2014-08-01 Outlook Ohio Magazine by Outlook Media, Inc

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The Voice of Ohio’s GLBT and Ally Community

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Gay Games 9 Schedules Global LGBT Rights The Gay Rodeo LGBT People in Sports Toledo Pride Cleveland Hot Spots Boy George Interview Horoscopes Piercology Turns 20 Cleveland Pride Snapshots

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It’s too darn hot this Broadway season!

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the gay games 9 issue vol 19 • #3

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small pond: piercology

gay games 9: welcome

feature: gay games history & LGBT all-stars feature: LGBT athletes

feature: international gay rights feature: gay rodeo feature: after the games

feature: gay games 9 sports & event schedules the other side complete the circuit the mario & debbie show

deep inside hollywood

creative class: arts events during gay games interview: boy george out & about

ohio gay bar directory

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toledo pride

savage love

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PUBLISHER Christopher Hayes ASSOCIATE PUBLISHERS Bob Vitale and Chad Frye HEADQUARTERS Outlook Media, Inc. 815 N High St, Bsmt Ste G, Columbus, OH 43215 614.268.8525 phone / 614.261.8200 fax

It’s finally here! Gay Games 9 is rushing, sailing, dancing, [enter any sports idiom here] into Cleveland and Akron this month to show the rest of the world just how well gays can play sports. That being the point of GG9, I could write about the stereotypes associated with gay men and our inability to play sports. How it is often portrayed not as a lack of skill, but an abundance of femininity. I could also write about the flip side, the assumption that the majority of women who play sports are lesbians and how sporty women are often marginalized for being too masculine, especially if those women are butch. I could talk about how bisexuals get shit from straights and gays or about trans people and hormones and which league they should play in. I could tell you that no one cares if a trans man plays in the men’s league because you know “Devvon is really just a girl and not a threat to the cis men,” or how everyone pitches a fit when a trans woman wants to play in the women’s league because she’ll have an unfair advantage because she was “born a man,” regardless of all the estrogen pumping through her body. I could then tie all that together and show how all of this is really related to the binary, which was created to keep women down, and how ultimately homophobia isn’t so much about the fear of gay people, but about the hatred of women. And then conclude that gender bias is the root of our discrimination.

I could, but misogyny is depressing, especially when you’re trying to watch men roll around in singlets. Plus, I’m preaching to the choir. Instead, I’m going to encourage everyone to go celebrate our gayness and have a good time. This month we have a rare opportunity to interact with members of our community from around the world at an event that isn’t a circuit party or a Pride festival. If you’re on the fence, or not even close to the fence, I highly recommend heading to the Gay Games in Cleveland and Akron to participate, spectate or just party. We have a whole issue filled with events and activities - there’s something for everyone of every athletic ability. And as Gay Games goes, this will probably be the only one in Ohio during our lifetime. So, quit hem-hawing and book your rooms and figure out your car pools! If you had an opportunity to make it to the Gay Softball World Series in Columbus a few years ago, you remember what a blast that was - and that was only one sport! If we know anything here in Ohio, we know Cleveland rocks. This is an experience that will rock your world. Don’t let it slip by. See you by the lake! Christopher Hayes Publisher

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Eisman Morales, photographed by Emma Parker, sporting the Gay Games 9 medals. Win your own medal in Cleveland + Akron August 9-16.

NEXT MONTH: the arts & fashion issue

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Cleveland Pride 6/28/14 Voinovich Park

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Statehouse Keeps Ban on Same-Sex Couples

Ohio’s self-proclaimed “People’s House” will continue to deny gay and lesbian people the opportunity to celebrate within its walls.

state’s 2004 constitutional restrictions on marriage, the policy serves to shut out same-sex couples who wed in marriage-equality states.

A panel of lawmakers and outside appointees that oversees the Ohio Statehouse decided on July 17 to stick with a seven-year-old ban on same-sex weddings and receptions at the public, taxpayer-funded building in Columbus.

Stinziano said Statehouse officials told him they must follow the Ohio Constitution. Statehouse spokesman Luke Stedke said the policy also ensures that the building will be used by Ohioans, although no state law prohibits nonresidents in opposite-sex relationships from getting a marriage license in Ohio.

