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LEXINGTON GAY/LESBIAN SERVICES ORGANIZATION, P.O. BOX 11471, LEXINGTON, KY 40575
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AVOL OFF TO A GREAT START involve as many people as possible to raise

local awareness of AIDS. To get involved

Announced in October to coincide with simply come to the next meeting, 5:30 pm,
national AIDS Awareness Month, the AIDS Sunday, Jan 10th at Comp Care. If you have
Volunteers of Lexington are off to a strong AIDS, ARC, or are HIV positive and need help
start under the leadership of Chuck Conn. or support, please call Edwin Hackney at
The volunteers have been manning an 233-0141“? during normal business hours.
information table on Saturday nights at The
Bar for the past two and a half months. This GLSO LEAVES FIRST SECURITY
high visibility serves as a weekly reminder to
the gay and lesbian community that AIDS is At the monthly meeting of the Board
real, and responsibility is the only way to held on November 30th, the Board of Directors
avoid infection. AVOL also hopes to set up unanimously voted to close GLSO's accounts
the information table at future 'GLSO and with First Security National Bank, Lexington.
Court events. The Board also agreed to notify the bank's

The group held fund raising events management of the reason for the account
during both November and December and the closing.

Newsletter hopes to publicize future events. This action was taken to display support
Proceeds from the fund raisers have been used for Tom Kahn, an employee of First Security
to order new brochures which deal with the for six and a half years who was forced to
disease, safer sex practices and related resign because of anti-gay prejudice within the
issues. These new brochures, including one bank. CLSO had maintained its checking
specifically for lesbians, should be available at account with First Security for at least eight
the information table later in January. years.

Condoms have also been ordered and will be

available free of charge at the information NAMES PROJECT QUILT TO TOUR COUNTRY
table, at least during the introductory months.

At the end of November AVOL sent If you attended the March on Washington
Chuck Conn to a conference in San Francisco you probably saw the huge quilt organized by
sponsored by The San Francisco AIDS The Names Project. Each piece was made by
Foundation. As a result AVOL expects to the family and friends of an AIDS victim and
affiliate with the STOP AIDS Project, a highly included the person's name and personal
successful program begun by the Foundation mementos. The quilt made a deep impression
in the city of San Francisco but now having on those who worked on it and on all the
an international scope. Representatives from March attendees.
the STOP AIDS Project are tentatively The quilt makes an important statement
expected during February to train volunteers about the impact AIDS is having on all
to conduct rap sessions on fact versus fiction, Americans. As a result it will be touring the
the psychological impact of AIDS, and safer country during 1988. The quilt is not
sex practices. New recruits for the local scheduled for Lexington but will be displayed
"Buddy System" have also begun training in Cincinnati on June 3rd. If you want to
sessions. renew the feelings you experienced in

Current volunteers have been invited to Washington, or, if you haven't seen this
a ”get to know each other better" party at a expression of community, plan to visit Cincy
member's home on Jan 3rd, but AVOL needs to at the beginning of June.
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