Lynn Hudson
Who am I? Well, this is
a frantic, bi-coastal,
sometime graduate student
who is ready to raise
consciousness (including my
own) and have a good time
doing it!
The most pressing issue
of the day, as far as I'm
concerned, is coalition.
Coalition between gay men
and lesbian women,
coalition between CGLA and
other human rights
organizations, coalition
between students and
non-students, coalition
between us and our
Oppressed brothers and
sisters in the First,
Second, and Third Worlds,
not necessarily in that
order.
Un that note, I am
anxious to listen to any
and all comments, criti
cisms, and suggestions from
the community in regards to
the role and potential of
CGLA. I'm committed to
demystifying myths,
historical and otherwise,
about women, particularly
women of color. I look
forward to coordinating my
efforts in the Lesbian &
Gay Health Project, CGLA,
and other community
organizations to contribute
to the physical,
spiritual health
community.
-Lynn
Co-chair designate
Who Are We?
Greg Johnson
After accepting my
homosexuality last summer,
I decided to join CGLA.
I've been aware of CGLA
ever since I came to
Carolina, but was "afraid"
to join or talk to
anyone.
Since joining the
organization, I've visited
the office frequently,
talked to people,
organized activities, and
realized that I wanted to
contribute more to CGLA.
\Jhen the time came for
electing next year's co
chairs, I decided to run
for one of the positions
—and I won!
As co-chair of CGLA, I
intend to work hard along
with Lynn to make the
group visible by having
programs more frequently.
I would like to see more
members becoming involved
with CGLA activities.
All in all, I look
forward to an exciting
year as co-chair, I hope
to see old and new faces
working hard and having
fun along with us.
Until next semseter,
good luck on exams and
have a great summer.
mental and
of our
-Greg
Co-chair designate
Reaching Out Can Be Fun
William Key
As next year's LAMBDA
editor, I would like to
take this opportunity to
introduce myself and some
of my goals.
My name is William Key
but just call me J.R.
My major hope for
LAJIBDA is to make it
self-supporting, chiefly
by increasing our number
of subscribers and the
number of ads that we
sell. In order to
improve the overall
quality and diversity of
LAMBDA, I also want to
encourage you, our
readers, to contribute
articles on a consistent
basis—reports of local
events, personal
thoughts, poems, short
stories...almost any
thing. I also hope you
will feel free to give us
feedback on how LAMBDA
might be improved, poten
tial advertisers, etc.
As firm believers in
division and specializa
tion, we are also seeking
a business manager for
LAMBDA. We feel that
this will help to make
things,run more smoothly.
So if there are any
interested parties out
there, contact me at the
CGLA office.
-J.R., editor designate
The CGLA Outreach Program is alive and
well, and based on the positive feedback
heard from this year's Outreach volunteers
is seems that now is the time to expand.
As one of the 1986-87 Outreach Coordi
nators, I want to request that all members
currently active in the program, who will
be on or near campus during the next
academic year, stay with the program.
For those of you who haven't taken the
big step but have been "giving it a lot of
thought," do yourself a big favor and fill
Out a volunteer application as soon as
fall semester starts so we can get the
program off the ground quickly.
In addition to Health Education
classes, we will attempt to interest other
departments and will try to work in tandem
with other groups to provide sessions in
dorms and possibly in seminars or sympos
iums occurring on campus.
The outreach experience has broad rami
fications, quite often being the first
instance that a student "knowingly con
verses with or sits in the same room with
a homosexual.
The LAMBDA readership surely can attest
to the fact that it would be very rare
that in any random gathering of 10 or
more persons the chances are excellent
that a gay or lesbian person is in the
group, "invisible" through the conscious
act of omission. We elect, for many, many
reasons not to identify ourselves. For
the majority of the heterosexual commun
ity, and for some homosexuals too, we
simply do not exist.
For the Outreach volunteer partici
pating in an open dialogue with fellow
students is a positive experience, running
all the way from "a neat experience" to
"absolutely euphoric."
Do youself a favor. Sign up, read
through the Outreach materials that are
available in the CGLA office, talk to
other Outreach volunteers, sit in and
observe an outreach, and then do it!
You'll be glad you did.
-Mary Dexter
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