Out in the Mountains

 

Editorial

Six years ago this month, Out in the
Mountains was founded. The founders
felt there was a need for a some way to
reach out to and communicate with les-
bians, gays and bisexuals throughout the
state. They discussed two ideas, a com-
munity center or a newspaper. The feel-
ing was that it wasn;'t possible at that
time to do both and that a paper would
reach more people and was a more re-
alistic goal.

The paper, OITM, is going strong, thanks
to the work of a growing number of vol-
unteers and the support of our com-
munity.

Now it is time to work on the second
piece of that vision; a lesbian, gay, bi-
sexual community center.

The discussions and organizing for such a
center in the. Burlington area are already
under way. The working goal is to “pro-
vide a safe, physical; space where gay,
lesbian and bixseual people and their

friends from the greater Burlington area
can gather for socializing, networking,
organizing, entertaining, and sharing in
the affirmatin of our selves and our com.
munity.” You may have heard people
talking about it or may be reading about
it for the first time here. Either way, we
need your input, ideas, hopes and dreams.

Deborah Laehman V

CORRECTION

The listing of legislators and their voting
record on the Civil rights bill in the Jan-
uary issue of OIT M contained an error.
Representative Andrew Christiansen
(East Montpelier, Plainfield, Marshfield,
Cabot, Woodbury) is a sponsor of the
anti-discrimination bill and has voted for
it in the past. OITM regrets the ty-
pographical error which indicated oth-
erwise. We thank Representative Chris-
tiansen for his continuing support. V

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Family Therapists

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Giita Clark, M.A.
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Shilea Jacobs, M.A.

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Burlington, Vermont 05401
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