“They’re completely wrong,” said state Rep. Michael Stinziano, D-Columbus, who asked to the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board to review its policy after Outlook wrote about the issue in February. Since Ohio opened its Statehouse to wedding ceremonies and receptions in 2007, officials have required couples to show an in-state marriage license in order to rent space. Because of the

In neighboring states such as West Virginia, Indiana and Michigan, where same-sex marriage also is banned, state capital buildings don’t discriminate in their rental policies. “I don’t think the People’s House should have a policy that prevents any taxpayer from using the facility,” Stinziano said.

The Month in Marriage Arkansas: Two same-sex couples filed a federal lawsuit July 16 challenging the state’s marriage ban. A state judge already has ruled the ban unconstitutional, but the decision has been appealed to the Arkansas Supreme Court.

Indiana: The Seventh Circuit US Court of Appeals will take up the state’s appeal on Aug 13 of a federal judge’s June 25 decision in favor of marriage equality.

Kentucky: US District Judge John Heyburn struck down the state’s marriage ban on July 1, although Colorado: Adams County District the ruling was put on hold pendJudge C Scott Crabtree struck ing appeal. Heyburn previously down the state’s marriage ban ordered Kentucky to honor sameon July 9, and some county clerks sex couples’ marriages perissued licenses until ordered to formed in other states. stop pending an appeal. Oklahoma: The 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower Florida: Monroe County Circuit Court Judge Luis Garcia ruled July court ruling in favor of marriage 17 that the state’s ban on same- equality. sex marriage is unconstitutional. The decision, which applies only in Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County the county that includes Key West, Clerk Theresa Santai-Gaffney was put on hold when state offi- won’t give up the fight against cials filed an appeal. marriage equality. Although state officials decided not to apIllinois: 5,000 same-sex couples peal a May court ruling, she has asked the entire Third Circuit US wed during the first month of marriage equality, according to a Court of Appeals to hear her arguments. survey of counties by Equality Illinois.

Utah: State officials said July 9 that they will ask the US Supreme Court to review decisions by two federal courts in favor of marriage equality in Utah. Wisconsin: 40 Democratic lawmakers have urged GOP Gov. Scott Walker and Attorney General JB Van Hollen to drop their appeal of a federal court decision for marriage equality. They say it’s a waste of taxpayer money. Nationwide: US Attorney General Eric Holder told ABC News that the Department of Justice will urge the Supreme Court to strike down marriage bans nationwide should justices take up one of the cases currently moving through the federal courts. Croatia: With a vote of 89-16, the nation’s parliament approved the Life Partnership Act, granting civil unions for samesex couples.

“Assuring equal protection for same-sex couples does not diminish the freedom of others to any degree.”

- US District Judge John Heyburn, Kentucky

Hobby Lobby Fallout: OK for Discrimination

The US Department of Education granted a Christian university in Oregon a religious exemption from federal antidiscrimination laws and allowed the school to bar a transgender student from living in the men’s dormitories. PQ Monthly reported in July that George Fox University in Newberg, Ore, obtained the exemption in its effort to deny Jayce Marcus a place in its single-sex residence halls on the basis that it is a “Christ-centered community.” 12

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Marcus’s attorney contended that the school was violating Title IX, a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender. The exemption came weeks after the US Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision, which many LGBT rights advocates fear will be used by religious business owners to discriminate against LGBT people. In their ruling, justices extended religious freedoms to certain corporations.

Outlook publishes free wedding and engagement announcements for LGBT couples in Ohio.

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Appeals Court to Hear Ohio Marriage Cases Should the state of Ohio recognize samesex marriages performed in other states, just as it honors other unions that its own laws forbid? The Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals in Cincinnati will hear appeals of two cases on Aug 6 that could decide that question for good. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is fighting the rulings, which would require the state to recognize same-sex marriages from states that embrace marriage equality. One case involves four couples who

The other involves two Cincinnati men who want their late husbands to be recorded as married on state-issued death certificates. A pending federal lawsuit seeks fullfledged marriage equality in Ohio. Two rallies are planned in Cincinnati. On Aug 5, Why Marriage Matters Ohio will sponsor a rally at 5:30p in Lytle Park. On Aug 6, FreedomOhio will host a rally at noon at the Potter Stewart US Courthouse.

order is consistent with the president’s pledge to take action on his own when Congress won’t act on important issues. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act was approved in the Senate last year, but the House hasn’t moved on the bill.

