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COLUMBUS PRIDE EVENTS

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GAY/LESBIAN MARCH AND GAYFEST

FREEDOM

Stonewall Union's tenth annual Gay/Lesbian Freedom March and Gayfest will be held on Sunday, June 23. The March will assemble at Goodale Park at 12:00PM and step-off at 1:00PM. The Freedom March will go through down-

town to Bicentennial Park where the Gayfest will be held. Disability transportation for the March will be provided.

This year's festival will feature music, entertainment, speeches, Gay/ Lesbian community resource/ information booths and a Market area where food, sodas, souvenirs, and miscellaneous items will

one as well.

protest against violence perpetrated workshop should plan to attend the first will sign copies of her books afterwards. against Lesbians and Gay men. Featured speaker will be Chris Cozad, president of Stonewall Union.

The Midwest Lobby Days workshop is sponsored by Stonewall Union, National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, NOW, and ACT Columbus UP/Columbus. Both parts of the workshop will be Sign Language interpreted. The YWCA is wheelchair accessible. For more information about this event, call Mike 299-7764.

The Vigil will be held at the Federal Building in Columbus, at the northeast corner of Spring and High Streets. The evening will include performances by the Columbus Women's Chorus and the Columbus Gay Men's Chorus. A supply of candles will be provided, but we encourage participants to bring their own as well. It will be Sign Language interpreted COLUMBUS HRCF DINNER and is wheelchair accessible.

For more information about the

Columbus's eighth annual Human

be sold from a variety of merchants. Both Candlelight Vigil, call Stonewall Union at Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF) Dinner

the March and Gayfest are free.

The rally, which will begin at approximately 2:30PM, will feature keynote speaker Claudia Brenner, anti-violence activist and Art Schenck, Midwest Coordinator for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Other speakers will include: Craig Covey, Stonewall Union co-founder; Chris Cozad, Stonewall Union President; Doug Whaley, past Stonewall Union President; and musical

guest Pamala Stanley. Following the rally, a Gay/Lesbian cultural celebration will be presented featuring a variety of entertainment from a number of local individuals and groups.

The entire rally will be Sign Language interpreted and disability seating will be provided. Bicentennial Park is handicapped accessible.

For additional information please

call Stonewall Union at (614)-299-7764.

PAMALA STANLEY CONCERT

Singer/songwriter Pamala Stanley will perform in concert at the Columbus Eagle, 232 North Third Street, the night of the Gay/Lesbian Freedom March. The show starts at 8 PM, and will be Sign Language interpreted. Stanley is known for her dance hits, particularly I'm Coming Out of Hiding, which reached #2 on the national dance charts and has been a staple of Gay and Lesbian dance

bars since its release. Her newest album is Coming Out of Hiding...The Sequel, on Chameleon Records. She's been a longtime supporter of Gay/Lesbian rights, and has performed at many Gay rights and AIDS benefits. You may have seen her recently as the opening act at several of Madonna's concerts.

Tickets ($3 Stonewall members, $4 non-members) should be purchased at the door. This is a benefit for the March; the cover will go towards paying March and festival expenses. For more information about this concert, call 228-2804 or 299-7764.

CANDLELIGHT VIGIL

Stonewall Union will sponsor a Candlelight Vigil at 11 PM on Friday, June 21st. The vigil will serve as a public

299-7764.

BRENNER

CLAUDIA AND RECEPTION

will be held Saturday, June 15th, at the Hyatt Regency Convention Center. The LECTURE evening begins at 7 PM, and features a buffet dinner, cabaret entertainment, dancing, and the presentation of the Michael Howard Greer Humanitarian Award to Rhonda Rivera. There will also be a silent auction featuring valuable donated merchandise. Tickets for this event are $100. For information about the evening, call 444-6796.

Claudia Brenner did not intend to become a spokesperson on the topic of anti-Lesbian/ Gay violence. But after she survived an attack which left her lover dead, she became an activist and has worked with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force ever since. Brenner will present a discussion about anti-Gay/ Lesbian violence on Monday, June 24th, at 7 PM.

The presentation will be held at The Ohio State University's Law School Auditorium, 1659 North High Street. It will be followed by a reception for Brenner. The presentation is free; a $5 donation is being requested for the reception. The talk will be Sign Language interpreted; the site is wheelchair accessible. This event is sponsored by Stonewall Union. For additional infor-

mation, call 299-7764.

