1989 @ L5 (fl
S Free at Selected Business Locations
Home Delivery at $5 per year
LEXINGTON GAY/LESBIAN SERVICES ORGANIZATION, P.O. BOX 111171, LEXINGTON, KY 1&0575
‘
LESBIAN AND GAY LEADERS Organizations Program. Interweave joins
SPONSOR NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY nearly one hundred other organizations in the
from NCOD program, including Dignity/USA, Integrity,
Inc., National AIDS Network, and the National
The second annual National Coming Out Organization for Women.
Day (NCOD), October 11, is being By joining the program Interweave
cosponsored by a broad base of highly receives monthly news from the Task Force,
respected community leaders and organizations. assistance from Task Force staffers (already
The goal of NCOD is to increase the visibility used during Convocation), discounts to attend
of the more than 20 million gay people in the the Creating Change Conference in November,
United States. Last year's activities received and publicity from the Task Force.
positive media coverage throughout the This year's Creating Change Conference
country, including coverage in USA TODAY, will be held November 10-12 in Bethesda,
CNN, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, THIS WAY Maryland. The conference is designed to
OUT, and the Oprah Winfrey Show. build skills for organizing the gay and lesbian
October 11, the day of this annual community. Two Interweave members, Steve
event, commemorates the 1987 March on Savage and Craig Clere, will be attending the
Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. conference. For more information about the
NCOD organizers invite individuals and conference give them a call at 266-8887.
organizations to become co-sponsors by making Congratulations to Interweave in this
financial contributions to support the central step of helping to develop the lesbian and gay
office and by planning local activities in their community!
communities. "This is a grass roots campaign,
and its success depends on the willingness of
local groups to plan and carry out events that GAYLINE GOES DOWN AGAIN!!!
support people to take their next step in from Craig Clere
coming out" says NCOD co-chair, Dr. Rob
Eichberg. GLSO's Phoneline stopped functioning
As coming out is a process and not a once again during the middle of September.
singular event, individuals are being asked to The Phoneline is, for many lesbians and gay
"take the next step" in their coming out men, the only link with their community. The
process--a step which may be very personal Phoneline staff provides callers with
for some and very public for others. "Our information regarding local and national
power is awesome, and it's time we use it. events, legal and medical referrals,
NCOD is a chance to take the spirit and gay-positive therapists, information for
message of the March on Washington home to newcomers regarding Lexington's gay and
communities throughout the country" says lesbian community, and a friendly person to
NCOD co-chair Jean O'Leary, Executive just talk to. All these functions grind to a
Director of National Gay Rights Advocates. halt when the Phoneline stops functioning.
The problem was (as usual) our
computer system. This time the specific
INTERWEAVE BECOMES MEMBER OF NGLTF'S culprit was the disk drive. Next time, who
COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS PROGRAM knows. This is why a new system is needed
from GLSO staff to operate the Phoneline as well as other GLSO
services. As long as GLSO uses the current
Interweave, an group within the system we must contend with interruptions in
Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington, our Phoneline service. So if you couldn't
has become a member of the National Gay 8 reach the Phoneline during part of
Lesbian Task Force's Cooperating September--that's why!