“America’s federal contracts should not subsidize discrimination against the American people,” Obama said at White House ENDA would add gender identity and sexual ceremony, according to an Associated Press orientation to federal anti-discrimination report. laws. Just 18 states bar discrimination against LGBT people. The White House said the latest executive Ohio isn’t one of them.

Give Them a Toaster

Brad Thorson, an offensive lineman for the 2006 University of Wisconsin football team that finished fifth in the nation, came out on his blog on the Fourth of July. He was signed by the Arizona Cardinals in 2011 but never played an NFL game. “I’m gay. I’m also an athlete,” he wrote. “For years, I struggled to unite these two identities in my own mind. Not until after my professional athletic career came to an end did I allow myself to understand my sexuality. Now, three years later, I’m finally ready to share that with people.

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Lesbian Parents Denied Public Pool Family Pass

want to be listed as married on their children’s birth certificates.

Obama Order Bars Bias by Federal Contractors

President Obama signed an executive order July 21 requiring businesses that get federal contracts to pledge that they won’t discriminate against LGBT workers.

Transgender Woman Killed in Cincinnati

Swimmer Ian Thorpe, a five-time gold medalist and Australia’s most decorated Olympian, came out in a TV interview on July 13. “I was concerned about the reaction from my family, my friends, and I’m pleased to say that in telling them, especially my parents, they told me that they love me, and they support me,” he said. “And for young people out there, know that that’s usually what the answer is.”

Tiffany Edwards, 28, was found dead in the middle of a Cincinnati street on June 26. She was the fourth transgender Ohioan murdered in the last 18 months. “Tiffany was Tiffany. Our family accepted Tiffany for Tiffany. … Tiffany was love. Tiffany gave love,” Edwards’ aunt told WLWT-TV in Cincinnati. Tiffany came out to her family at age 14, she said. On July 2, police arrested Quamar Edwards, 25, who is not related to the victim. His uncle told WLWT that Tiffany Edwards hit on his nephew, although police said he solicited her for sex. GLAAD said the tactic of blaming LGBT victims for the violence they suffer - “trans panic” or “gay panic” - has been discredited as a legal tactic. Edwards is one of six transgender women of color murdered in the United States this year. In Ohio, three trans women have been killed in Cleveland since January 2013. BRAVO, the Buckeye Region Anti-Violence Organization, said the latest killing underscores the need for action in Ohio to address hate crimes against LGBT people. The state’s hate-crimes law does not cover crimes based on a victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

“If civil unions were truly the same as marriages, they would be called marriages and not civil unions. If they were the same, there would be no need for both of them.”

- Colorado District Judge C Scott Crabtree

There’s no gum allowed at the Heise Park pool in Galion. And no snorkels, no dunking, no smoking and no rough play. Oh, and apparently, no families headed by gay or lesbian parents. Galion, a city 60 miles north of Columbus, decided in July to review its policy on family passes at a city-owned swimming pool after two women and their four children were denied a pass reserved only for “a mother, father and … dependent children.” Galion resident Melody Mohn posted a message on Facebook about her denial of a family pass, which would have saved her family more than $80. “I am more hurt than angry,” she wrote. “I called the mayor’s office to request permission to purchase the pass. It took me a minute to work up the courage to make the call. Which in itself just sucks. … Could have lied and changed some names around but bit the bullet and went with honesty. I guess I would rather do without the pass.”

We Are Pleased to Announce...

Phyllis and Christine (Hershey) Annotto were married June 26, 2014, on the beach in Ocean City, Maryland. Phyllis’s daughter Kirsten and her nephew Anthony stood by their side as they exchanged vows. The couple now resides in Reynoldsburg, Ohio.

Send your photos and announcements (200 words or less, please) to erin@outlookmedia.com.

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His Pierce Is Fierce Columbus Studio Has Grown Along With the Piercing Industry children. After watching the kids get pierced, she spontaneously decided to share in the experience.