MIDWEST LOBBY DAYS

On Saturday, June 22nd, Art Schenck, Midwest Coordinator for the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, will lead a twopart workshop on how to lobby. It starts at 1 PM at the YWCA, First Floor Members Lounge, 65 South Fourth Street. There is no charge for this event; refreshments will be provided.

The first part of the session will focus on how to lobby elected officials. Schenck will describe how to write an effective letter, how to set up and carry on a successful meeting with a legislator. He will also discuss when and how to make an effective phone call. This is a hands-on workshop, and those attending will finish by writing letters in support of the federal Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights Bill.

The second part of the workshop will teach those attending how to lead workshops similar to the first. Schenck will present skills-building lessons, and provide updates on federal legislation that will likely demand Gay and Lesbian response. Those who attend the second

WICCAN RITUAL

Gay and Lesbian pagans and witches will gather for a Wiccan Pride Ritual on Friday, June 20th, 9 PM, at Bicentennial Park. The event is sponsored by Muses' Loom. Everyone is invited to attend. The ritual will be Sign Language interpreted, and the site is wheelchair accessible. For more information, call 262-2125.

The site is wheelchair accessible. For more information about this event, call Fan the Flames at 228-0565.

The Grapevine Cafe, 73 East Gay Street, will feature local writer Garbo on Sunday, June 16th, beginning at 8 PM (doors open at 7 PM). Garbo is author of the soon-to-be-released book, Rusty: How Me and Her Went to Colorado and Everything, Except Not Really. She's also included in the anthology Tide Lines, and writes a column for Chicago's Windy City Times.

Following her reading, the Grapevine

will sponsor an open-mike Poetry Contest. Readers may present one or two poems of up to 30 lines each. The winner will receive a valuable gift package. Because the Vine is usually closed on Sundays, there will be no menu, but vegetarian appetizers will be served. There will be a cash bar, of course. There's a $2 cover for the evening. For more information about this event, call the Grapevine Cafe at 221-VINE. The Grapevine is wheelchair accessible, and the reading will be Sign Language interpreted.

And on June 20th, the Columbus Gay Writers Guild will present its semi-annual public reading. It will be held at the YWCA, 65 South Fourth Street, from 78:30 PM. An open reading will follow the featured reading. Fan the Flames is cosponsor of this event. The reading will be Sign Language interpreted, and the YWCA is wheelchair accessible. For more information, or to sign up as a featured reader, call Mike Dittmer at 614-

VIOLENCE AGAINST LESBIANS 299-7764 (days). WORKSHOP

WORSHIP

MCC ECUMENICAL Take Back the Night and Stonewall AND PRIDE VESPER SERVICES Union's Anti-Violence Project will cosponsor a workshop on Violence Against Metropolitan Community Church/ Lesbians, on Tuesday, June 18th. It will Columbus will host an Ecumenical begin at 7 PM, and will be held at the Worship Service in Honor of Northside Library, 1423 North High Gay/Lesbian Pride, on Sunday, June 23rd, Street. There is no fee for this workshop. at 10:30 AM. The service is open to all; The workshop will be Sign Language inout-of-towners coming to Columbus to terpreted. To get more information, call take part in the March are invited to atStonewall Union at 299-7764.

LESBIAN/GAY POETRY READINGS

tend. MCC/ Columbus is located at 1253 North High Street, only a few blocks away AND from the Goodale Park step-off point.

Aficionados of Lesbian and Gay writers have quite a month ahead of them. Three separates events are planned for Columbus this June.

On Wednesday, June 26th, MCC/ Columbus will sponsor a Gay Pride Vesper Service, beginning at 7 PM. They encourage you to stay for snacks and music afterwards. MCC is wheelchair accessible.

For more information about this ecumenical worship service, call the MCC Info-Line at 294-3026.

On June 8th, poet Jan Hardy will read from her book, Wanting Women: An Anthology of Erotic Lesbian Poetry, at Fan the Flames Feminist Bookstore, 65 South Fourth Street. The poets in GAY MEN'S CHORUS SPRING Wanting Women include Joan Nestle, CONCERT Marilyn Hacker, Jacqueline Lapidus, Leslea Newman, Tee Corinne, and many

The Columbus Gay Men's Chorus, under the direction of David M. Price, will The reading begins at 7 PM. Hardy present its spring concert, Voices from

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