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EGNErie Gay News Pride Night at Seawolves July 18 from NW PA Pride Alliance NWPA Pride Alliance is excited to bring Pride at the Seawolves for its third year! This year, it will be held on Monday July 18th at Jerry Uht Park, 110 E 10th St, Erie PA, Game starts at 7:05pm. To get your tickets, just print the voucher from the online version of this article and take it to the box office! It’s Buck Night, so grab your friends and family and enjoy $1 hot dogs, popcorn, 12oz Pepsi products, and select draft beers while we cheer on our Seawolves as they take on the Harrisburg Senators. To get your voucher or if you have questions contact [email protected] or call (814) 314-9075. VIGIL FOR ORLANDO VICTIMS: About 120 people Facebook event page: Pride Night at Erie Seawolves came together on June 12 at the Zone to remember the victims of the Pulse mass shooting. More on page 4-5. Photo by Deb Spilko Tables at Pride Fest on August 27 from NW PA Pride Alliance NW PA Pride Alliance invites you to participate If you are vending, please provide the additional as a table at this year’s Pride Fest, to be held on Sat- information: urday, August 27 from 2 to 4 PM in Griswold Park at 3. Whether you are a handmade crafter or an W. 14th and Peach, Erie PA. Set-up will begin at noon. independent consultant All tables are expected to remain set up until the end 4. Type of items sold of the festival. The cost to participate is $15 per table A contract will be sent to you once your response has been received. and must be paid in full by Saturday, August 20, the week before the event. The cost includes one 8-foot table and two chairs. Checks should be made payable Youngest Orlando victim would to: NW PA Pride Alliance and mailed to PO Box 11448, have started at ‘Hurst this fall Erie PA 16514. The festival will be held outdoors and On June 11, Akyra Murray, 18, was visiting will take place rain or shine. You may bring a canopy Florida to celebrate, having just graduated third in up to 10 x 10 for shade. Electricity is unavailable to her class at Philadelphia’s West Catholic High School. tables for this event. She was a star basketball player, and had earned a full To get a table agreement for Pride Fest, please scholarship at Mercyhurst University in Erie. email [email protected]. Please specify whether That night, Akyra went out to Pulse with her her you will be an info table (no physical items sold at cousin Tiara and friend Patience. All three girls were your table) or vending (physical items may be sold at shot. Tiara and Patience survived the attack, Akyra your table) did not. Please provide the following information: Akyra was remembered at the vigil that Mercy- 1. Your Name and contact info hurst held for the victims on Thursday, June 16. 2. Business/Organization Name In This Issue... Pride Night at Seawolves July 18...... 1 EGN Tables at Pride Fest on August 27...... 1 Erie Gay News Youngest Orlando victim would have started at Erie Gay News ‘Hurst this fall...... 1 1115 West 7th St. Open Call for Pride Fest 2016 Entertainment..3 Erie PA -1105 Parade units for March to Pride Fest on August (814) 456-9833 27...... 3 Candlelight Vigil at Zone for Victims of Orlando Fax: (530) 451-9833 Pulse Club Shooting...... 5 [email protected] 24th Annual Pride Picnic Recap...... 6 www.eriegaynews.com Calendar...... 7 Online Contests...... 11 Editor: Mike Mahler Assistant Editor and Layout: Deb Spilko Ad Design: Mike Lipiec Deadline for next issue: July 15; Fold- ing and distribution is Tue, Jul 26 at Griffin Room at Sheraton Erie Bayfront Hotel.