Patrick McCarthy never intended piercing to be his career, but 23 years ago when he was fired from “You’re never too old to do it,” he said. his publishing job in Pennsylvania after a coworker outed him, he had to rethink everything. But while piercing in general doesn’t seem to be just a trend, some types of piercing have peaked “I remember being devastated when I was fired in popularity. for being gay, because I loved what I did,” he said. “But it made me be able to be me.” “There was a time in the ’90s when all we did was tongues. Tongues! Tongues! Tongues!” said McMcCarthy’s friend, Jim Ward, the “grandfather of Carthy. piercing” and founder of the Gauntlet in LA, was teaching seminars on piercing in Chicago. Ward He’s even had a dominatrix bring her sex slaves to taught McCarthy all the basics of the craft, and get genital piercings. But some of the most comhe began piercing inside KUKLAS, a body jewelry mon piercings he does now are the nose, the trastore in Columbus. gus (the part of your ear that projects over the ear canal) and forward helixes (the top part of your “At first, I only did piercings I was comfortable ear closest to the head). with, and as my confidence grew I started doing more and more advanced piercings,” McCarthy McCarthy also explains that he’s had to advise posaid. He pierced clients on a sheet-draped chair in tential customers to forgo certain piercings bethe back room. cause of not having the right anatomy, like enough skin in a certain area or a ridge above the After a couple years, McCarthy decided he wanted belly button for a navel piercing. his own studio. He opened Piercology in Columbus in 1994. Aside from building Piercology, McCarthy has spent much of the past 20 years building the in“I laugh still at some friends when they asked me dustry as a whole. From 1999 to 2002, he served 20 years ago, ‘What are you going to do when the as the first elected president of the Association of fad stops?’ Well, I can proudly say it has not and I Professional Piercers, a national organization. Redon’t see it stopping in the future.” cently, he started a new group, the Association of Body Art Professionals, which includes all forms of Far from it. McCarthy recently pierced the ears of a body art. 92-year-old woman who came in with her grand-

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He said he wants to make sure studios learn the correct way - and the safe way - to perform body modifications. “We will teach you how to become better.”

McCarthy has helped the industry in Ohio, too. He was in on the creation of state regulations for body art businesses, and he’s currently helping rewrite studio standards for the Ohio Department of Health. He wants to make sure state inspectors are properly trained to examine studios.

“They do awesome. It has always been clean, and it has always been friendly, too,” she said. Piercer Mike Chance said their love for the art form creates the welcoming vibe. “We all love what we do and that makes us humble.” Dave Navarro photo: Luke Ford

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“It makes me feel like I’m contributing,” he said. “I would rather be on the forefront than other people trying to do this for me and doing it wrong.” Now McCarthy is looking for a location in Gahanna to open to Body Art Solutions, a first-of-its-kind center that will offer a full week of training in each of several specialties: piercing, tattooing and permanent cosmetics. After the program, trainees will be able to find apprenticeships in studios that use the correct methods. There are ways for customers to tell if a piercing studio is up to par, McCarthy said. Look at their aftercare programs and the quality of their jewelry. Ask about their piercers’ experience and ask to see spore tests, which are sterilization tests. After a piercing, you should clean the area with soap, water and then a sea salt soak. Kara Warren has had five piercings done at Piercology and has loved each experience.

Congrats, Pat!

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IT’S OUR MOMENT Cleveland, Akron & Ohio Take the LGBT Spotlight

by Tom Nobbe For one fabulous week from Aug 9-16, thousands of people from around the world will descend on Ohio for the 2014 Gay Games presented by the Cleveland Foundation. It’s pretty much a no-brainer to host an event of this magnitude in one of our North American, European or Australian gay tourist meccas. Prior Gay Games have been in San Francisco, Vancouver, New York City, Sydney, Amsterdam, Chicago and Cologne - and the 2018 Games will be hosted by Paris. It’s a whole different matter to hold the Games in the smallest metropolitan area to date - not to mention a place few consider an LGBT tourist destination - but we are. And it’s going to be great! Northeast Ohio has embraced the Games, and the excitement is palpable. We are poised to provide a magical and memorable experience for our participants, spectators and volunteers. Packed between the energy of the Opening Ceremonies and the nostalgia of the Closing Ceremonies will be a myriad of sports and cultural events, parties, concerts

