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AALGA- African American Lesbian/Gay Alliance.
1st Sunday of each month. 4:00 PM. Quaker
House. A politcal and social organization for black
lesbians and gay men. 523-3376.
ACLU/LG- American Civil Liberties
Union/Lesbian&Gay Chapter. 3rd Wednesday of
each month. Peachtree Branch Library. 7:30 PM.
Working for the civil rights of lesbians and gay men
in the metropolitan Atlanta area. 231-5991.
ACT- Atlanta Couples Together. Meeting times
vary. A social support and educational outreach.
432-1085.
AFC- Atlanta Faerie Circle. 1st Sunday of each
month. Location and time varies. Gay men who
gather to support one another and explore their
connections with the earth and white light
6224112.
AGC- Atlanta Gay Center. 876-5372. Provides
services and advocacy for the lesbian and gay
community. Operated primarily by volunteers,
AGC offers numerous services for lesbians and
gays men as well as educational outreach to society
as a wholeAGC Help Line-892-0061. Information,
counseling and referrals.
AGMC- Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus. A semi
professional community oriented chorus of male
voices. Membership open to all interested singers
and non-singers alike. 296-6581.
AMC- Atlanta March Committee- More Than a
Phase.2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. 7:30
PM. North Highland Branch Library. A community
based activist organization that works toward
promoting lsbian and gay rights through
educational, social, cultural, and political events.
377-8312.
education to everyone regarding the disease and its
prevention. Community volunteers working with a
small professional staff. New volunteers orientation
sessions: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, 7:00
PM.1132 W. Peachtree St. (Entrance 13th Street).
872-0600.
AIDS Information Line-876-9944 (Atlanta); 1
800-551-2728 (State-wide)Answers to questions
about AIDS, referrals, etc., by trained volunteers
staffing phone lines from 9:00 AM-9:00 PM daily.
A public service of AID Atlanta.
Atlanta Feminist Women's Chorus- A
community-oriented choral group of women's
voices. Membership is open to all women
interested in singing. Chorus practice held each
Sunday, 6:00-8:30 PM at the First Existentialist
Church at 470 Candler Park Dr. 355-8894 or 435
4498.
Atlanta Lambda Chorale- A community-oriented
choral group for both men and women.
Membership open to all singers and non-singers
alike. Rehearsals every Tuesday at MCC-Blcssed
Redeemer, 800 N. Highland Ave. 7:30 PM. 874
1622.
BWMT- Black and White Men Together. 1st
Saturday of each month.8:00 PM. Location varies.
A gay inter-racial organization committed to
fostering a supportive environment wherein racial
and cultural banders can be overcome and the goal
of human equality realized.794-BWMT.
Circle of Healing- 1st and 3rd Sunday of each
month.4:00 PM. First Existentialist Church. The
Circle is open to anyone in need of healing, be it
physical, emotional, or spiritual.
Congregation Bet Haverim- Services 1st and 3rd
Friday of each month at 8:30 PM. Shabbat Seda,
2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 PM. Quaker
House, 1384 Fairview Dr. Proudly serving the
lesbian and gay community. Synagogue
information line: 642-3467.
in nature and at members' discretion.To assure
freedom of speech; freedom from religion; to
defend the separation of church and state; to assist
in obtaining civil rights for gays and lesbians, and to
offer non-believers an alternate social scene. 875
8877.
GAPAC- Greater Atlanta Political Awareness
Coalition. Meetings vary. The gay and lesbian
political action committee monitoring and acting in
the local political scene. 885-0510.
GLPCI- Gay and Lesbian Parents Coalition
International. 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month.
7:30 PM. Unitarian Universalist Church. A support
group for lesbian and gay parents. 296-8369.
The Group- Thursday nights. Call the Gay Help
Line at 892-0061 or write PO Box 15191, Atlanta,
Ga. 30333. A support group for gay and bisexual
men who are or who have been involved in marital-
type situations with women.
Integrity- Gay Caucus of the Episcopal Church.
2nd and 4th Friday of each month. 7:30 PM. All
Saints Episcopal Church-3rd floor of Ellis Hall.
LIFE- Lesbians in Fun Endeavors. Meeting times
and locatioas vary. Bringing professional gay
women together for the fun of it, giving them the
opportunity to make friends and enjoy a wide
variety of events. 493-3966.
LEGAL- Legislate Equality for Gays and
Lesbians. 3rd Monday of each month. 7:00 PM.
Peachtree Branch Library. The voice of lesbian and
gay Georgians in the Democratic party. 875-7500.
MACGLO- Metro Atlanta Council of Gay and
Lesbian Organizations. 3rd Thursday of each
month. 7:00 PM. Peachtree Branch Library. A
representative council of lesbian and gay
organizations to facilitate the exchange of
information. 6334754.
MCC Atlanta- Metropolitan Community Church
of the Blessed Redeemer. Sunday Services at 2:00
PM and 7:00 PM evangelistic service. Mid-week
services on Wednesday at 7:30 PM.800 N.
Highland Ave. Office hours Noon-6:00
PM,Tuesday-FridayA Christian church
proclaiming God's love for lesbians and gay men.
Counseling available by appointment for
individuals and couples. 872-2246.
NAPWA- Atlanta Chapter of the National
Association of People with AIDS. 2nd and 4th
Thursday of each month. 7:00 PM. 1132 W.
