Date: August 29th 2008

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These are the stories in the August 29, 2008 issue.

2,200 for 24
Attendance rises for Dancin despite early rain squall
Cleveland - It was all about bodies moving on August 24, whether in front the DJ stage, on the performance stage, astride a mechanical bull or wrestling around in a kiddie pool of lube.
http://gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories08/august/0829081.htm

Seven out athletes win medals in Beijing
Diver Matthew Mitcham is first out man to win gold--but NBC viewers wouldnt know
Beijing - Of 11 out athletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics, seven took medals and one made history.
http://gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories08/august/0829082.htm

From podium to floor, 'we are everywhere' at Democratic Convention
Denver - Barack Obama will close the book on the old politics of race and gender and group against group and straight against gay, promised the ailing Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts in a surprise Monday night prime time speech to the Democratic National Convention.
http://gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories08/august/0829083.htm

'Gay friendly' bar won't open in old Moda space
Cleveland - Plans for an upscale gay-friendly lounge in the former Moda nightclub on West 25th Street were scuppered on August 19 after a local block club voted against supporting developers efforts.
http://gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories08/august/0829084.htm

Stephanie Tubbs Jones was a friend to the community
Count on me, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones told the Cleveland Human Rights Campaign dinner in May 2003. I promise that neither your voice nor mine will be silenced, because were going to take this to the Capitol, to the White House, and to the streets.
http://gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories08/august/0829085.htm

Evenings Out
Coming out as stand-ups
Dayton - Nine times out of ten, when a trio of queens are putting on a show that gets written up in an LGBT newspaper, you can be sure that someone is going to wind up lip-syncing Im Every Woman.
http://gaypeopleschronicle.com/evenings_out/evenings_out.htm

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