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and street fests. A constant throughout Games Week will be the activity of Festival Village, the hub for all Gay Games participants, their friends and families, spectators, and the general public. It’s where community and connections will be formed and where thousands of people will gather after the day’s competitions to meet up with friends, celebrate their personal victories, be entertained, visit sponsors and vendors, and relax and enjoy Ohio hospitality. Even if you live outside of Northeast Ohio and haven’t registered to participate or volunteer, it’s an easy drive to experience the Games. The Opening Ceremonies simply should not be missed. The highlight of the week, it will be at Quicken Loans Arena, where LeBron James will be playing again this fall! The program will offer a star-studded lineup of entertainment, featuring singer, dancer and radio host Lance Bass; Broadway actress Andrea McArdle; and the legendary Pointer Sisters. Alex Newell, best known for his role on Fox’s Glee, will join McArdle for a tribute to Gay Games participants in a Broadway-style mu-

sical number. Olympic champion and LGBT advocate Greg Louganis will make a special appearance. The event will generate buzz, excitement and spirit that will carry throughout the remainder of the Games. Get your tickets at gg9cle.com/plan-my-visit/tickets and help us welcome the world to Northeast Ohio. Throughout the week there’s even more to enjoy, including a White Party (featuring a DJ set by the one and only Boy George), a Black Party, a Block Party, concerts with the Indigo Girls and Ana Matronic, and gay rodeo - oh my! There are going to be women’s parties, lake and river cruises, and band and choral concerts. There’s so much to do in just a week’s time. Check it all out at gg9cle.com/plan-myvisit. We also can’t forget the 36-plus sports events, which for many are what the Gay Games is really all about. Our participants look forward most to the experience of bringing one’s whole self to competition in a safe and affirming environment. Check out some of the events. Most are free. You’ll be amazed.

Can’t the Terminal Tower just stay rainbow?

I am constantly asked why Cleveland and Akron were chosen to host the Games. There were a number of reasons: our first-rate facilities, our affordability and the region’s passionate desire to host the event. Perhaps the biggest, though, is that the time was right to host these Games in a place where the event could be a catalyst to change hearts and minds. After all, we are an internationally recognized “purple” state that makes or breaks presidential aspirations. This is an exciting time for Ohio’s LGBT community. People from around the country and the globe will be flying to the American heartland instead of over it for the Gay Games. My wish is that Buckeyes from all over the state flock to Northeast Ohio during Games Week to help welcome our visitors and to show their support for LGBT equality in our state and around the world. See you at the Games! Tom Nobbe is a lifelong resident of Northeast Ohio and executive director of Gay Games 9. outlookohio.com

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Gay Games History Dr. Tom Waddell, an American decathlete in the 1968 Olympics, conceived the Gay Games as a way of demonstrating to the world that LGBT athletes were as talented and competitive as any others.

The 2014 Games in Cleveland and Akron will be the ninth installment of an event that has moved around the world:

Gay Games I San Francisco, 1982: About 1,350 athletes competed in Waddell’s hometown. Eleven sports were offered at the inaugural event.

Gay Games II San Francisco, 1986: The number of competitors more than doubled, and a Procession of the Arts was added that included concerts, exhibits, plays and films. International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics, an alliance of competitive swimmers, was

formed the following year as a result of connections made at the Games.

Gay Games III Vancouver, 1990: The Games became a truly international event, hosted outside the United States for the first time and drawing more than 7,300 participants from 39 countries.

Gay Games IV New York, 1994: Women’s wrestling was added to the Games a full decade before

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Gay Games V Amsterdam, 1998: The Games marked a milestone in the fight for LGBT acceptance in mainstream sports when British Sports Minister Tony Banks publically voiced his support for British athletes competing at the event.

Gay Games VI Sydney, 2002: Organizers made special outreach efforts to the Asia/Pacific region, increasing diversity at the Games and drawing competitors from 70 countries. The full Australian AIDS memorial quilt was displayed, along with quilts from 10 other countries.

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sumers, and the Games reaped more than $13 million from airlines, liquor companies and other businesses.

Gay Games VIII Cologne, 2010: German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, who is openly gay, attended the opening ceremonies. The event featured 35 sports.

Chicago, 2006: GGVII was the first in which corporate sponsors saw the potential in reaching LGBT con-

Whether they came out after leaving their sport or while still competing, here are some out athletes whose achievements on and off the field are worth a gold medal:

Kye Allums: In 2010, as a starting guard on the George Washington University women’s basketball team, Allums became the first openly transgender athlete in major-college sports.

Billie Jean King: She won 39 Grand Slam titles during her professional tennis career and used her fame to fight sexism in sports. She came out publicly in 1988.

Glenn Burke: He was out to teammates and coaches during his 14-year baseball career with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland A’s, and he came out publicly in 1980, two years after retiring. Burke’s claim to fame: He invented the high-five.

