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University of Southern Maine USM Digital Commons Northern Lambda Nord Communique Periodicals 9-1992 Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.7 (September 1992) Northern Lambda Nord Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/nln_communique  Part of the American Studies Commons, and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons Recommended Citation Northern Lambda Nord, "Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.7 (September 1992)" (1992). Northern Lambda Nord Communique. 35. https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/nln_communique/35 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Periodicals at USM Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Northern Lambda Nord Communique by an authorized administrator of USM Digital Commons. For more information, please contact jessica.c.hovey@maine.edu. Highlights -~~~~~~~-op NLN'S AUGUST BtrSfN:SiS ~ i) · u? .. , ::;~~:& wr~l ~t:=;-1;~ ?l %.. Six members present; {our o[~ en"{ Cotnrtiittee members. ··. •!• The computer progftffn de ,, ed'to J1;t up1he!::lib.t~l¥,££)11ecY ti~n is loaded and ;,j,~'8y ep\!µJdf.::rarget d~te for"rorn~J~"-., t1on of work to g:et th~, o 1QflO·volume collection entered 1s "--- · November 1. Rt,ht-otl~tvill tl)~'he available for each member. * /f. . '\>; ·'~:'(,' • • • ••• Outreach:0W~1;~!1)9:#>::~~~;t".{~~t'nith.~:;~ijf!ti},('J~ 9tt~n~~:·~n~r,q~~,, •!• NLN pa 1c1p~tion in the'\tv:taine Coali · · w,,,,..,, ate was ·.;; ~ /.•f. ...":'· -.:,< discussed. Furfl5er di~t'\i'ssion;~qd a vote '\li!f, i .· .. , , n at the ,, Sept~ri.1ber ~~e~jng~l~~~tory ai!figlt}:t,, ,./;:/ •!• Activities cai~Q?-at V"ia~~se;t. Tt1~:Sug/eltI%ffif .. •-'''eV$''' ,,. togethers was no proq!e.rn- r (~oitticulty is"llt t enough <;:~, locations for gath~rings. Th~'t~;~~~n't enougJ, ;p)fBlfyvillirtg to .. ,, host events at their homes. w LacJQ[[Jgy_ __ weeI:end party,,:J~!t»-• • ........... : ...... , ......... ~--.-:-:·, ·::::~·~y..: . . ,x}} · .... ·'.-:"""~ ... :-:X··· ,.,,. ·.·.··-·· open pending location. ,a;- Monthly meetrng .. :2Surv5ept 20, 3pm, Caribou; S' NFold & stuff" the October newsletter -Wed, Sept 23, 7pm at the Phoneline in Caribou; ~ Horseback riding-Sat, Sept 26, Portage Lake; ,a;-Annual Membership Drive Party-Sat, Oct 3, 8pm, New Sweden; S' Discussion group & pot-luck meal- Sat, Oct 17, location and suggestion for a guest speaker is needed; ,a;- Monthly meeting - Sun, Oct 25, 3pm, Van Buren; S' Halloween costume party- Sat, Oct 31, 8pm, Presque Isle The meeting adjourned after about 1 hour. T I Do more than belong. W Maine Coalition Awinst Hate GROUP WORKS TO COUNTER ANTI-GAY PETITION DRIVE Noup of people, formerly referred to as The Intervenors", has formally organized into a publicly-identifiable entity. They had "intervened" in litigation in opposition to the Jasper Wyman-Maine Christian Civic League drive to require any gay /lesbian-related legislation to be put to public referendum. Now, as the Maine coalition Against Hate, they have launched a state-wide effort to attract the maximum number of organiz.ations and individuals - both straight and gay - as Coalition members. Member organiza-tions are asked to agree to have their name listed in advertising opposing the referendum drive. Northern Lambda Nord's participation in this coa-lition will be discussed and approved/disapproved at the September 20th meeting in caribou. All inter-ested persons are urged to attend, write a note to the PO Box _in caribou, or call the Phoneline on a Wednesday from 7-9pm(Maine)/8-10pm(N-B). T . ' r----------------, BullDINGCLJND The NLN Building Fund is I r designed to raise money for I a community center for this I $10,000 region. The center would ·· GOAL h h h I' l'b I ouse t e p one 1ne, 1 rary, I office, meeting space, and I party space. Since NLN is a I 501 ( c)3 group, all donations I u.s. funds are ta~-deductible on federal I as of U.S. income tax; merely ask I 8/23/92 for a receipt. Donations of I any amount - U.S. or I Canadian funds · are I appreciated. 