Time Capsule Entries Due
The Lesbian/Gay Council at MSU is creating a Lesbian/Gay Time Capsule to commemorate the twentieth anniversaries both of the group at MSU and of the Stonewall Riots in New York City. You are invited to submit contributions for the time capsule. Contributions might include "a letter to the future" expressing your concerns about today's society, or describing how you experience the "coming-out" process. You might write a creative piece (short story, poem, play) or record yourself on tape reciting a poem or monologue or singing a song. Articles from newspapers or magazines would be welcome, as would works of art. People of any orientation are welcome to submit entries- entries simply need to reflect your thoughts, feetings, or experiences about being a lesbian, a gay man or a bisexual person, or your special concerns about homosexuality. The Entry deadline is Sat., May 13. Address entries to LesbianGay Council, Attn: Time Capsule, room 442. Student Union Bldg., MSU, East Lansing, Ml 48823. For more information cali (517) 353-9795.
Other Events For information about our local community's plans for Pride Week, please call 994-5403. The Southeast Michigan Pride Festival will be held Sat. June 24 in the Fieldhouse of the U M Dearborn campus. For information, cali 646-8784 A statewide march on the capítol in Lansing in honor of the twentieth anniversary of Stonewall is scheduled for Sun., June 25. For information call (517) 393-0686 or 372-2262. We will provide further details in this column next month. The 14th Michigan Womyn's Music Festival will be held near Hart, Michigan from August 9 to 13. For information: WWTMC, Box 22, Walhalla, Ml 49458, (616) 757-4766).
Gay Liberation's Purpose is to provide information, counseling, and related social services for people concerned about sexual orientation. We maintain a Hotline for crisis intervention, peer counseling, and referral; help provide factual information to offset prejudice and misinformation about lesbians and gay men; work to obtain human and civil rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation; and help lesbian and gay men's groups organize.
Community Services include a Holline: crisis intervention, peer counseling, referral Education: workshops and conferences on lesbian and gay male concerns, with an emphasis on how people in the "helping professions" and "teaching professions" can work positively with lesbian and gay male clients, patients. students. Speakers Bureau: phone for information Human & Civil Rights: information and referral to help people under discrimination because of their actual or presumed sexual orientation or because of their presumed "cross-gender" characteristics, lobbying for human and civil rights. Community Organizing: information and assistance in organizing groups, setting goals, addressing conflict, linking with other groups and resources Gay Liberation, co 4117 Michigan Union, Ann Arbor, Ml 48109, info: 763-4186; hotline: 6621977.