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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS Asheville Gay and Lesbian Information Line: 253-2971 A project of the Asheville Gay and Lesbian Community Council Gay and Lesbian Youth Hotline: 1-800-347-TEEN Thurs.-Sun. 7 p.m.-12 a.m. To report anti-gay/HIV+ discrimination/violence: Asheville-Buncombe Community Relations Council: 253-1656 / 252-4713 US. Department of Justice toll-free: 1-800-347-HATE Asheville, NC Serving the Southern Appalachian Gay/Lesbian Community Circulation 7,000 Vol.VI No.4 April 1994 SC To Hold Sth Annual Gay/ Lesbian Pride March South Carolina’s 5th Annual Gay and Lesbian Pride March will be held on Saturday, April 16 at 1:00 p.m. in Columbia, SC. The march is spon sored by the.South Carolina Gay and Lesbian Pride Movement (GLPM). Marchers are asked to assemble on the corner of Main and Calhoun Streets for the march, which kicks off promptly at 1:00 p.m. “South Carolina’s Gay and Les bian Pride March is a chance for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, their friends and supporters to come together as a show of solidarity,” says Matt Tischler, executive co-chair of GLPM. “Each of us marches for more than a hundred other gays and lesbians who because of economic and social pres sures have not yet ‘come out’.” The marchers also lay the groundwork for future generations who through our efforts will be able to participate freely in American society. Gays, lesbians, bisexuals and their friends and supporters will march down Columbia’s Main Street to the steps of South Carolina’s State House. The march to the State House will be led by North Carolina’s Pride Marching Band. Immediately fol lowing the march, these steps will become the stage for the Gay and Lesbian Pride Rally and will echo the marchers’ commitment to fight homophobia and bigotry. This year’s them, “Proud to Say”, symbolizes the growing recognition among SC gays and lesbians of the importance of being out and open. This theme is echoed not only by gays and lesbians, but also their friends and supporters whose importance in our struggle for equality grows daily. Speakers at this year’s rally, both gay and straight, symbolize this com mitment. Mandy Carter of the Hu man Rights Campaign Fund, will emcee this year’s rally. The featured speaker will be Mel White. White worked for years as a ghostwriter for Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, and was a close colleague of Billy graham. This all changed when White came out as a gay man. White, who is now an MCC pastor in Dallas, Texas, speaks of the war now being raged by the religious right for the control of the minds an actions of millions of Americans. A special program at this year’s Rally will commemorate Bill Dalton, GLPM’s treasurer, and Bill Edens, executive director of Palmetto AIDS Life Support Services (PALSS), both of whom died recently of complica tions of AIDS. Recognition will also be given to those individuals with HIV/AIDS who continue to fight, not only for their own equality, but those of the entire lesbian and gay commu nity. Also speaking at the Rally will be Dan Kirsch and Sue Henry of North Carolina’s Pride 94, who will announce plans for NC’s upcoming pride celebration in June. Other speakers will update the crowd on SC’s growing gay and lesbian rights movement. Following the Pride Rally, a Cel ebration will be held at The Edge at 1801 Main St. Local and regional performers will entertain the crowd who gather to celebrate the days events as well as our present and future victories. Vendors from the tri-state area will be present offering a wide range of pride merchandise. The South Carolina Gay and Les bian Pride Movement is committed to fighting for equal rights for all gays, lesbians and bisexuals. GLPM’s de mands address this struggle at a policy and legal level. At the personal level, GLPM devotes itself to helping gays, lesbians and bisexuals “come out” and live happy and productive lives in an environment riddled with prejudice and hatred from churches, profes sionals, employers and, in many cases, families. GLPM seeks to become a vital part of the every growing gay (The Sharpless sisters as the Everly Brothers at CLOSER's Camp Drag Show held on February 15,1994) CLOSER Variety Show Produces Great Turnout by Jeff Minnick CLOSER (Community Liaison Organization for Support, Education and Reform) held its annual Camp DragVariety Show on February 15 at Resurrections (formerly Trax II). The show raised about $900.00, with the proceeds benefiting CLOSER, Com munity Connections and Loving Food Resources. Among the acts for Camp Drag Randy Shilts Dies Randy Shilts, ajournalist cover ing AIDS for the San Francisco Chronicle and author of a best-sell ing book on the disease, died of AIDS on February 17 at the age of 42. Shilts was one of the first openly gay reporters to work for a main- stream newspaper. At The Chronicle, he became a liaison be- and lesbian rights movement. For more information, contact Matt Tischler at 803/7771-7713. were the Everly Brothers, Tina Turner, Elvis, and many others. The Crowd was brought to its knees by a medley of Janet Jackson hits per formed by David Wingate. CLOSER would like to thank ev eryone who attended and remind ev eryone to be thinking about their act for next year. tween the homosexual community and the general public for news and opinions about AIDS. He is probably best known for his book And The Band Played On: People, Politics, and the AIDS Epidemic. Appearing in 1987, the book was a detailed, well documented history of America’s failure to deal with AIDS. In 1993, it was made into an HBO movie starring Richard Gere and Alan Alda. Shilts also announced last year that he had been infected with HIV in 1987.
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