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2 Erie Gay News - July 2016 - Issue 248 © 2016 EGN Community News (continued from front page) ThisJULY: VEGAS WEEKEND Open Call for Pride Fest 2016 & SUMMER BEACH PARTY! Entertainment NWPA Pride Alliance is currently seeking entertainment acts for our 2016 PrideFest, being held Saturday August 27th at Griswold Park. Anyone interested should contact Tony, Enter- tainment Coordinator, by emailing entertainment@ nwpapride.org. Parade units for March to Pride Fest on August 27 from NW PA Pride Alliance Pride Fest will be held on Saturday, August 27. PrideFest and the Pride March are organized by NW PA Pride Alliance. We will begin assembling at noon in the parking lot of the Zone Dance Club, 133 W 18th St, Erie. Step off is promptly at 1 PM. We will go over 18th Street to State Street, down State Street to 13th Street and then into Griswold Park (14th & Peach) JULY 8-10: VEGAS WEEKEND If you are not marching with a contingent, please What happens at Jones Pond stays feel free to join our NW PA Pride Alliance contingent at Jones Pond! Join us at the Jones Pond as we march to Pride Fest! We also invite you to be part of the Family Casino with casino style games and over Portrait that will be taken in Griswold Park at the end $2,000 in prizes to be won. Sat night is of the march. our Pimps & Ho Costume Party & Dance. There is no cost to participate in the March, but contingents are requested to notify us by Saturday, August 20, the week before the event. JULY 22-24: BEACH PARTY! If you want to be a unit in the March to Pride Beach Towel Bingo in the Barn Fest, please email [email protected]. Saturday: 600 Block Summer Beach Party Please provide the following information: 1. Your Name and contact info w/ Food, Drinks & Prizes Followed by 2. Business/Organization Name Sexy-to-Outrageous Swimwear A form will be sent to you once your response Dance Party w/ VJ Ben has been received.

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JAMESTOWN NY VIGIL: Community gathered at Tracy Plaza on June 13. Photo album at Jamestown Pride ART AND PRAYERS FOR ORLANDO: “Work created in the wake of the Orlando tragedy at Pulse as Facebook page. an expression of our hearts and a show of our solidarity. “ View album at the Facebook page of The Table www. facebook.com/thetableerie Photo by Deb Spilko Photo by Andrea Shaffer Photo by

BAYFRONT CONVENTION CENTER RAIN- BOW LIGHTS Erie’s Bayfront Convention Center ERIE PA VIGIL AT ZONE: 100+ people gathered displayed rainbow lights in honor of the victims of the for a candlelight vigil at the Zone Night Club. Above, City Orlando shooter. Councilman Bob Merski offers condolences to the LGBT community on behalf of the City of Erie. Below, Caitlyn Strohmeyer embraces friend. Photo album at www.eriegaynews.com Photo by Mike Mahler

FLOWERS LEFT AT ZONE: After the vigil at the Photo by Deb Spilko Zone Night Club, someone left flowers at the door. Sign says “Let Love Shine Today!”

4 Erie Gay News - July 2016 - Issue 248 © 2016 EGN Community News 1 in 6 people with HIV Candlelight Vigil at Zone for Victims don’t know they have it. of Orlando Pulse Club Shooting from NW PA Pride Alliance On Sunday, June 12, about 75-100 members of KNOW Erie’s LGBT community and their supporters gathered at the Zone Dance Club, 133 W 18th St, Erie PA, to mourn the tragic deaths of 50 people killed in the YOUR Orlando Pulse Night Club shooting, considered to be the worst mass shooting in US history. STATUS! The event was organized by NW PA Pride Al- liance. Speakers included Alex Sphon, president of NW PA Pride Alliance; Rev. Dr. Rich McCarty, senior GET pastor of Community United Church; Michael Mahler, co-editor of Erie Gay News; and Bob Merski, Erie City Councilmember. Other elected officials attending included Erie County Councilmembers Andre Horton TESTED! and Jay Breneman. Coverage was provided by both local TV news crews and also Erie Times News. Organizations with representation at the vigil included Community United Church, NW PA Pride Al- liance, TransFamily Support Group of NW PA; PFLAG Meadville, Greater Erie Alliance for Equality, Drenched Fur, Zone Dance Club, LBT Women of Erie, Crime Victim Center, Erie Gay News, and Keystone Progress. FREE Confidential Rapid and Vigils were also held at Mercyhurst University Oral HIV Testing in Erie, Jamestown NY, Olean NY, and thousands of other locales around the world. 