Coming Out Day

National Coming Out Day is October
11th. This is the day that commorates
the 1987 March on Washington for Gay
& Lesbian Civil Rights. This is also the
day designated for gay men, lesbians,
bisexuals, and their heterosexual sup-
porters to reaffirm who they are and take
the next step in their own personal com-
ing out process.

The Vermont Coalition of Lesbians and
Gay Men has organized a weekend of
celebration on October 11 and 12 in the
Barre-Montpelier area. On Friday, Oc-
tober 11th, at 8 pm, at the Universalist
Church (comer of S. Main and Church
Street) in Barre, Gertrude Stein, Ger-
trude Stein, a one woman play will be
performed.

On Saturday, October 12th at the Christ
Church in Montpelier (State St. across
from the Post Office) from 9 am until
5:30 pm there will be various work-
shops/discussions/caucuses. Several
craftspeople will also be there. A full
schedule will be included in the October
issue of OITM or call the Coalition at
229-0109 for more information.

The weekend will end with another
showing of Gertrude Stein, Gertrude
Stein on Saturday night at the Uni-
versalist Church in Barre. V

MICHAEL FERNANDES, M.Ed.
(802) 348-7225

INDIVIDUAL - COUPLE AND
FAMILY COUNSELING

g Main Street - P. O. Box 63
Williamsville, VT 05362

AIDS Training

The Bennington Area AIDS Project is
sponsoring a comprehensive training
program for AIDS service providers on
Saturday October 5th and Sunday Oc-
tober 6th. This training program is being
conducted by Theresa Harper MA,
CCSAC of Howard Brown Memorial
Clinic and Kezen Harper MA of Rush-
Presbyterian, St. Lukes Medical Center
in Chicago. The program is primarily
designed for AIDS service providers

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and is a condensed training course for
people interested in being “buddies” vol-
unteers. The seminar will be held at the
Ramada Inn in Bennington. A limited
number of rooms for people desiring
overnight accomodations will be made
available at a reduced price. For further
information write: BAAP, PO Box
1066, Bennington, VT 05201 or call
442-4481 or 1-800-845-AIDS. V

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