Greg Louganis: He won five diving medals in three Olympics and received the first perfect score in international competition. He came out publicly as gay and HIV-positive in 1994. Louganis will take part in the Gay Games Opening Ceremonies on Aug 9.

Jason Collins: When he played his first game for the Brooklyn Nets on Feb 23, Collins became the first openly gay active player in one of North America’s four top sports leagues. He came out in 2013 in a Sports Illustrated cover story.

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the sport joined the Olympics. GGIV drew 12,000 competitors from 40 countries. Another highlight: Diving champ Greg Louganis came out during his address at the opening ceremonies.

Rudy Galindo: In figure skating, a sport where gay men mostly have stayed in the closet, he became the first out US champion in 1996.

Martina Navratilova: She won 168 singles tennis titles, more than any other tennis player in history. She also won 58 Grand Slam tournaments. Since coming out in 1981, during the prime of her career, Navratilova has been outspoken in her advocacy for LGBT rights.

Brittney Griner: The three-time All American basketball player for Baylor was the top pick in the 2013 WNBA draft. In her first game with the Phoenix Mercury, she dunked the ball twice to tie the league record.

Bob Paris: The 1983 Mr. Universe was one of the first pro athletes to come out while still competing. He and then-partner Rod Jackson were a staple of gay magazine covers in the 1990s. Robbie Rogers: Come back to Ohio!

Renée Richards: She won a landmark court ruling in 1977 to compete in the US Open women’s tennis tournament after being barred because she was transgender. The United States Tennis Association fought her back then but inducted Richards into its Hall of Fame in 2000. Robbie Rogers: When he came out in 2013 and then signed with the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer, Rogers was the only openly gay professional athlete in North American sports. He played with the Columbus Crew from 2007 to 2011. Michael Sam: He’s about to become the first openly gay player in the National Football League. Sam came out in February after finishing his college football career with the University of Missouri. He’s currently with the St. Louis Rams. Tom Waddell: The decathlete competed for the United States in the 1968 Olympics. After attending a gay bowling tournament in the 1970s, he was inspired to start the Gay Games in 1982. Waddell died in 1987. Source: lgbthistorymonth.com

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On the Bench

As LGBT Athletes Reach New Heights, Too Many Kids Stay Sidelined

by Pete Olsen

less “manly” - for fear of being labeled a lesbian?

We are failing at creating a safe environment for our youth to enjoy sports.

the “tough guy” sports of football, basketball and wrestling, and if he decides he wants to swim or dance, society will label him as gay.

Michael Sam. Brittney Griner. Robbie How do our assumptions about sexRogers. Jason Collins. ual orientation change if a boy is a Undoubtedly, there will continue to be progress at the professional and Neither option looks promising, does Nike produces #BeTrue clothing, and figure skater or football player? Whether a girl plays softball or is a collegiate levels for LGBT athletes it? YouTube is #ProudToPlay. synchronized swimmer? who make it that far. Leagues, conferences, teams and administrators A masculine boy will get teased if he There are active, professional LGBT will continue to educate themselves favors figure skating to hockey. Femathletes in the major team sports in The answers to all of those questions: too many and too much. and adopt policies to create better inine girls are safe to pursue certain North America - all of those qualiaccess and environments for every- sports to their hearts’ content but fiers being necessary as the various GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian & Straight one. not others. A masculine girl playing thresholds had previously been Education Network, released a surany sport? She will be teased as crossed - and there is corporate vey in 2013 about the experiences of We have You Can Play, Outsports, well. support behind the cause. LGBT students when it comes to GO! Athletes, Athlete Ally, the LGBT sports. Sports Coalition and many more ad- Favorite colors, a hairstyle, physical That’s worth cheering, because vocates making sure of it. More and mannerisms, speech, fashion - it’s these truly have been landmark deIt found that more than half of LGBT more famous athletes will come out, an unending list of biases and velopments for LGBT athletes in and more and more companies will stereotypes that contribute to others sport. But how many LGBT youth are students were bullied or harassed during gym class because of their support the cause. assigning an assumed gender and still shunned from participating or sexual orientation (52.8 percent) or sexuality. even being a fan? How many are gender expression (50.9 percent). Al- But the issue for our youth: That’s on scared to try? most one-third (32.5 percent) of all of us. Everyone needs to chip in. All of it has to stop. And in order to LGBT students avoided attending get it to stop, we all have to check How often do peers, coaches, pargym classes, and almost a quarter Achieving unhindered opportunity to our own behavior - not just others’ ents and administrators use gen(22.8 percent) avoided school ath- participate in, be a fan of or simply that puts these absurd expectations dered or homophobic language to letics fields and facilities. explore sports regardless of gender on our youth. put down a kid playing a sport? or sexuality boils down to society’s “Stop playing like a girl,” “Man up,” “She’s a tomboy,” “He’s a sissy,” etc. Our LGBT youth are not comfortable expectations about masculinity and The arena of sports is a great place in physical education class, so they femininity. to do so. How many girls stop playing a sport skip, and many have such bad experiences that don’t even want to be An effeminate boy, regardless of sex- It takes courage; I know that. It reor play differently - less intense or around the school gym or stadium. ual orientation, will be shunned from quires you to instigate conflict, to Visit youcanplayproject.org to find out more about efforts to promote tolerance in sports. 18 august 2014

