Coalition offers alternative to gay bars
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ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT FOREST ORES
Gathering attracts
variety of people
By Alan Phelps
Senior Editor
Gay and lesbian minors or those
who are just tired of the bar scene
can find a place to socialize the first
Saturday of every month.
First Saturday is a monthly gath
ering at the Cornerstone church on
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
campus that is sponsored by the
Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Civil
Rights, a Lincoln organization.
Richard Nockai-Diaz, co-chair
man of the coalition, said 50 to 75
people of all kinds usually show
up for the various events the coali
tion plans for each month.
“We do get a pretty good mix of
people,” he said. All ages, parents
and friends of gay people, and
sometimes straight people show
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what was best about the bar scene,
Nockai-Diaz said, and remove all
of the pressure, smoke and alco
hol.
“It’s a safe place for people to
come and be themselves,” he said,
It’s a safe placefor people to come and be themselves
without pressure of bar scene where it may be real
uncomfortable.
Nockai-Diaz
coalition co-chairman
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up, Nockai-Diazsaid, particularly if
the coalition has brought in an
interesting speaker.
The coalition began planning
First Saturdays as a way to take
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“without pressure of bar scene where
it may be real uncomfortable.”
Nockai-Diaz said that in many
areas, the only place where gays
and lesbianscould exchange infor
mation and discuss issues impor
tant to the community was at gay
bars. The coalition, hesaid, wanted
to offer an alternative for those
who didn’t like bars.
Each month, a different event is
planned for 7 to 10 p.m. Everything
from dances and speakers to pot
luck suppers and poetry readings
have been First Saturday fare in the
past, Nockai-Diaz said.
The coalition also invites artists
to bring their work or book dealers
to stop by with gay and lesbian •
literature, Nockai-Diaz said.
“We encourage everyone to
come," he said.
A film festival with movies deal
ing with gay issues is planned for j
May 2, he said.
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