Out in the Mountains Classifieds OITM’s Classified Section features items for sale, housing opportunities, services offered and the like. Individuals may place ads at a rate of 50¢ per word with a $5.00 minimum; businesses 75¢ per word with a $10.00 minimum. Subscribers to OITM may place free advertisements in any category up to six times per year. You place or respond to ads at your own risk; we cannot screen ads for legitimacy nor assume responsibility. To be con- sidered for publication, ads must be re- ceived by the 1st of the month prior to the issue. Mail to PO Box 177, Burling- ton, VT, 05402. Payment must ac- company your ad COPY» and we must have your full name, address, and phone number (these will be kept confidential). COMING OUT DAY National Coming Out Day Celebration in Montpelier - The Vermont Coalition of Lesbians and Gay Men will be cel- ebrating National Coming Out Day on October 12th. Workshop topics include legal issues, homophobia, history of the movement, safe sex, racism, and self de- fense. Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein will be performed on October 11 and 12th at the Barre Unitaritian Church. Call 229- 0109 or write PO Box 1125, Montpelier, VT 05602 for more information. P-FLAG Collecting Discrimination Stories - Members and friends of P- FLAG are asked to write a story or keep a journal of approximately one week to document ways that anti-gay and lesbian discrimination affects them and their lives. Signed or unsigned submissions should be sent by September 15 to P- FLAG Discrimination Diary Project, PO Box 27605, Washington, D.C. 20038. P- Flag will publish a selection for National Coming Out Day and may also use them in testifying for civil rights legislation. CONFERENCES Creating Change: A National Confer- ence for Gay & Lesbian Organizing and Skills Building. Fourth Annual con- ference in Alexandria, VA, November 9- 11. Call (202) 332-6483 or write Creating Change 1991, NGLTF Policy Institute, 1734 14th St, NW, Washington D.C., 20009-4309 for information and registra- tion forms. Registration deadline 10/25/91. Fifth Annual Lesbian & Gay Studies Conference. Sponsored by Rutgers and Princeton Universities, held at Rutgers November 1-3, 1991. Contact Monica Dorenkamp or Beryle Chandler at Cen- ter for Critical Analysis of Contempory Culture, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 8 Bishop Place, New Bruns- wick, NJ 08903; (908) 932-8678. Project Empowerment: For Gay & Lesbian Educators (K-12). November 1- 3, 1991, Boston, MA. $75-$150 sliding scale. For Gay & Lesbian School Ad- ministrators: First National Gathering. March 1992, San Francisco. $150-$300 sliding scale. For more information about these programs write or call: Eq- uity Institute,,6400 Hollis St. Suite 15, Emeryville, CA 94608 (415) 658-4577. GROUP ANNOUNCEMENTS Gay and Lesbian Educators. GALE is a support group in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts, with participants who are educators from a wide region in New England. If interested in getting on the mailing list, write: G.A.L.E., PO Box 930, Amherst MA 01004-0930. Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Adult Children of Alcoholics group meets Wednesday evenings from 7-8:30 p.m. at Burlington College. Please join us. For more info. call John at 863-2437 (days). International Gay Penpals (I.G.P.) - start international correspondence with gay men from around the world. Send stamped self-addressed envelope to I.G.P., Suite 320, Box 7304, North Hol- lywood, CA 91603. Lake Champlain Chapter PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) meets at 2:00 p.m. on the second Sunday of each month at First United Methodist Church (comer of S. Winoo- ski & Buell). For information, call 658- 3961, 229-5438, or (518) 597-3555. Lesbian Cancer Support Group now meets bimonthly in the Burlington area. For more information, call 660-8386. Lesbian Support Group - Weekly meetings to support each other. Please call Claire at 524-2703‘ after 5 pm. on weekdays, or anytime on weekends. PICL (pik-el) Politically Incorrect Les- bians. OK, we’re just as socially con- cerned as the next dyke...but let’s have fun too...Join us for dessert potluck/get- acquainted meeting. Call 878-3624 for details. Vermont Lesbian & Gay Parents - Monthly Sunday Pot Luck Brunch. See the Calendar listing for dates. Call 660- 2713 for location and more info. Writers’ group forming. Let’s meet reg- ularly and share our work. PO Box 8021. Essex, VT 05451. FOR SALE Foot Video. Foot fetishist delight. Two hr. VHS action packed video features 5 hot Chicago guys. $25.00 to : E. Kramer, PO Box 14784, Chicago, IL 60614. HOUSING WANTED L. F. grad student seeks room in house] apt. for fall ’9l semester. Burlington area. Call (413) 253-2247 & leave mes- sage. FOR RENT Charming house in Newbury Villageon 1 1/2 acres. Near school and store 40 minutes to Hanover. Available immedi- ately. $700/month w/o utilities. (802) 649-8758 or 866-3330 or (613) 448-4004. NETWORKING Gay Peace Corps group forming. Na- tion-wide group" of lesbian and gay for- mer Peace Corps Volunteers is being or- ganized. Write D. Ticknor, PO Box 65874, Washington D.C. 20035, or call Cynthia (202) 331-0066. Greater Central Vermont Area gay men’s support/social network is alive and welcoming new members. Hoping to offer weekly meetings, social al- ternatives, and networking, etc. Contact Box 301, Montpelier, VT 05602. Women Outdoors, a national network of women who love the outdoors is ex- panding into the Adirondack region. For information contact Suzanne McSherry. HC0l, Box 213, Keene Valley, N.Y. 12943.