'T -1 L ______________ _J publie par/published by NORTHERN LAMBDA NORD, Inc. CP/POB 990 Caribou, Maine 04736-0990 USA Gay-Lesbian PhonelinejTe/egai 207.498-2088 (TDDjVoice-Voix) DID YOU KNOW FALLFEST '92, the first New England mtival for Womyn, is Thursday-Sunday, September 17-20 in Norway, Maine, billed as •a time to come together, relax, share, enjoy the great outdoors, experience personal growth, and make new friends. w There are cabins, camp;ites with and without hookups, and modem facilities. ~ is $25/person which includes all activities/ workshops; accommodations are e.xtra. Contact Maine1y for You, RFD#l, Box 1085, Norway 04268; Carol: 207/743-2787. THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA maintains a homophobic policy which specifically excludes gay youth from becoming scouts, and gay men from being adult volunteers. They even have excluded a lesbian in Portland, Maine from ~()lting in her son's troop's activities! Some United Ways in the U.S. have either witheld or threatened to withold funding of the local Boy Scouts, and some major corporations have withdrawn their funding as welL Another addition to the public outrage at the Scout policy was expres.5ed in a letter to the president of the BSA from the president of Reform Judaism's Union of American Hebrew Congregations, who ruxed "a conflict in policy between our two organizations• and urged the BSA to reverse its policy. IN THE WAKE of the Republican National Convention in Houston, one tv commentator equated the repeated queer.bishing and divisive, intolerant views expres.5ed by Pat Buchanan and his cronies with the Nazi propaganda of the 1930s. How ironic that the Republicans, who denounce the non-traditional (i.e ho~) family as immoral and not within their defmition of Mfamily values, w ()lraded out their presidential candidate to a song from the film, "la Cage aux Folles, w the story of the long-term, loving relationship of an aging drag queen and his com~n! GAY MEN & THEIR MOTHERS ARE NEEDED by a researcher at Northwestern University in Illinois. The organi2ation Midcoost Maine P-FIAG (Parents & F~ of Lesbians and Gays) is helping in the search for willing gaymen and/ or their mothers as puticipmt:s. As a gayrnan, you need not guarantee your mother's ()lrticipation but should be willing to let researchers contact her, and visa versa. For more information about specifics of the study, refer to the -&in and Mother Studt and call the Family Studies laboratory collect at 708/866-0924, or write to Dr. Michael Bailey, Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanstown, IL 60208. Partici()lllts as well as P-FIAG will receive the results of this study. 'Y Communique COMMUNIQUt publie dix fois par annee par NORTHERN LAMBDA NORD, une organisation pour la communaute lesbienne-gaie-bisexuelle au nord-Ouest du Noweau Brunswick et au nord du Maine {les comtes Madawaska-VIC!oria-Carleton-Aroostook). ABQNNEMENTS • 10S par annee. CQUSATIQN NLN -15$ par annee, dans lequel indus la subscription. Les fond E-\J et canadiennes sont acceptes au par. Ceux qui ant de I<! diffteulte financierement, des paiements a terme peux etre organisee. NLN est une organisation a but noirlucratif; toutes donations sont taxe deductible aux E.lJ seulement. Les tarifs de publicite dans le COMMUNIQUE sont disponable. Vos commentaires et contributions sont !es bienvenue. COMMUNIQUt is published ten times yearly by NORTHERN LAMBDA NORD, an organization serving the lesbian-ga)'-Oisexual community of northern Maine and northwestern New Brunswick {Aroostook-Madawask"'Victoria-Carleton counties). SUBSCRJPUQNS • s10 per year. NLN MEMBERSHIP· $15 per year, which indudes a subscription. U.S. and Canadian funds are accepted at par. LC>Wincome people may make arrangements to pay in installments. NLN is a non-profit