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Off Our Backs, Jun 1998 by Bechdel, Alison

Paris in the summertime?

Sound enticing? Wait, there's more... how about Paris in the summertime during Fierte lesbians, when thousands and of lesbians,their women friends and relatives will be enjoying the best of lesbian movies and music, and joining gay men to march in the French Lesbian and Gay Pride parade?

Every lesbian cultural event will be out under the sun and stars June 10-27. Interested? Call, fax or email: Fierte lesbienne 1998 c/o Lesbia Magazine, BP 19, 75521, Paris cedex 11; phone/fax +33 (0) 1 48 47 71 34; emailforumfeministgcompuserve.com rebels with a cause

July 26-31 in Kingston, New York, Women For Safe Riding and Diamond Rose Women's Motorcycle Club will sponsor a women's motorcycle festival in conjuction with Pony Express Tour '98 to raise money for breast cancer research. For more info email: The2rays@ aol.com

wanted: words of wisdom from lesbian and gay elders

The Lesbian and Gay Aging Issues Network (LGAIN) invites lesbians and gay men over the age of 60 to the American Society on Aging (ASA) 45" annual meeting in Orlando, Florida in March 1999.

LGAIN would like to gather participants to relate first-hand their experiences of aging, particularly their housing choices, their role as grandparents, their involvement in giving or receiving care, their professional and social lives, and their understanding of bereavement.

To explore the possibility of participating in the Orlando conference, or to receive more information about LGAIN, contact Gerard Koskovich at ASA, 833 Market St., Ste. 511, San Francisco, CA 94103-1824, phone (415) 974-9641, fax (415) 974-0300; e-mail: gerardk@asa.asaging.org

new conference in rochester, ny

The 1998 National NOW Conference will be held in Rochester, NY July 1012. Tours of the National Women's Hall of Fame and the Women's Rights National Historic Park, workshops, interpretive talks, movies and exhibits are planned.

This will not be a typical "business as usual" meeting, but a "historic visioning summit to plan the direction of feminist organizing." Call (202) 331-0066 or look at website www.now.org

quaker lesbian conference...

"How Can We Keep From

Singing?" will be held July 16-19 at Westtown School, West Chester, PA. This is the 22nd annual conference for Quaker women and women familiar with Quakerism, who are lesbian, bisexual or moving toward those lifestyles. For more info call Susan at (609) 443-4706 or email qlconfg@aol.com women, peace, and freedom... it's a plan

The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom will hold its 27th International Conference: "Bread & Roses: Women Define Globalization" on July 24-31 in Towson, MD. The speakers will include Njoki Njorage Njehu with the African Women's Economic Policy Network, Dessima Williams, Grenada Education and Development Program, and Charlotte Bunch, Center for Women's Global Leadership. Call (508) 349-3277 or visit the website www.wilpf.org

licensed to Kill, a documentary to watch

In Licensed to Kill,winner of two top awards at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival, filmmaker Arthur Dong probes the minds and souls of men whose attitudes about homosexuality have led them to murder and asks the fundamental question: Why?

Dong's hour-long broadcast length version of Licensed to Kill will air nationally on Tuesday, June 23, 1998 at 10pm (ET) on PBS (check local listings) on Point of View (POV), public television's annual award-winning showcase for independent non-fiction films. artistically crossing the line in california

The artwork of Barbara LeventhalStern uki l be presented May IO-July 27, 1998 at the Palo Alto Cultural Center, 1313 Newell Road in Palo Alto, California 94303.

The exhibition includes woodcuts, etchings and pastels, 1981-1998 by Leventhal-Stem. In her "enchanting and folkloric pieces," the circus figure, crossing the line of the tightrope, is a metaphor for the balance of life. The stories the artist tells have different layers of meaning and appeal to all ages for their charm, wit, and direct expression. For more information, call (650) 329-3266. radical lesbian feminist uprising

A gathering including workshops, small group discussions, community meetings, good food and home grown entertainment will be held October 14, 1998 near Kansas City, Missouri. For more information including cost accommodations, accessibility, and policies contact Paula Mariedaughter at (501) 677-2235 or Carla Biersdorff (816) 842-3439. TDD: Susan Wiseheart (417) 683-5499. Or write: Carla Biersdorff, PO Box 32983, Kansas City, MO 64171 or Ursa Jeanetechile, 23 Hawthome Ave., #2, Hamilton, ON Canada, L8P 4P7. te evrnts An ^arJt"tam. . . The Stedelijk Museum will be showing sn exhibit called From the Corner of the Eye which presents a view of the way homosexual aesthetics, however unspecific, link into more general discussions within contemporary art. Sexual ambiguity, 'gender-bending', queer fashion are all themes present in these works. This exhibit will be held June 27-August 23, 1998. Also in Amsterdam this year will be the 1998 Gay Games! Activities will begin August 3 and will end on the 6'. Tickets may be purchased for a variety of events, including the sporting events, opening and closing ceremonies, and several cultural events. A maximum of 2 to 4 tickets, depending on the activity, per person may be ordered for each event. You can find all the information at the website: www.gaygames.nl or by contacting the Gay Games Ticket Center, phone: +31 20 4200 200, fax: +31 20 6229 011, through which tickets also may be purchased, or by contacting Paul van Yperen, Media Officer, phone: +31 20 620 1998, fax: +31 20 626 1998, email: Yperen(gaygames.nl The Office of Research on Women's Health will offer a seminar titled "Eating Disorders: Fads and Facts" on September 16, 1998, 12-2 pm at NIH's Masur Auditorium (Building 10) in Bethesda, MD.