Gay Writers Conference Convenes
Gay Writers Conference Convenes The National Lesbian & Gay Writers Conference is scheduled to be held in Boston Maren 20-22. "Outwrite '92" will be the third annual gathering of lesbian and gay male writers, editors, publishers, literary agents, booksellers, and readers.
Michael Bronski, a gay male writer and critic, notes that "We look forward to two thousand or more people to join us for a full weekend of discussion, schmoozing, networking, and socializing." Included as plenary speakers are Dorothy Alison, poet and fiction writer (Trash and The Women Who Hate Me); Melvin Dixon, novelist and author (Vanishing Rooms) ; and Marianna Romo-Caroma, Chilean-bom poet, essayist, and organizer.
The conference will also feature more than a total of 50 workshops, panels, roundtables, and discussions. More than 80 women and men will read from their work. More than 30 publishers, booksellers, magazines, and periodicals are expected to exhibit at the conference. The "Outwrite '92" hotel is easily accessible by subway, is wheelchair-accessible and is a union hotel. The conference is co-sponsored by OutLook magazine and Gay Community News. Registration is $50; for more information, call (617) 695-0511.
The Triangle Foundation, 19641 West Seven Mile Road, Detroit MI 48219-2721 is serving as the central coordinating organization for Michigan participation in the April 25, 1993 march on Washington D.C. The Foundation will be a clearing house and information resource, in addition to offering logistical support. The group is committed to the success of the march and also to guaranteeing an optimal participation by a huge Michigan delegation. For information and to offer help, call (313) 537-3323.
Gay Liberation Front'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. 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 Front Meetings vary according to purpose; we do most of our work in subcommittees (counseling, groupwork, education, civil rights). Call for time and place. Gay Liberation includes U-M students, staff, faculty and people from the larger communities. We have a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. We're a registered nonprofit organization.
Gay Liberation Front, c/o 4117 Michigan Union, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1349; 763-4186