1202 State Street  4401 Iroquois Avenue One of the past co-owners of Pulse was Erie Erie, Pennsylvania native Ron Legler, who now lives in the Baltimore area. The Erie LGBT community extends their deep- Monday—Thursday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm est sympathies to the families and friends of the victims of this horrible tragedy. Services available for persons living with HIV: HIV Specialty Care  umPrimary at the Medical Care Dental & Vision Care  Medication and Insurance Assistance  Translation Services

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© 2016 EGN Erie Gay News - July 2016 - Issue 248 5 Community News 24th Annual Pride Picnic Recap from NW PA Pride Alliance On Saturday, June 4, 2016, over 230 people at- tended the 24th Annual Erie Pride Picnic held at the Rotary Pavilion at Presque Isle State Park. The event was put on by NW PA Pride Alliance. Organizations with tables at the event included Canine Partners for Life, Community United Church, Crime Victim Center of Erie County, Erie Sisters & Brothers Transgender Support Group, French Creek Counseling Services, Iadeluca Chiropractic Center, Lake Erie Counseling Associates, LBT Women, Mental Health Association of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Monacella Massage & Kinesiology, Peace Corps, Persad Center, Sam’s Club, TransFamily of Erie Transgender Support Group, Whispering Lake Grove Thanks to volunteers Jeremy and Gary for kitchen organization; Jeff Hill and AJ for additional kitchen help; Audrey and Melanie for the registration table; Johauna for the shirts and merchandise table, Jodi and Finu for the raffle table; Deb Spilko, Kim and Andrea for photography. Donors providing items for the raffle included Lion’s Den, Eerie Horror Fest, Erie Playhouse, Erie Sea- wolves, Erie Gay News, Drenched Fur, Mental Health Association of NW PA, and Dickey’s Barbecue Pit. Eighty-seven pounds of food was collected for the Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA.

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6 Erie Gay News - July 2016 - Issue 248 © 2016 EGN Calendar Detailed calendar listings in our online calendar facebook.com/TransfamilyOfNWPA. www.eriegaynews.com Jun 25 (Sat) - Erie Sisters & Brothers Transgender Support Group meets (Unitarian-Universalist Con- gregation of Erie, 7180 Perry Hwy Erie PA) 7 PM. Live & Let Live is an LGBTQA-friendly AA meeting that “provides support and encouragement for both MTF meets every Sunday, at 7PM, at Community United Church, and FTM transgender individuals. followed by dinner 1011 West 38th St., , Erie, PA . For more information, visit at a local restaurant and dancing at The Zone. (440) www.aaeriepa.org. x 265-8191. [email protected]. eriesisters.ning.com/ Through Oct 30 - Exhibit “We’re Here: Pioneering Jun 25 (Sat) - Pajama Party (M & J’s Lounge, 124 Mer- LGBT Rights in Pennsylvania” (State Museum of cer St, Butler, PA) www.facebook.com/MandJsLounge. PA, Harrisburg PA) statemuseumpa.org Jun 26 (Sun) - An Afternoon for Equality: Honoring Jun 24 - 26 (Fri - Sun) - Illumination Weekend - New LGBT Pioneers (Sunset Inn, 1990 Lakeside Dr. Erie, Years Eve Party (Jones Pond, 9835 Old State Rd, PA) 3 -7 PM. Annual fundraising event for Greater Erie Angelica, NY) www.jonespond.com. Alliance for Equality. Includes presentation of LGBT Jun 25 (Sat) - Summer Swimwear Weekend (Camp Community Progress Award. As part of our desire to Davis, 311 Redbrush Rd, Boyers, PA). www.campda- honor our community’s LGBT pioneers, anyone 60 viscampground.com. years old and up is also invited to attend the Afternoon Jun 25 (Sat) - TransFamily of Erie Transgender for Equality free of charge. Enjoy an afternoon of Support Group meets (Mental Health Association of excellent food, fine wine, live music, and guest speaker Northwestern Pennsylvania, 1101 Peach St, Erie, PA) 2 Peter Stewart from West Sussex, England on us! Reg- -5 PM. (814) 823-1969. [email protected]. www. ister your attendance by email at [email protected]

