l Vol. 2, No.5

Plans Set for June 19-20 .
Lesbian/ Gay Pride Celebrfia

Plans are well under way for Vermont's
fifth annual lesbian/gay pride celebration.
The slogan for this year’s ‘celebration will be
"NOW MORE THAN EVER" to reflect the
struggles we have ‘been through as a
community in the past year with the
homophobic ERA campaign and our
beginning push for civil rights legislation in
Vermont. It is also meant to reflect the
opportunity we have before us in making
civil rights for lesbians and gay men in
Vermont a reality. The inroads have been
made. V

The first day to mark on your calendar
is Thursday, June 11. The organizing
committee for this years celebration will be
holding a fundraiser/dance at Pearls, 135
Pearl Street, in Burlington. A "$2 and up"
donation will be requested at the door to go
toward paying expenses for this year’s
celebration. ‘

On Friday, June 19, three short films
will be shown at Billings Theatre on the

     
  

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UVM campus in Biriiington. Greetings fiom
Washington is a documentary on the 1979
March on Washington. This is a particularly
timely film since this October 11, another
National March on Washington is being
planned. The other two films are A
Comedv in Six Unnatural Acts and Together
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On Saturday, June 20, there will be a
1:00 PM rally on the steps and lawn of the
Unitarian Church at the head of Church
Street in_ ‘Burlington. The rally will include
statements by’ local ’ organizers,“ state
politicians as well as music by Kwanzaa.

The march will begin around 2:30 and
go noisily through the streets of downtown
Burlington. We will then gather in front of
the Unitarian Church again for an
open-mike.

Two showings of the film trilogy will be
aired again Saturday night.

Hope tr: see you all there!

Kwanzaa, who provided music for the L/ G Pzide
Celebration, will rctum to the 1987 Celebration.

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hree Movies Planned
for L/G Celebration

V;Three highly acclaimed films will
be shown Friday and Saturday night during
Lesbian/Gay Pride weekend. Showings will
be at 8:00pm on Friday night and 7:00 and
9:00pm on Saturday night in Billings Theatre
on the UVM campus.

The first film, shown in
anticipation of this Fall's national Gay Pride
march in Washington. is "Greetings from
Washington, D.C." The movie is '...a
moving documentary celebration of the 1979
March on Washington D.C. for Lesbian and
Gay Rights. The film combines the high
camp humor of underground gay culture
with on-the-spot vitality of the new
non-fiction film. It not only portrays an

historic event in Lesbian and Gay history, it
introduces the diversity of people who came
from all over America to participate..."

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