organization; all donations are U.S. tax-deductible. Advertising rates in COMMUNIQUE are available upon request. Your comments and contributions are welcome. Gay /Lesbian NOKTHERN IAMBDA NORD (NlN), CP/POB m. Caribou, Maine 04736 US4 GA Y·LESBIAN PHONEUNE 207.498-2088 TDD/Voice· staffed Wed, 7-9pm (Maine) AROOSTOOK AREA GAY/LESBIAN AA GROUP meets Sundays, 7pm (Maine time) in Madawaska. Groupe bilinguefbilingua/ group. can 207.498-2088 to make contact T . ACT UP/BANGOR POB 1554, 04402-1554, 947.3947 AJDS/S/DANew Brunswick 800.561-4009 A/DSUne/Maine800.851-AIDS-Mon-Sat9am-5pm, Mon & Wed till 7:30pm AM CHOFSI Maine Jewish group, meets monthly; POB 5017, Portland 04101, 207.871· 1014 (Bob) or 8336004 (Susan) MttA Point of Departure, published monthly by Phoenix Press, POB 4743, Portland 04412 DIGNITY /MAJNE Catholk group, POB 8113, Portland 04104 EASTERN MAINE AIDS NETWORKPOB 2038, Bangor 04401·2038, 91.lO{MAN IN THE LmRARY Northern Lambda Nord's lending library, Bibliotheque Lambda, contains about 1000 volumes in the collection. Here are two: HALFWAY HOME a novel by Paul Monette (1991) Story of "penniless, AIDS-striken performance artist Tom Shaheen [who retreats] to a run-down oceanfront estate on Malibu Beach to brood over lost opportunites, lost loves ... and the disease that is ravaging both his body and his inner self. But one day his past comes calling. Brian, Tom's estranged 'golden boy' brother, the despised tormentor of his youth, arrives on the actor's doorstep seeking sanctuary from disasters of his own making. Abruptly he crowds Tom's life with incident and danger, dragging him reluctantly back into the sloppy tangle of human relationships ... and awakening within him a dormant, life-affirming capacity for under-standing, forgiveness and love." HELLO DARLING, ARE YOU WORKING? a novel by Rupert Everett (1992) By the time he was eight he knew he would never be a great actress. "So begins this sexy, fast-paced satire by Rupert Everett, the interna-tionally-acclaimed star of the films 'Another Country' and 'The Comfort of Strangers', and follows the travails of Rys Waveral (a.k.a. Dorhys, Dorita, Wavy, Rhyssie, Lancelot ... ), as he gets himself into trouble in Paris and Tangier while trying to get himself out of debt." .ftl)jl;Lesbienne/Gai FREDERICTON LESBIANS & GAYS (FLAG) POB 1556, Station A E38 5G2, 457-2156 (Mon & Thur, 6-9pm) GAIS & LESS/ENNES DE MONCTON/GA YS & I.ESBIANSOFMONCTON(GLM)CP/POB7102, Rivel'liew E18 1W, 506.858-1013 GALES NOR GAYS CP/POB 983, Bathurst E2A 4H8 GAY /LESBIAN ALUANCE University of Southern Maine, 88 Winslow Street, Portland 04103, 207.874-6596 GAY/LBBJANCOMMUNITYNETWORKPOB 212, Bangor 04401, 862-5907/941-2189 GAY /LESBIAN PARENTS SUPPORT GROUP Portland, 7804085/772-4741 HARBOR MASTERS, INC leather-levi group, P084044, Portland 04104 INTEGRITY Episcoparian group, SLMatthew's Churth, 18 Union Stree~ Hallowell 04347, 62.3-3041/845-2985 LESBIAN/GAY COMMITTEE, MAINE CHAPTER, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOOAL WORKERS POB 5112, Station A, Portland04102 MAINE BISEXUAL PEOPLE'S NETWORK POB 10772, Portland 04104 MAINE LESBIAN-GAY POI.ITICAL ALLIANCE POB 232, Hallowell 04347 NEWBRUNSWICXCOAUTIONFORHUMAN RIGHTS REFORM/IA COAUTION POUR IA REFORME DES DRO/TS DE IA PfRSONNE DU NOUVEAU.BRUNSWICK POB/0 1556, Stationf Succursale A, Fredericton E38 SG2 DJJRPAP.£8.:AVoiceforLesbiansandGaymen in Maine, published rnooth~. 9 Deering Street, POB 10744, Portland 04104, 761-0733 OUTRIGHT: PortlandAl/ianceofGay&Lesbian Youth, age 22 and under, P08 5028, Station A, Portland 04102, 800.339-4042 OUTRIGHT CENTRAL MAINE for age 22 & younger,everyfri, 7:30pm lstUnitarianChurch, Pleasant St, Auburn; POB 802, Auburn 04212, 800. 339-4042 OUTRIGHT TOO Bangor area Gay-1.esbian Bisexual youth group, cjo POB 212, Bangor 04401 PWA (People With AIDS) COAUTION OF MAINE 377 Cumberland A•oenue, Portland 04101, 773-8500 

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