Gay Lib Enters Spring With Celebration & Music
A Mother's Day Celebration for Lesbian mothers, Gay fathers, their children, and significant others will be held on Mother's Day, May 10, from noon-5 pm. For information call 663-7226.
Wellness Huron Valley (WHV), the local HlV AIDS educational and support services volunteer organization; and Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (Parents-FLAG)/ Ann Arbor, our Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti-area support group for Lesbian and Gay children and their families, are presenting the Second Annual Spring Benefit Concert for AIDS. Donations to this cause will be divided equally between Parents-FLAG/Ann Arbor and WHV for the ongoing educational programs and support services of these organizations. Renowned performers from the U-M School of Music and other talented local musicians are donating their artistry for this concert, which will be held Friday May 15 at 8 pm sharp. Memorial Christian Church (Hill at Tappan) has most graciously offered to host this important event again this year. Donation is $12 or sliding scale based on ability to pay. People may choose to be Benefactors ($100), Sponsors ($50), or Friends ($25) for this occasion. Please call 665-2298 or 763-4186 for information.
"Integrating/Celebrating - Being Gay/Lesbian and Jewish" will be the theme of the Midwest Conference of Gay & Lesbian Jews scheduled for June 5-7 n the metropolitan Detroit area. Highlighting the program are scholar-teacher-activist-author Evelyn Norton Beek, author Lev Raphael, and singer-composer-entertainer Elliot Pilshaw. There will be a wide variety of workshops. For information call 313-353-8025 or write SIMCHA, PO Box 652, Southfield, Ml 48037. SIMCHA is the Detroit-area Jewish Lesbian and Gay organization sponsoring the conference.
Let's start summer plans! Remember the annual Pride March & Rally in Lansing scheduled for Sunday June 21; and the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival scheduled for Tuesday August 11 -Sunday August 16. March & Rally, 517-887-2605; Music Festival, 616-757-4766.
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 non-profit.
Gay Liberation Front, c/o 4117 Michigan Union, Ann Arbor, Ml 48109-1349; 763-4186.