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Let your voice be Agister and
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7:30P Mature Gay Men
Call 882-1747
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1 lA MCC Charlotte
5P-7P Lutherans Concerned
Picnic Benefit for Hospice
at Advent Lutheran Church
6:45PNew Life MCC
7:30P MCC Charlotte
Bingo at Stevens
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7P GROW - Wilmington
9P Bowling - Coliseum
L^es
4
2P PWA Support Group
6P GALA-UNCC Students
7P Closer - Asheville
7:30P Friends, Family &
Partners of PWAs support
group (MAP)
8P First Tu&aay Mtg.
CCP House
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7:30P MG|C Charlotte Bible
Study
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7:30P HIV-Positive
Support Group
8P Q-Notes Meeting
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llAMCC Charlotte
6:45PNew Life MCC
7:30P MCC Charlotte
5P Tradesmen
Bingo at Stevens
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9P Bowling - Coliseum
Lanes
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2P PWA Support Group
6P GALA-UNCC Students
7:30P Gay Parents Group
7P Closer - Asheville
7:30P FFP/PWA support
group (MAP)
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7:30P MCC Charlotte Bible
Study
7:30P Queen City Friends
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7:30P HIV-Positive
Support Group
7:30P PFLAG
8P Q-Notes Meeting
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llAMCC Charlotte
6:45P New Life MCC
7:30P MCC Charlotte
Bingo at Stevens
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9P Bowling - Coliseum
Lanes
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2P PWA Support Group
6P GALA-UNCC Students
7P Closer - Asheville
7:30P FFP/PWA support
group (MAP)
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7:30P MCC Charlotte Bible
Study
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7:30P HIV-Positive
Support Group
8P Q-Notes Meeting
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7:30P Spiritual Renewal/
MCC Charlotte
8P Romanovsky&Phillips/
CPCC/New Life MCC
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7:30P Spiritual Renewal/
MCC Charlotte
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11A Spiritual Renewal
(23rd)/MCC Charlotte
6:45PNew Life MCC
7:30P Spiritual Renewal
(23rd)/MCC Charlotte
Bingo at Stevens
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9P Bowling - Coliseum
Lmies
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2P PWA Support Group
6P GALA-UNCC Students
7:30P FFP/PWA group
(MAP)
7P Closer - Asheville
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7:30P MCC Charlotte Bible
Study
7:30P Queen City Friends
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7:30P HIV-Positive
Support Group
8P Q-Notes Meeting
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6:30P MCC Charlotte
Potiuck Supper
ORGANIZATIONS
For Current Activities See Social Highlights.
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 organi
zations 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
f unds 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
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.
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♦♦National 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 individuai 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
Western Carolina University. P.O. Box 2646, Cullow-
hee, 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 educational pro
grams to reduce prejudice. Membership: $10/year. 919/
828-2077.
Triangle Lesbian & Gay Ailiance. 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,
counseling, health care referrals, information, speakers
bureau, 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 & other assistance to AIDS patients.
P.O. Box 12124, Columbia, SC 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 Clemson, 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 potiuck 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 AA/AI-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.
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.
First Tuesday. Meets first Tuesday of the month at
the Carolina Community Project. Call Pat at 393-2536
evenings.
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 Sat
urdays 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
response.
♦♦Metrolina AIDS Project (MAP). Information,
education, safe-sex instructional parties, support
groups. HOTLINE Mon.-Fii. 7-10 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^es-
bian services. Call 525-6128.
Lutherans Concerned of Charlotte. A support
forgay/Iesbian Lutherans in the Charlotte area. Meet
ings 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 Char-
iotte. Worship 11 a.m. Sun.; worship, healing service
and altar calls 7;30p Sunday and Bible Study 7:30 p.m.
Wed.; pot luck dinners every fourth Saturday at 6:30
p.m. at 4037 E. Independence Blvd. Promptness re
quested because of building security rules. Pastor Lynn
Guerra. 3001 Central Ave., Box 156, Charlotte 28205.
563-5810.
♦♦New Life Metropoiitan Community Church.
Worship 7 p.m. Sundays and church dinners 7:30 p.m.
Thursdays at Unitarian Church. Hardwicke at Sharon
Amity. 365-2308.
New Life Players. A theatrical group. 568-3154.
Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays
7-30 p.m. second Thursdays at Christ
Church, 1214 Providence Rd. 364-1474 (strict confi
dentiality). Inquiries: 1419 FemcIiffRd., Charlotte, 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.
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
Svritchboard, 525-6128 or Don King, 2634-E Park Rd.,
Charlotte 28209. 332-3834.
GALA - UNCC. Chattered student group, spon
soring speakers, socials, workshops. Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Denny 118, or call 547-2104 (Susan Furr).
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.
Women in Performance. Women’s theatre group
performing lesbian-themed and feminist plavs. 364-
9617.
Get Involved
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