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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 22, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Lesbians and Gays holding Pride Day by Nick Martin staff reporter the Man who a been working tirelessly for the past year to organize today a Gay and lesbian Pride Day can to be identified Here a the Winnipeg teacher fears being out could Cost him promotions. If More prominent Gays and lesbians were open about their sexual orientation the wider Community would see they re As diverse and As Ordinary As the rest of Winnipeg sighs coun. Glen Murray fort Rouge. The More people that Are out the More mundane homosexuality will become a and that will be better for everybody said Murray. A a in a not the Only one. I see them at parties All the time a a Murray said. A in the arts Community there a piles of Well known Winni Eggers. Hockey is loaded with Gay men a though not a single National hockey league player Ever came out while we had the Winnipeg jets said Murray. A i find the excuses increasingly Flimsy a said Chris Vogel a Long time crusader for same sex benefits. A provincial bureaucrat whose Job does no to produce Media exposure Vogel is like most publicly visible Gays and lesbians Here a he a prominent because he a Gay. And while Gays and lesbians done to deny homophobia harassment and repercussions to openness still exist the fear of being out is far worse than the reality says journalist Kirk Williams. In fact there a a lot of Freedom and enhanced ability to live with yourself in being open about sexual orientation said Williams. With his colleagues a my being out has never been an Issue. A the fear itself is huge in comparison to the reality. Ifs very hypocritical on my part not to talk about it when in be asked people to go Public. To put their faces on the journalists have joined other professions such As doctors lawyers and teachers in forming Gay and lesbian associations to increase Public awareness about tolerance and negative stereotyping and to work for same sex rights Williams said. Nevertheless being in the Media he a Well aware that people do suffer repercussions Williams said and its not an easy journey for everybody. The president of University of Manitoba a Glass Gay and lesbian association of students and staff is out on Campus but her grandparents done to know she a lesbian. A your Campus is really scary. A lot of Gay Guys wont go to Frank Kennedy to put up a poster. They re afraid the jocks will Gay Bash them a she said. Rob Lindey co chair of the Gay and lesbian lawyers association said Many of the 30 members request mail at Home so their firms done to know that they Arentt straight. However the Manitoba bar association has been supportive said Lindey. Pride Day activities include rally Parade today a Pride Day activities include a a rally on the Steps of the legislature at 1 . Featuring three speakers a a local labour organizer and a deaf Gay activist a along with Carmen Paquette from Egale Equality for Gays and lesbians everywhere who la give a Post election update on National issues. A the Parade follows at 1 30 ., along Osborne Street Stra Brook Avenue Donald Street and Broadway Back to memorial Park. A there la be live entertainment on stage in memorial Park and Craft displays throughout the afternoon. A an interdenominational Church service at 5 . At St. Stephens Broadway United Church. A the big Bash is this evening at be rendezvous. Firefighters Rescue lost student by Melanie Verhaeghe for the free press an Exchange student from Brazil is Lucky to be alive after getting lost and setting fire to a Small Ontario Island to attract rescuers. Ricardo Rego was camping in Wab Akimi Park 160 Kilometres North of Thunder Bay with two other Exchange students from Germany. He went for a walk and got lost thursday afternoon said Thunder Bay Region fire Ranger Stephan Schmidt. A the panicked a Schmidt said. After walking in circles for about four Kilometres and experiencing hallucinations Rego swam to a Small Island a few metres away and started a Bush fire with his lighter. Island burning Schmidt and his Crew of six firefighters on their Way Home after putting out a lightning fire in the Bush several Kilometres away a noticed the Island burning and we saw a Fella standing on a Rock with no shirt on and ripped jeans a Schmidt said yesterday. The full helicopter dropped off three firefighters on a nearby Island then went Back to res Cue the Young Man. By that time at least 50 per cent of the half acre size Island was burned. 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