challenge someone or even yourself. It can be incredibly awkward. But doing so is worth it. To actually affect the environment in sports for our youth, we have to do it. And the effectiveness of the effort depends on how many join in. If you’re at a loss for words to check someone, I got you: “Hello [offending party], I noticed that you [offending action]. Have you thought about how that affects the self-esteem of our kids and their interest in sports? Let’s work on creating a supportive and inclusive environment without all that added stress and pressure, OK? Thank you for understanding!” At the least, you will educate someone. At the most, you may save a life. And somewhere in the middle, some kid might keep playing a sport instead of quitting. Pete Olsen is staff counsel for the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets and a 2012 graduate of Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law. He previously blogged on gay rights and the sports industry at www.widerights.com. outlookohio.com

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makers voted for marriage equality in April 2013, the Bangladesh: Created a gallery broke out into third-gender identity op“Pokarekare Ana,” a tradition, but only for transgen- tional Maori love song. der women known in South (Search for it on YouTube Asia as hijras. and try not to cry.)

Progress for LGBT People Isn’t a Worldwide Trend

“The world is really being pulled in two directions,” said The world is moving in two di- Ty Cobb, director of global enrections when it comes to gagement for the Human LGBT rights. Rights Campaign, the biggest LGBT civil rights group in the We celebrate victories - mar- United States. riage rights in more places and increasing legal respect “And the gulf between these for transgender people - and two directions is getting wider cheer first-ever Pride celebra- than ever before.” tions in places where movements are still forming. We Forty-five countries will be feel optimism when political represented at the 2014 Gay and religious leaders retreat Games in Cleveland and from harsh rhetoric and show Akron, said spokeswoman Lisa a change of heart. Sands. The 8,000-plus participants include LGBT people But it’s also the worst of times from Liberia, Malaysia, Nigein many places and for many ria, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and ToLGBT people. bago, and the United Arab Emirates, where homosexualAbout 2.7 billion people ity is illegal. that’s 38 percent of the world’s population - live in 80 counThere are also participants tries where homosexuality is a coming to Ohio from Russia. crime. In 10 of those countries, it’s punishable by death. Cobb, who came to Columbus in July to speak about LGBT One organization has estirights worldwide at an event mated that a transgender per- hosted by the Columbus son is murdered somewhere in Council on World Affairs, said the world every three days. progress in some parts of the Four trans Ohioans have been world is being used to harm killed in the last 18 months. people in other countries. 20

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At a typical American lunchtime business gathering, as people poked at their salads and passed the rolls, Cobb pointed out that his talk would subject him to arrest in Russia, where federal law now categorizes discussion about civil rights or even tolerance as propaganda designed to undermine the nation’s traditional values.

tivists in Australia, Belize, Croatia, France, Jamaica, Nigeria, Poland, Ukraine and the United Kingdom to fight civil-rights legislation for LGBT people or to aid other efforts against them.

Brazil: The top court ruled South Korea: A court ruled in favor of marriage equal- that transgender people ity in May 2013. can change their legal gender status without genFrance: Parliament voted der-confirmation surgery. in favor of marriage equalSweden: Rescinded a law ity in April 2013. requiring people to get Germany: Became the first sterilized before they could European nation where in- change their gender on tersex newborns may be government IDs. registered as neither male nor female. United Kingdom: The British Parliament voted for Nepal: Created a thirdmarriage equality in Enggender identity category on land and Wales. Lawmakits government documents. ers in Scotland followed suit in February. Netherlands: Rescinded a law requiring people to get Uruguay: Same-sex cousterilized before they could ples, who were granted the change their gender on right to civil unions in government IDs. 2008, were extended full marriage rights as of AuNew Zealand: When law- gust 2013.

