PAGE 2 Q-Notes ■ February 1988
FEBRUARY
SUN MON TUES LUED THUR FRI SRT
1
10:30A PWA Si^jpoit
Group
9P Bowling Coliseum
Lanes
2
8P Acceptance
7:30P Friends, Family &
Partners of PWAs support
group
7P Closer - Asheville
3
7;30P MCC Charlotte Bible
Study
4
7:30P mV-Positive
Support Group
Cabaret At Charades
5
8P Acceptance AA
Queen of Hearts Pageant
at Oleens
6
8P Chris Williamson
concert/dance
730P Mature Gay Men
7
11A MCC CharloUe
5P Lutherans Concerned
7PNew Life MCC
5P Tradesmen
Bingo at Stevens
8
10:30A PWA SuRxwt
Group
9P Bowling Coliseum
Lanes
9
8P Acceptance
7:30P FFP/PWA group
7P Qoser - Ashet^e
8P Political Action
Planning Meeting at
CCP House
10
7:30P MCC Charlotte Bible
Study ^
7:30P Queen City Friends
11
7:30P mV-Positive
Support Group
730P PFLAG
12
8P Acceptance AA
TP PFLAG Baby Shower
Foreign Film Society
13
14
11A MCC Charlotte
7PNew life MCC
Valentine's Dinner at
Steven's
15
10:30A PWA Support
Group
9P Bowling Coliseum
Lanes
7P GROW - Wilmington
16
8P Acceptance
7:30P Gay Parents Group
7P Closer - Asheville
7:30P FFP/PWA support
group
17
7:30P MCC Charlotte Bible
Study
18
7:30P HIV-Positive
Support Group
Skating, Party at RoU-A-
Round on Delta Rd.
19
8P Acceptance AA
20
21
llAMCC Chailoae
7PNew UfeMCC
Bingo at Stevens
22
10:30A PWA Support
Group
9P Bowling Coliseum
Lanes
23
8P Acceptance
7P Closer - Asheville
7:30P FFP/PWA support
group
24
7;30P MCC Charlotte Bible
Study
7:30P Queen City Friends
Miss Charlotte World at
Scorpio
25
7:30P HIV-Positive
Support Group
26
8P Acceptance AA
27
6-30P MCC Charlotte
Potluck supper
NTE Dancer's at O'leens
28
11A MCC Charlotte
7PNew Life MCC
Bingo at Stevens
29
10:30A PWA Support
Group
9P Bowling Coliseum
Lanes
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ORGANIZATIONS
For Current Activities See Soda! Highlights, page 7.
Phone numbers in 704 area code unless other
wise indicated. **Memberships or contributions,
are tax-deductible.
NATIONAL
**Gay Men’s Health Crisis. 132 W. 24th St.,
New York, NY 10011. One of the nation’s foremost
organizations in information about AIDS and ser
vices for persons with AIDS.
Human Rights Campaign Fund. P.O. Box 1396,
Washington, D.C. 20077-4462. Lobbies congress
for funds to fight AIDS through the AIDS Cam
paign Trust.
**Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund. 132
W. 43rd St., New York, NY 10036. Fights in the
courts for equal treatment of gay men and lesbians
in employment, housing and custody; and against
AIDS discrimination and archaic sodomy laws.
Membership: $30/year. 212/944-9488.
Q-Notes
QCQ — PobHshers
Dean Gaskey — Editor
Jim Ymhroi^ — Associate Editor
Joel N. :%iiitn — Associate Editin'
Q-Notes is published monthly in Char
lotte, N.C., by Queen City Quordinators,
Lid., of Chariotte, a non-profit corpo^on,
and is distributed free of charge in the
Charlotte area and also by subscription.
Press run is 6000 copies and except for 100
file copies and free complimentary subscrip
tions ALL copies are distribute to the
public.
Inclusion of a person’s name or picture is
not any indication of the persons sexual
orientation.
Subscriptions are by 1st class mail in
sealed envelopes mailed in Charlotte, N.C.
Subscription rate is $24.00 for 12 monthly
issues. To subscribe contact QCQ, PO Box
221841, Chariotte, N.C. Malm chedks pay
able to QCQ.