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© 2016 EGN Erie Gay News - July 2016 - Issue 248 7 Calendar or by calling Lake Erie Counseling at (814)455-4009 ‘ Doors open 7 pm /pageant 8:30 pm. www.facebook. by Monday, June 20th. Let us know if transportation com/TheZoneDanceClub. is an issue for you as well! If you are not part of the Jun 27 (Mon) - Community Health Net - National 60+ crowd, please come and help us honor the great HIV Testing Day (Community Health Net, 1202 State individuals who have worked to make our area a place St, Erie, PA ) 9 AM - 3 PM. Community Health New of equality for all regardless of sexual orientation or will be offering free HIV testing. First 100 participants gender identity. Tickets are a $30 donation and can be will receive a gift card for getting tested. (814) 455- reserved through PayPal on our website: www.greater- 7222. [email protected]. www. eriealliance.com before Monday, June 20th. Sponsor- community-healthnet.com/. ship levels start at $50. (866) 229-1974. Jun 28 (Tue) - Advance Our Dignity: LGBTQ Penn- Jun 26 (Sun) - Miss Erie 2016 “A Girl’s Day on Rodeo sylvanians Rally for Freedom and Justice (State Cap- Drive” (Zone Dance Club, 133 W 18th St, Erie, PA) itol Building, N 3rd St & State St, Harrisburg, PA 17120) 8:30 PM. ‘Come cheer on all of the great contestants as 10 AM - 12 PM. LGBTQ communities from across the they compete for the crowning title Miss Erie 2016. The commonwealth will come together at the State Capitol girls will work hard to show you their daytime look with to demand that our human dignity be given under the their “Creative Presentation”. Next the girls will show law. Community leaders will call for comprehensive off their night time look with their “Evening Gown LGBTQ civil rights, including non-discrimination, Presentation”. And for their last attempt to impress hate crimes, education protections; access to adequate the judges, the girls will amaze you with their fantastic healthcare and HIV/AIDS resources; and support “Talent Number”. There will also be intermission enter- for LGBTQ youth and elders living in poverty and tainment numbers by your favorite former Miss Eries! rejection. Phone: (717) 743-1035. Email: jgoodman@ payouthcongress.org. Browse to http://payouthvcon- gress.org/. RSVP/Register/Tickets at https://www. facebook.com/events/1044292982320982/. Jun 29 (Wed) - LBT Women go to UPMC Sunset Ride with Music Series (Presque Isle State Park, Erie, PA) 5:30 PM. Contact: Kim (814) 314-9512. ErieBeans@aol. the #1 car com. www.facebook.com/LBTWOMENOFERIE. Jun 29 (Wed) - The Table: Let’s go play! (Waldameer, insurer in 220 Peninsula Dr, Erie, PA) 7 PM. pastrixjodi@gmail. Pennsylvania com. www.facebook.com/thetableerie. Jul 1 (Fri) - G2H2 (Gay Guy/Gal Happy Hour) (Cloud 9 Wine Bar, 25 E 10th St, Erie, PA) 6 PM - 8 PM. Natalie Braddock, Agent With competitive rates and Jul 1 - 4 (Fri - Mon) - Independence and Canada Day (Jones Pond Campground & RV Park, 9835 1338 East 38th St personal service, it’s no wonder Weekend Erie, PA 16504 Old State Rd, Angelica, NY) (585) 567-8100. info@ more drivers trust State Farm®. Bus: 814-825-3186 jonespond.com. www.jonespond.com. [email protected] Like a good neighbor, ® Jul 2 (Sat) - Drag Show (M & J’s Lounge, 124 Mercer State Farm is there. St, Butler, PA ) www.facebook.com/MandJsLounge. CALL FOR A QUOTE 24/7. Jul 2 - 3 (Sat - Sun) - Independence Day Weekend at Camp Davis (Camp Davis, 311 Redbrush Rd, Boyers, PA)com. www.campdaviscampground.com. Jul 3 - Toronto Pride Parade (other events throughout month) Note: Passport required for border crossing.

