ranked Ohio fifth among

states in number of reported antilesbian/gay crimes. Groups and individuals in Ohio reported more than 300 anti-lesbian/ gay crimes to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force in 1989.

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