PAGE 2 Q-Notes ■ May 1988
MAY
SUN MON TUES IIIFD THOR FRI SRT
1
llAMCC Charlotte
5P Lutherans Concerned
7PNew UfeMCC
5P Tradesmen
Bingo at Stevens
2
10:30A PWA Support
Group
3
8P First Tuesday Mtg.
CCP House
8P Acceptance
7:30P Fnends, Family &
Partners of PWAs support
group
7P Closer - Asheville
4
7:30P MCC Charlotte Bible
Study
5
7:30P HIV-Positive
Support Group
8P Accqjtance AA
6
9P Tradesmen Night
Out at Brass Rail
7
730P Mature Gay Men
CaU 882-1747
8
11A MCC Charlotte
7PNew Life MCC
Bingo at Stevens
9
10:30A PWA Support
Group
10
8P Acceptance
7:30P FFP/PWA group
7P Qoser - Asheville
11
7:30P MCC Charlotte Bible
Stuo^
7:30P (Jueen City Friends
12
7:30P HTV-Positive
Support Group
730P PFLAG
8P Acceptance AA
13
TRADESMEN ANNl
14
/ERSARY, MAY 13-15
15
llAMCC Charlotte
7PNew UfeMCC
Bingo at Stevens
16
10:30A PWA Support
Group
7PGROW- Wilmington
17
8P Acceptance
7:30P Gay Parents Group
7P Qoser - Asheville
7:30P FFP/PWA support
group
18
7:30P MCC Charlotte Bible
Study
19
7:30P HTV-Positive
Support Group
8P Accqjtance AA
20
21
22
llAMCC Charlotte
7PNew UfeMCC
Bingo at Stevens
23
10:30A PWA Support
Group
24
8P Acceptance
7P Qoser - Asheville
7:30P FFP/PWA support
group
25
7:30P MCC Charlotte Bible
Study
7:30P Queen City Friends
26
7:30P HIV-Positive
Support Group
8P Acceptance AA
27
28
630P MCC Charlotte
Potludc supper
29
llAMCC Charlotte
7PNew UfeMCC
Bingo at Stevens
30
10:30A PWA Support
Group
31
8P Acceptance
7:30P FFP/PWA group
7P Qoser - Asheville
ORGANIZATIONS
For Current Activities See Social Highlights, page 7.
Phone numbers in 704 area code unless
otherwise 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 services 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 Campaign 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 employ
ment, housing and custody; and against AIDS discrimi
nation and archaic sodomy laws. Membership: $30/
year. 212/944-9488.
Q-Notes
QCQ — Publishers
Dean Gaskey — Editor
Jim Yarbrough -i- Associate Editor
Joel N. Smith — Associate Editor
Craig Nelms — Associate Editor
Q-Notes is published monthly in Charlotte,
N.C., by Queen City Quordinators, Ltd., of Char
lotte, a non-profit corporation, 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 sub
scriptions ALL copies are distributed to the
public.
Inclusion of a person’s name or picture is not
any indication of the person's sexual orientation.
Subscriptions are by 1 st class mail in sealed
envelopes mailed in Charlotte, N.C. Subscription
rate is $9.00 for 12 monthly issues. To subscribe
contact QCQ, PO Box 221841, Charlotte, N.C.
Make checks payable to QCQ.
Warning, all contents of Q-Notes are 1988, and
may not be used without permission of Q-Notes.
To advertise in Q-Notes, contact QCQ. P.O.
Box 221841, Charlotte. N.C. Rates and distribu
tion information is available on request.
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force. 1517 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/lesbian civil tights 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 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, in
formation and referral, AIDS resource project, social
activities.
Lavender Bridges. For students and others at West
ern Carolina University. P.O. Box 2646, Cullowhee,
N.C. 28723.
♦♦N.C. Human Rights Fund. P.O. Box 10782,
Raleigh, NC 27605. Works in the courts Urseek justice
for gay men and lesbians; provides educational pro
grams 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 Herzenberg. 919-929-4053.
Triad Health Project. AIDS support services, coun
seling, health care referrals, information, speakers bu
reau, support groups. PO Box 5716, Greensboro, 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, Greensboro,
NC 27435-0808 (919) 272-1606.
SOUTH CAROLINA
AA/AI-Anon. AA closed. Al-Anon open. 6:30 p.m.
Saturdays, Circular Congregational Church. 150 Meet
ing 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 Qemson, 803/268-
5692 in Greenville, 803/882-7835 in Seneca.
Upstate S.C. Women’s Community.Lesbian social
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, GreenvUle, S.C. 29606. 803/
233-0919, 803/646-9550.
CHARLOTTE AREA
Acceptance. 8 p.m. Thurs. Christ Episcopal Church.
1214 Providence Rd.
Acceptance AA/AI-Anon. Open meetings for alco
holics and their loved ones. 8 pm Tuesdays and Fridays
at Charlotte Friends Meeting (Quaker Church) 2327
Remount Rd. 332-4387.
Closet Buster Productions. Produces “Gay/Lesbian
Forum” television show for Charlotte public access
cable. 3001 Central Ave., Box 156, Charlotte 28205.
CaU 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. CaU Pat at 393-2536
evenings.
Foreign Film Society. Meets second Fridays to view
foreign films of gay/lesbian interest. CaU Chip at 563-
6686.
Gay/Lesbian Couples Club (GLCC). Social club
for committed couples. CaU David at 541-9400 or Frank
at 545-7408.
Gay/Lesbian Switchboard. Information, peer coun
seling, referrals. Staffed 6:30-10:30 pm daily. Volun
teers 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. CaU Al, 376-1490.
Mature Gay Men. Social group meeting first Satur
days with 7:30 p.m. social hour, 8:30 covered dish
supper. Inquiries to Q-Notes, P.O. Box 221841, Char
lotte, NC 28222. Include phone number for quick re
sponse.
♦♦Metrolina AIDS Project (MAP). Information, edu
cation, safe-sex instructional patties, support groups.
HOTLINE Mon.-Fti. 7-10 p.m. 333-AIDS. Write P.O.
Box 32662, Charlotte NC 28232.
♦♦Metrolina Community Service ProjectOperates
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. Meetings
held the first Sunday of each month at Holy Trinity
Lutheran Church, 1900 The Plaza, Charlotte, 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 because of
buUding security rules. Pastor Lytm Guerra. 3001
Central Ave., Box 156, Charlotte 28205. 563-5810.
♦♦New Life Metropolitan Community Church.
Worship 7 p.m. Sundays and church dirmers 7:30 p.m.
Thursdays at Uniurian Church. Hardwidee at Sharon
Amity. 365-2308.
New Life Players. A theatrical group. 568-3154.
ParenU & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG).
7:30 p.m. second Thursdays at Christ Church, 1214
Providence Rd. 364-1474 (strict confidentiality). In
quiries: 1419 Femcliff Rd., Oiailotte, 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 fund
ing; produces Q-Notes, coordinates events for the gay/
lesbian community. Call Jim 339-0679.
Q-Notes. Produces gay community newspaper. To
become involved, call 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.
GALA - UNCC. Chartered student group, sponsor
ing speakers, socials, workshops. Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Denny 118, or call 547-2104 (Susan Furr).
Switchboard Support Group. For persons attracted
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.