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Jul 3 (Sun) - TransFamily Youth Transgender Sup- 1001142.1 State Farm Indemnity Company port Group meets (Lake Erie Counseling Associates, Bloomington, IL 301 W 10th St, Erie, PA) 2-5 PM. We provide a safe 8 Erie Gay News - July 2016 - Issue 248 © 2016 EGN Calendar space for all youth who fit somewhere in the gender Jul 9 (Sat) - Veronyca’s Showgirls presents a Reverse spectrum, or who are questioning, We welcome anyone Rewind Show! (Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge No. 21 and younger who identifies as gender-variant. We 119, 201 West State Street, Olean, NY) 9 PM. $6 cover. also support the community through advocacy efforts Jul 10 (Sun) - LBT Women meets (Brew Ha Ha at the and education to the larger cisgender community, and Colony, 2612 W 8th St, Erie, PA) 12 PM. ErieBeans@ we attend to charges of discrimination experienced by aol.com. www.facebook.com/LBTWOMENOFERIE. transgender youth in Erie County. Contact: Tyler Titus. Jul 10 (Sun) - Aging With Pride (Lake Erie Counseling [email protected]. www.facebook.com/groups/ Associates, 301 W 10th St, Erie, PA) 4 - 6 PM. “Safe, TransFamilyYouth/. comfortable space for the older LGBT individual Jul 4 - 8 (Mon - Fri) - Vacation Week (Jones Pond, to seek support, friendship, social opportunities and 9835 Old State Rd, Angelica, NY 14709-8729) V (585) discussion of issues of importance. (814) 455-4009. da- 567-8100. [email protected]. www.jonespond.com. [email protected]. www.lakeeriecounseling.com/ Jul 6 (Wed) - LBT Women go to UPMC Sunset Jul 12 (Tue) - Youngstown PFLAG meets (St. John’s Music Series (Presque Isle State Park, Erie, PA) 5:30 Episcopal Church, 323 Wick Ave, Youngstown, OH ) PM. Contact: Kim (814) 314-9512. ErieBeans@aol. 6:30 PM. Contact: Marguerite youngstownpflag@aol. com. www.facebook.com/LBTWOMENOFERIE. com. www.youngstownpflag.org/. venue web site www.presqueisle.org/. Jul 13 (Wed) - LBT Women go to UPMC Sunset Jul 6 (Wed) - Worship at the Table (Scott Park Pavilion, Music Series (Presque Isle State Park, Erie, PA) 5:30 W 6th St and Lowell Ave, Erie, PA) 7 PM. pastrixjodi@ PM. Contact: Kim (814) 314-9512. ErieBeans@aol. gmail.com. www.facebook.com/thetableerie. com. www.facebook.com/LBTWOMENOFERIE. Jul 8 - 10 (Fri - Sun) - Vegas Weekend - Pimps and Jul 13 (Wed) - Bears Do Dinner (814 Pub & Grille, Hoes (Jones Pond, Angelica, NY) (585) 567-8100. [email protected]. www.jonespond.com. Jul 9 (Sat) - Tropical Hawaiian Night (Camp Davis, 311 Redbrush Rd, Boyers, PA) (724) 637-2402. info@ campdaviscampground.com. www.campdaviscampground.com. Jul 9 (Sat) - PFLAG Meadville Picnic - RESCHED- ULED (Woodcock Lake Park, 23050 Woodcock Lake Park, Meadville, PA) 1 PM. “Rescheduled from earlier date. Lawn