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LEXINGTON GAY/LESBIAN SERVICES ORGANIZATION, P.O. BOX 111V“, LEXINGTON, KY 110575
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You saw it here first during May and lesbians live here too! Probably some gays
June! Then another 100,000 people saw it in and lesbians living in rural areas will hear of
the Lexington Herald-Leader during Gay and GLSO for the first time and realize there is a
Lesbian Pride Week. Now Kentucky will keep place where they can turn for support.
seeing it time and time again for the next The Chicago Resource Center funded a
year! No, this is not a late April fool joke. similar GLSO project during 1985-1986. You
What we are referring to is our ad, "Are You may remember seeing billboards around
Abusing Your Child Without Knowing It?" Lexington which read, "Someone You Know is
The Chicago Resource Center has Gay... Maybe Someone You Love." Although
awarded $7,500 to GLSO for a Community restricted to Lexington, that project increased
Outreach Project. The project will include a the visibility of local gays and lesbians. The
monthly advertisement in the Herald-Leader new project is even more ambitious since the
similar to the one you've already seen. We Herald-Leader is read all over central and
plan to develop other ads for the eastern Kentucky. And if we can place ads in »
Herald-Leader which follow the same format, rural weekly papers, we'll be touching an even
and will also run them in the Kentucky Kernel larger audience. Watch the newspaper, and
and selected small town newspapers. During remember GLSO is trying to help Kentucky
the next year Kentuckians will learn gays and overcome some of its homophobia.
GAY ACA GROUP FORMING IN LEXINGTON
Several local members of Adult Children planned simply as a supplement for those '
of Alcoholics (ACA) will be startin a new members who want to discuss aspects of their
support group for gays and lesgians in lesbian or gay lives without being concerned
Lexington if at least eight people express about possible homophobic reactions. Of
interest. ACA provides a safe, comfortable course, people not wishing to take part in any
place for you to talk about the pain and fear other sessions may attend only these Gay ACA
that resulted from growing up with an meetings. As with all these programs,
alcoholic in the family. Often, people who anonymity it assured and attendees take part
have no history of family alcoholism benefit in meetings only to the degree with which they
from these sessions because their families were feel comfortable.
unable to express affection or respect to each Meetings are tentatively scheduled for
other. If you had an uncomfortable childhood Saturday afternoons at St. Joseph Office Park.
or a potentially dangerous one, you will find Anyone requesting more information may call
others at ACA who can understand because Karen at 259-3292. If the answering machine
they have been there, too. answers .please leave a message including your
Four ACA meetings already occur at St. first name and phone number so she can
Joseph Office Park. This new group is not return the call.
meant to replace those meetings. Instead it is