Warmn& all contents of Q-Notes are
*1988, ana may not be used without per
mission of QyNoles.
To advertise in Q-Notes, contact QCQ,
P.O. Box 221841, Oiaiiooe, N.C ^tes
and distribution information is available on
request.
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force. 1S17 U St. NW,
Washington, D.C. 20009. 202/332-6483.
**National Gay Rights Advocates. 540 Castro St.,
San Francisco, CA 94114. Fights in the legal system
for gay/Iesbian civil rights in insurance and other
fields. 415/863-3624.
People for the American Way. Counters efforts by
Religious Rightists to subjugate individual rights.
1424 Sixteenth Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
202/462^777.
NORTH CAROLINA
AA Open. 8 pm Tuesdays. Catholic School 2000
N. Elm St, Greensboro, NC. 24 hour AA phone
(919) 854-4278.
CLOSER. Networking and social group for the
Asheville area. P.O. Box 2911. Asheville, N.C.
28802. Contact Don or Joan Marshall. 274-2681.
GROW. P.O. Box 4535, Wilmington, N.C.
28406. Hotline 919/675-9222. Peer support and
counseling, information and referral, AIDS resource
project, social activities.
Lavender Bridges. For students and others at
Western Carolina University. P.O. Box 2646, CuUo-
whee, N.C. 28723.
**N.C. Human Rights Fund. P.O. Box 10782,
Raleigh, NC 27605. Works in the courts to seek
justice for gay men and lesbians; provides educa
tional programs to reduce prejudice. Membership:
$ 10/year. 919/828-2077.
Triangle Lesbian & Gay Alliance. Umbrella plan
ning and political activist group in Raleigh-Durham-
Chapel Hill area. P.O. Box 3295, Durham, N.C.
27705-1295. Contact Joe Herzenbeig. 919-929-4053.
Triad Health Project AIDS support services,
counseling, health care referrals, information, speak
ers bureau, support groups. PO Box 5716, Greens
boro, NC 27435 (919) 275-1654.
Triangle Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays.
Contact: Mandy Carter (919) 682-6374.
St. Mary’s Metropolitan Community Church.
Worship 7 pm Sundays. Reverend Christine Oscar,
Pastor. 3010 Monterey St, PO Box 5808, Greens
boro, NC 27435-0808 (919) 272-1606.
SOUTH CAROLINA
AA/Al-Anon. AA closed. Al-Anon open. 6:30 p.m.
Saturdays, Circular Congregational Church. 150
Meeting St, Charleston, S.C. Upstairs in building
behind church. 803/722-6677 or 803/871-8660.
Palmetto AIDS Life Support Services. Provides
monetary, buddy and other assistance to AIDS
patients. P.O. Box 12124, Columbia, S.C. 20211.
803/779-PALS.
Piedmont Gay/Lesbian Association. Networking
and social group for people in northwestern South
Carolina. P.O. Box 205, Central, S.C. 29630.
803/639-6900 in Central, 803/654-9210 in Qem-
son, 803/268-5692 in Greenville, 803/882-7835 in
Seneca.
Upstate S.C. Women’s Community. Lesbian so
cial group. Meetings every last Friday 6 p.m. at
Ryan’s Steak House on Laurers Rd., Greenville, SC.
Monthly potluck dinner and dance at a member’s
house. PO Box 6652, Greenville, SC 29606.
AID Upstate. Formerly the Greenville (S.C.)
AIDS Task Force, P.O. Box 2507, Greenville, S.C.
20602. 803/240-8987.
*MCC. P.O. Box 6322, Greenville, S.C. 29606.
803/233-0919, 803/646-9550.
CHARLOTTE AREA
Acceptance. 8 p.m. Tuesdays. Meeting in new
location, for information, call 525-6128. Nonreli
gious social, educational group. Rap session on first
Tuesdays; film, second Tuesdays; 7:30 covered dish,
third Tuesdays; program, fourth Tuesdays; profiles,
fifth Tuesdays.
Acceptance AA/Al-Anon. Open meetings for al
coholics and their loved ones. 8 pm Tuesdays and
Fridays at Charlotte Friends Meeting (Quaker
Church) 2327 Remount Rd. 332-4387.