chairs, Favorite Beverage (non-alcoholic), a dish to share, any yard games. Please RSVP by Sunday, July 3rd so that we can have an idea of who is coming and what you are bringing.” Contact: Randy Herbert- Weed. (814) 724-6736. www.facebook.com/groups/ PFLAGMeadville/. Jul 9 (Sat) - Erie LGBT Rainbow Alliance meets (Lake Erie Counseling Associates, 301 W 10th St, Erie, PA) 1 - 3 PM. “safe, confidential space for LGBT community members“ Co-facilitators: Chelsea Nicole, Dale Allgeier, LCSW. (814) 455-4009. ErieLGBTRainbowAl- [email protected]. Jul 9 (Sat) - TransFamily of Meadville Transgender Support Group (Counseling Center, 898 Park Ave (2nd flr), Meadville, PA) 2-5 PM. Contact: Richelle Kohler. [email protected]. www.facebook.com/ TransfamilyOfNWPA. © 2016 EGN Erie Gay News - July 2016 - Issue 248 9 Calendar 1325 State St, Erie, PA) 6:30 PM. Join the Bears for a Youngstown Pride Festival casual dinner of food and conversation! Dinner is on Jul 16 (Sat) - PFLAG Butler Annual Rainbow Com- your own. Contact: Gary Snyder. Phone: (814) 446- munity Picnic (Alameda Park, 184 Alameda Park 2327. [email protected]. www.drenchedfur.com. Rd, Pavilion #3, Butler, PA ) 2 PM. Contact: Joshua Jul 13 (Wed) - Theology on Tap (Schickalay’s On The Crawford. (724) 290-9674 . [email protected]. Bay, 2860 W. 6th Street, Erie, PA) 7 PM. (814) 833- www.pflagbutler.com/. 0181. [email protected]. www.facebook.com/ Jul 17 (Sun) - Michelle Michaels presents FACE thetableerie. Drag Show! (Zone Dance Club, 133 W 18th St, Erie, Jul 13 (Wed) - RuPaul’s Drag Race - Season 8 The PA ) 11 PM. www.facebook.com/TheZoneDanceClub. Queens (Byham Theater, 101 Sixth Street, Pittsburgh, Jul 18 (Mon) - Pride Night at the Erie Seawolves PA) 8 PM. trustarts.org/events. (Jerry Uht Park, 110 E 10th St, Erie, PA) 7:05 PM. Jul 15 - 17 (Fri - Sun) - Bear Weekend - Cave Man Hosted by NW PA Pride Alliance. “It’s Buck Night, / Cave Bear Party (Jones Pond, 9835 Old State Rd, so grab your friends and family and enjoy $1 hot dogs, Angelica, NY) (585) 567-8100. [email protected]. popcorn, 12oz Pepsi products, and select draft beers www.jonespond.com. while we cheer on our Seawolves as they take on the Jul 16 (Sat) - Toga & Bathhouse (Camp Davis, 311 Harrisburg Senators.” For vouchers or info: president@ Redbrush Rd, Boyers, PA) (724) 637-2402. info@ nwpapride.org (814) 314-9075 Contact: Alex Sphon. campdaviscampground.com. www.campdaviscamp- (814) 314-9075. www.nwpapride.org. ground.com. Jul 19 (Tue) - PFLAG Meadville meets (Stone United Jul 16 - Pride Youngstown (E Federal St., Youngstown Methodist Church, 956 S Main St, Meadville, PA) 7 PM. OH) Noon - 9PM. $3 gate admission. Facebook: Contact: Randy Herbert-Weed. (814) 724-6736. mead-

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