Aids Quilt Assembled In D.c.

AIDS Quilt Assembled in D.C.

We urge everyone who can, to travel to Washington D.C. for the International Display of the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. The Quilt, which commemorates those who have died of AIDS, will be laid out in its entirety Fri.-Sun., Oct. 9-11. For information on transportation by bus from Dearborn, call 753-9117 or 1517. Also call LGMPO at 763-4186, for Information on possible carpooling.

Please take note of events scheduled for Pride-Awareness-Commitment Week! On National Coming Out Day, Sun. Oct. 11, the Baker-Mandela Center LGMPO Common Language Bookstore will offer a multimedia program: "Columbus Day and National Coming Out Day - What's the Connection?" Included will be a video and poetry reading. The event will begin at 3 pm at Common Language, 214 S. 4th Ave., between Liberty and Washington. For Information call 9361809, 763-4186, or 663-0036.

On Sun., Oct. 18 workshops will be offered at the Michigan Union, from 1 1 am to 4:30 pm. Parents-FLAGAnn Arbor will present a workshop on "Coming Out" from 11 am to 12:30 pm. For Information on other workshops, cali 763-4 1 86. All workshops will be held in the Crofoot Room, on the main floor of the Union.

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, Gay men, and Bisexual people. We work to obtain human and civil rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation. We help organize groups for Lesbians, Gay men, and Bisexual people and are a link to other community groups.

Community Services Include: a Hotline for crisis intervention, peer counseling, referral. Education: workshops and conferences on concerns of Lesbians, Gay men, and Bisexual people with an emphasis on how people in the "helping professions" and "teaching professions" can work positively with clients, patients, & students who are Lesbians, Gay men, and Bisexual people. 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 Front lncludes U-M students, staff, faculty and people from the larger communities. We have a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. We're a registered nonproflt organization. Gay Liberation Front, co 4117 Michigan Union, 530 S. State, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1349; 763-4186.