Mark Your Calendars For Conference, Pridefest & March
The "Living Well, Together in Pride" Conference is scheduled for Sunday, May 19, from 8:30 am to 6 pm at Mercy College Conference Center, West Outer Drive near the Southfield Freeway, Detroit. The Conference will feature nationally recognized speakers and guests in a series of workshops and panels. Keynote speakers are Paul Ettelbrick, Director of the Lambda Legal Defense Fund, and Terry Tafoya, a known educational psychologist and storyteller. Over 30 workshops are planned, addressing timely concerns such as coming out, freedom of expression and the threat of censorship, Sater Sex, spirituality, issues confronting lesbian and gay male teachers, personal safety, civil rights and sodomy laws, the media, African American leadership and creative self-expression through art. For information, call (313) 559-5271 or (313) 541-6640. The Conference is sponsored by the Detroit Área Gay/Lesbian Council and the Motor City Business Forum.
The 1991 PrideFest will be held Sunday, June 2 from noon to 6 pm at Oakland Community College, 739 S. Washington, Royal Oak. Art exhibits, business trade booths, group and agency information booths, food, refreshments and a stage show will be offered. For information call (313) 646-3709. The Detroit Área Gay/Lesbian Council is sponsoring the PrideFest
We are looking forward to the Sixth Annual March and Festival for Gay and Lesbian Rights, to be held in Lansing on Sunday, June 23. Mark your calendare now! Marchers will convene at noon, with the parade beginning at 1 pm, followed by a Rally at the steps of the State Capítol building. A Festival with art, music, food and dancing will take place after the Rally at the East Side location of Riverfront Park. An AlDS Memorial will be held on the morning of the parade. "Respect, Recognition and Resolve" is the theme of the day. For information call (517) 887-2605.
Gay Liberation's Purpose is to provide information, counseling, and related social services for people concemed about sexual orientation. We maintain a hotline for crisis intervention, peer counseling and referral. We help provide factual 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. Speakers 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 Organization and Liaison: 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, groupwork, education, civil rights). Call tor time and place. Gay Liberation includes U-M students, staff, faculty and people from the larger community. We have a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. We're a registered nonprofit organization.
Gay Liberation, c/o 4117 Michigan Union, Ann Arbor, Ml 48109; 763-4186.