Community Resource Directory

At the university of Michigan, the Michigan Student Assembly's Court of Common Pleas has mandated that the Assembly de-recognize Cornerstone Christian Fellowship, a religious organization to which MSA had granted recognition as an official student group. The Lesbian & Gay Men's Rights Organizing Committee was the plaintiff in the case. The decision was based on CCF's discriminatory membership policy. It is likely that CCF will appeal the decision. 

The U-M Task Force on Campus Safety and Security has issued a report recommending the expansion of several University programs. The Task Force stated that the Lesbian-Gay Male Programs Office needs increased funding and greater publicity of its services. The Office provides education, advocacy for the human and civil rights of lesbians and gay men, counseling, and consultation services for campus and extra-University groups and agencies.

The Lesbian Herstory Archives is asking lesbians around the world to join them in a week of events May 2 to May 9 to raise funds for a building to house the archives. The purpose of the Archives is to gather and preserve an y materials that are relevant to lesbian lives and activities and to make the material accessible to all lesbians. There are no fees for usage or inclusion. To contribute or to request information, write to LHEF, P.O. Box 1258, New York, NY 10116; (212) 874-7232.

The Michigan Organization for Human Rights announces the fifth annual Gay-Lesbian Pride March, to be held Sunday, June 24 in Lansing, beginning at 1 pm. The event is timed to coincide with National Pride Week in all 50 states. For information, cali the MOHR offices in Lansing at (51 7) 887-2605, in Detroit at (313) 537-6647 or in AnnArbor at 763-4186.

Gay Liberation' Purpose s 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. We help provide tactual information to offset prejudice and misinformation about lesbians and gay men. We work to obtain human and civil rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation. We help lesbian and gay men's groups organize. And we are a link to other community groups.

Community Services include: a Hotline for 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. Speaker Bureau: phone for information. Human & Civil Rights: information and referral to help people who are being discriminated against 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 Meetings vary according to purpose; we do most of our work in subcommittees (counseling, group-work, education, civil rights). Cali for time and place. Gay Liberation includes UM students, staff, and faculty, and people from the larger community. We have a president, vice president, secretary , and treasurer. We're a registered non-profit organization.

Gay Liberation, co 4117 Michigan Union, Ann Arbor, Ml 48109; info: 763-4186; hotline: 662-1977.