AIDS Support Group. Weekly meetings. Pro
fessional support for fiersons with AIDS and others.
375-1156.
Charlotte Lambda Chorale. Musical performing
group. Call Art, 366-6035.
Ooset Buster Productions. Produces “Gay/Le^
bian Forum” television show for Charlotte public
access cable. 3001 Central Ave., Box 156, Charlotte
28205. Call A1 Carwile, 376-1490.
Davidson College gay group. Write Support
Group, P.O. Box 135, Davidson, N.C. 28036.
Foreign Film Society. Meets second Fridays to
view foreign films of gay/lesbian interest. Call Chip
at 563-6686.
Gay/Lesbian Switchboard. Information, peer
counseling, referrals. Staffed 6:30-10:30 pm daily.
Volunteers always welcome for training. 525-6128.
Gay Parents Coalition. Social, educational group
for gay men and lesbians who have children.
Monthly meetings. Inquiries: Ken Hedrick, 373-
0173, or P.O. Box 221841, Charlotte, NC 28222.
GLS Bridge PUyers. Call Al, 376-1490.
Mature Gay Men. Social group meeting first
Saturdays with 7:30 p.m. social hour, 8:30 covered
dish supper. Inquiries to Q-Notes, P.O. Box
221841, Chariotte, NC 28222. Include phone num
ber for quick response.
**Metrolina AIDS Project (MAP). Information,
education, safe-sex instructional parties, support
groufts. HOTLINE Mon.-Fri. 6-9 p.m. 333-AIDS.
Write P.O. Box 32662, Charlotte NC 28232.
**Metrolina Community Service Project Oper
ates the Gay/Lesbian Switchboard and other
gay/lesbian services. Call 525-6128.
Lutherans Concerned of Charlotte. A support for
gay/lesbian Lutherans in the Charlotte area. Meet
ings held the first Sunday of each month at Holy
Trinity Lutheran Church, 1900 The Plaza, Char
lotte, NC 28205. Contact Rev. Glen Boland 377-
5439 or Tim Eudy 786-8473.
**Metropolitan Community Church of Charlotte.
Worship 11 a.m. Sun. and 7:30 p.m. Wed. at 4037
E. Independence Blvd. Promptness requested be
cause of building security rules. Pastor Lynn
Guerra. 3001 Central Ave., Box 156, Charlotte
28205. 563-5810.
**New Life Metropolitan Community Church.
Worship 7 p.m. Sundays and church dinners 7:30
p.m. Thursdays at Unitarian Church. Hardwicke at
Sharon Amity. Pastor Art Fleschner. 366-6035.
New Life Players. A theatrical group. Call Art
Fleschner, 366-6035.
Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays
(PFLAG). 7:30 p.m. second Thursdays at Christ
Church, 1214 Providence Rd. 364-1474 (strict
confidentiality). Inquiries: 1419 Ferncliff Rd., Char
lotte, NC 28211.
Queen City Friends. Lesbian social group. 7:30
p.m. second and fourth Wednesdays upstairs at
Pantera’s Pizza, Park Road Shopping Center.
Queen City Quordinators. PO Box 221841, Char
lotte, NC 28222. Assists gay/lesbian groups with
funding; coordinates events for the gay/lesbian
community. Call Jim 339-0679.
Speakers Bureau. Gay and lesbian speakers for
civic, religious and educational groups. Contact the
Switchboard, 525-6128 or Don King, 2634-E Park
Rd., Charlotte 28209. 332-3834.
Students at UNC-Chariotte. Susan Furr, 547-
2104.
Switchboard Support Group. For persons at
tracted to people of the same sex. Jim, 375-5038,
after 6 pm.
The Tradesmen. Box 36712, Charlotte, NC
28204. Levi-leather social club. 5 p.m. Sunday after
the month’s first Friday at Brass Rail, 399-8413.
TV/TS. Group for transvestites and transsexuals.
Lou, 596-5636, after 6 p.m.
Women in Performance. Women’s theatre group
performing lesbian-themed and feminist plays.
364-9617.