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Erie Gay News
BYKOTA Meetings BYKOTA (Be Ye Kind To One Another) is a cross-denominational Christian group of/for LGBT people—encompassing spiritual nurture, discussion of LGBT issues, and mutual support. All are welcome! It meets the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month September - June (except in January the 2nd and 4th Mondays), from 7 to 9 PM. at the Unitarian Universalist Parish House in Meadville, 346 Chestnut St (on Diamond Park, corner of Chestnut and South Main). Contact rseddig@allegheny.edu or (814) 724-1832 for additional information. To sign up for the BYKOTA email list, browse to http://bykota.eriegaynews.com —from Lyta Seddig
Thanks from SHOUT Outreach On October 14, an HIV awareness evening was held at Trance Dance Club. Shout Outreach cosponsored this event with Trance to accomplish two things. One was to increase awareness about HIV and the other to raise money to bring some of the National AIDS Quilt Panels to Erie for the many World AIDS day events. Due to the cuts in funding to HIV prevention, bringing in the panels would not work with our budgets. Part of the money raised will help defray the cost of the quilts and was given to the Erie County Department of Health. The rest of the money will be spent on another awareness evening at Trance. The evening will include a reading from Paul Rudnick’s “The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told” on December 1, for the World Aids Day observance. Shout Outreach would like to thank Lee, Tim, and their staff for all their help and their “open door policy” to SHOUT Outreach. We would like to thank Chuck and Ginny’s for their very gracious donations of food. We would also like to thank the entertainers. Their talent was so freely given and added so much to the event. We would also like to thank the ladies who
donated cookies for the event, Nanci and Kathy. And finally, to all those who attended, those we knew and those who were new to us, Thank You. —Fran, Malcolm and Lori
PFLAG NWPA Workshop Helps Train Educators A workshop entitled “Understanding Diversity of our Youth”, was held at PSU, The Behrend College on November 9. It was sponsored by Behrend’s Women’s Studies Program and the PFLAG Northwestern PA Representative. The purpose of the workshop was to foster understanding of GLBT students and provide honest discussion about their experiences; help participating educators identify anti-GLBT harassment and its scope; and develop effective strategies to end harassment and create a safe and equitable learning (continued on page 4)
Greg, Scott, Ralph and Don doing “YMCA” as the Village People at the October Menspace PHOTO: Mike Mahler