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APRIL
MON TUES IDED THUR FRI
SRT
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Come Soin Us On SLpriC 14tH!!
1
8P Acceptance AA
7:30P Good Friday
Services MCC Charlotte
2
7:30P Mature Gay Men
Call 882-1747
9P Tradesmen Night
Out at Brass Rail
3
7A EASTER SUNRISE
SERVICE AT MCC
Charlotte & New Life MCC
llAMCC Charlotte
5P Lutherans Concerned
7PNew Life MCC
5P Tradesmen
Bingo at Stevens
4
10:30A PWA Support
Group
9P Bowling Coliseum
Lanes
5
8P Accqttance
7:30P FFP/PWA group
7P Qoser - Asheville
8P First Tuesday Mtg.
CCP House
6
7:30P MCC Charlotte Bible
Stuy
7
7:30P HIV-Positive
Support Group
8
8P Acceptance AA
Foreign Film Society
9
10
HA MCC Charlotte
7P New Life MCC
Bingo at Stevens
11
10;30A PWA Support
Group
9P Bowling Coliseum
Lanes
7P GROW - Wilmington
12
8P Acceptance
7;30P Gay Parents Group
7P Qoser - Asheville
7:30P FFP/PWA support
group
13
7:30P MCC Chariorte Bible
Study
7:30P Queen City Friends
14
7:30P HIV-Positive
Support Group
7:30P PFLAG
750P Q-Notes meeting
at Stevens
15
8P Acceptance AA
16
17
HA MCC Charlotte
7PNew UfeMCC
Bingo at Stevens
Miss Charlotte Pageant
Scorpio
18
10:30A PWA Support
Group
9P Bowling Coliseum
Lanes
19
8P Acceptance
7P Qoser - Asheville
7;30P FFP/PWA support
group
20
7:30P MCC Charlotte Bible
Study
21
7:30P HIV-Positive
Support Group
22
8P Acceptance AA
23
630P MCC Charlotte
Potluck supper
24
HA MCC Charlotte
7P New Life MCC
Bingo at Stevens
25
10:30A PWA Support
Group
9P Bowling Coliseum
Lanes
26
8P Acceptance
7:30P Friends, Family &
Partners of PWAs support
group
7P Qoser - Asheville
27
7:30P MCC Charlotte Bible
Study
7:30P Queen City Friends
28
7:30P HIV-Positive
Support Group
29
8P Acceptance AA
30
ORGANIZATIONS
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
Q-Notes
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Dean Gaskey — Editor
Jim Yarbrough — Associate Editor
Joel N. SntiA — Associate Editor
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To advertise in Q-Notes, contact
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N.C. Rates and distribution informa
tion is available on request.
in employment, housing and custody; and against
AIDS discrimination and archaic sodomy laws.
Membership: $30/year. 212/944-9488.
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force. 1517 U St. NW,
Washington, D.C. 20009. 202/332-6483.
**Nationsil Gay Rights Advocates. 540 Castro St.,
San Francisco, CA 94114. Fights in the legal system
for gay/lesbian 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.
202/462-4777.
NORTH CAROUNA
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, Cullo-
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 Hetzenberg. 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 CAROUNA
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-P/kLS.
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 Clemson,
803/268-5692 in Greenville, 803/882-7835 in Sen
eca.
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. Thurs. Christ Episcop.
Church, Providence Rd.
Acceptance AA/Al-Anon. Open meetings for al
coholics and their loved ones. 8 pm Tuesdays and
Fridays at Charlotte Friends Meeting (Cjuaker
Church) 2327 Remount Rd. 332-4387.
AIDS Support Group. Weekly meetings. Profes
sional support for persons with AIDS and others.
375-1156.
Closet Buster Productions. Produces “Gay/Les
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.
First Tuesday. Meets first Tuesday of the month
at the Carolina Community Project. Call Pat at
393-2536 evenings.
Foreign Film Society. Meets second Fridays to
view foreign films of gay/lesbian interest. Call Chip
at 563-6686.
Gay/Lesbian Couples Club (GLCC). Social club
for committed couples. Call David at 541-9400 or
Frank at 545-7408.
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 Players. 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, Charlotte, NC 28222. Include phone num
ber for quick response.
**MetroIina AIDS Project (MAP). Information,
education, safe-sex instructional parties, support
groups. 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 FemclifTRd., 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; produces Q-Notes, 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-Charlotte. 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.