Peachtree Si A political, social, and educational
organization which exists to confront the AIDS
crisis. Membership is open to all individuals with
AIDS or AIDS-Related Complex. 874-7926.
PLGC- Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay
Concems/More Light 1st Sunday of each month.
Gays and lesbians gather over light foods to
celebrate their Presbyterian heritage. 377-5830.
SAME- Southeastern Arts, Media & Education
Project Inc. Organized to utilize the arts and media
as tools for exploration, education, and change in
human rights, especially those pertaining to the
lesbian and gay community. 584-2104.
UULGC- Unitarian-Universalist Lesbian and Gay
Community .2nd Tuesday each month. 8:00PM.
Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Atlanta. A
spiritual and social support group for religious
liberals. Call for a copy of our newsletter. 634-5134.
WOW- Women of Wisdom. 3rd Monday of each
month. 7:45 PM. North Highland Branch Libnuy.
Aims to facilitate women meeting together with
older women in a pleasant atmosphere. Offers
timely programs of interest to the community,
reaches out to older women and women with
special needs.
AVS- Atlanta Venture Sports. Activities and
meetings vary. An association in which the
membership enjoys recreational, social, educational,
and sports activities. 2424899.
Friends Atlanta- Activities and meetings vary. A
social, recreational, and educational group for gays
and lesbians. Volleyball, bowling, dinners, theater
nights, and dances are among the activities. 634-
AID Atlanta- A community-based, non-profit
agency providing multiple services to all people
with AIDS, their families and friends, and
2500.
GALA- Gay Atheists of America. Meetings social
Making Room
Spiritual Alternatives,
Part III
I am concluding this three part series with a look at two
groups which fall into the category which I have
arbitrarily named "alternative". By that I mean outside
the traditional, western, dominant theologies.
Vedanta is a universalist faith with underlying
principles of Hinduism though people of many traditions
participate. The premise of Vedanta is that there are as
many religions as there are people and the cord that binds
people is die search to discover the God within and the
practice that enables that journey. The journey, the
striving, is for realization and one's own enlightenment
and for the good of the world. The Vcdantas Society of
Atlanta is an eclectic group, of which some are lesbian
and gay. (A historical note: Christopher Isherwood was
a devotee). Some choose to share their sexuality with the
group and others do not, therefore no determination
could be made of ratios of lesbian/gay participants.
There are meetings every Sunday at 11:00 AM. at
Paideia in the high school building. The group is
currently studying Swami Vive Kananda's book on raja
yoga (meditation). There is also a Tuesday evening
meeting in members homes for a study of the Bhagavad
Gita. For more information contact Jon Kasik at 636
7942.
The Church of Religious Science was founded near
the turn of the century and from the beginning women
have figured strongly into the leadership. According to
Dr. Kennedy Shultz, the pastor of a local Religious
Science congregation, there has never been a question of
including women, blacks or lesbians/gays in the church.
(At the same time they make no effort to recruit from
among any group. It is an open church with only one
class of membership.)
Dr. Shultz describes Religious Science not as a
religion but as "a scientific way of looking at spirituality".
Religious Science teaches that the power we call "God" is
the intelligence which creates life, not a "person in the
sky". This intelligence lives in and moves through all the
living and therefore every person is a point of God
creating and of supreme value. Following that premise is
that it is a mistake to make distinctions among people,
that the way to live intelligently is to value each person
forwhat/whos/heis.
The congregation of about 1,200 has a ratio of 60%
women/40% men, and about 30% lesbians/gays. There
are two services, one at 10 AM and one at 11:30 AM at
the Atlanta College of Arts auditorium (Woodruff Arts
Center), 1280 Peachtree Street There is an inhouse
healing group for members who are PWAs. For more
information, call 233-0364.
In closmg out this short series, I must add that there are
a lot of groups who were not mentioned and a lot of
alternatives not explored. We have the exciting,
sometimes frightening tasks of finding our own ways and
challenging the institutions and ourselves.
-Connie Tuttle
Connie Tultle holds a Master of Divinity from Columbia
Theological Seminary. She is currently "unordainable"
in the Presbyterian Church (USA) because she is a self-
affirming lesbian.
BECOME PART OF THE FUN! WE INVITE EVERYONE.
SOPRANOS, ALTOS, TENORS, & BASSES.
One of the goals of the Atlanta Lambda Chorale is to build a choral ensemble made
up of volunteers capable of singing accompanied and unaccompanied music, ranging
from classical to popular, including "serious" and "fun" music- all in the service of our
great city and our community.
Do you have to be u trained singer? Not necessarily.
Do you have to be able to read music? No. Of course, it does help, but we can coach
you in that aspect.
Do you need to be dedicated and regular in attendance? You bet! Every successful "team"
requires this. When you are given a place in the Chorale "team" you are expected to
do your part each and every time.
When and where are rehearsals? We're so glad you asked! The Atlanta Lambda Chorale
rehearses at the Church of the Blessed Redeemer, 800 North Highland Avenue. We
rehearse very Tuesday evening at 7:30 PM.
A part of each rehearsal is used for voice training, building musicianship, and
understanding music- there is never any time like the present!
Have a frank, open chat with either our Musical Director or General Manager about
your strenghts and weaknesses. Perhaps you only need encouragement! Many good
choral singers started just that way.
ALC is open to both men and women. Everyone is encouraged to join. For more
details call Bob Grice at 874-1622.
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