A 2012 report by University of Texas sociologist Mark Regnerus, dismissed as “entirely unbelievable” by the federal judge who struck down MichiBut anti-LGBT extremism is gan’s same-sex marriage ban very much an American export, in March, has made the Cobb said. rounds in many of those countries. Regnerus never studied Scott Lively, whose California gay families, but his report ministry has been classified concluded they’re bad for chilas a hate group by the South- dren. ern Poverty Law Center, has pushed propaganda laws “We’ve heard a lot of that at worldwide and helped launch home, but all of it is seen as Uganda’s drive for legislation extreme at this point,” Cobb that would have imposed the said of the anti-LGBT mesdeath penalty against gays sage from Christian conservaand lesbians. tives.

Bad News

A compromise for the law now “It’s not [dismissed] where in place includes a life senthese people are traveling,” he tence. added. “They’ve taken their sham science and hateful According to the HRC, Ameri- rhetoric to places overseas. cans also have worked with anti-LGBT lawmakers and ac-

Kuwait: The country’s public-health director said in October that his agency planned to somehow use “clinical tests” to stop gay and trans people from en-

Brunei: Adopted Islamic sharia law - announced in October and effective in May - that means gay and lesbian people can be stoned to death.

tering the country. He said the tests also would be used in Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Nigeria: Toughened a longstanding law against homosexuality with 14-year prison sentences for gay Croatia: Voters banned same-sex marriage in De- people and 10 years for cember, but lawmakers ap- anyone who supports an proved civil unions in July. LGBT group. India: The nation’s top court reinstated a law against homosexuality in December.

The most tolerant nation on Earth? Spain, according to an April survey.

Russia: Enacted a law in June 2013 that bans all forms of public support for LGBT rights and acceptance. In July 2013, lawmakers barred adoption of Russian children by samesex couples. (Source: Equality Rising: HRC Global Equality Report 2014) outlookohio.com

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That’s not the only bear you’ll find in Cleveland during the Gay Games!

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Gay Rodeo Will Rope and Ride in Akron During Gay Games 9

by Erin McCalla

racing. A good, quick horse is preferred, if not necessary, for these events.

Pull out your cowboy boots and buckle up those Wrangler jeans. The gay rodeo is coming And since the “gay boys and girls have to put their spin on it,” said IGRA’s spokesman, Brian to Akron on Aug 11-12. Helander, there are three camp events as well. The International Gay Rodeo Association has teamed up with the Gay Games 9 to bring the Goat-dressing, steer-decorating and a wild drag race are three offbeat events that you’ll gay rodeo to the Games for the first time. find only at the gay rodeo. Wild drag racing is The main way the gay rodeo is different from quite different from the drag race we’ve come to know from RuPaul. Basically, a cowboy or any straight rodeo organization is that it allows - and encourages - cowgirls to compete cowgirl in “scag drag” has to mount and ride in all 13 events, just the same as the cowboys. a steer with the help of his or her two teammates. This includes the dangerous crowd favorite, bull riding. Helander has been involved with the gay rodeo The IGRA started as small, charitable event to for 20 years and currently competes in nine of fight Muscular Dystrophy in 1976. Currently, it the 13 events. puts on 14 to 20 rodeos all over the United “The camp events are not always as easy as States and Canada each year. they sound, and they are very, very competiThere are four categories of events that range tive,” he said. from riding to roping to dressing and decoratThese events are so competitive that Helander ing. wanted to remind all other competitors that he The rough stock events include the aforemen- and rodeo partner Chuck Browning are the tioned bull- and steer-riding (steers are basi- current world record-holders in goat dressing, cally smaller bulls that have been castrated), a team event where you put a pair of whiteytighties on a goat. bareback bronc-riding (get your mind out of the gutter, fellas) and chute-dogging. Chutedogging is when a contestant wrestles a steer But Helander didn’t grow up a cowboy. to the ground after leading it out of the chute “I wasn’t very athletic, but I liked being around and across a white line. animals,” the Colorado resident said. After atRoping events can take place on foot - like the tending his first gay rodeo, he went out and calf-roping - or on a horse for mounted break- got a horse and now, after a lot of practice, he is a “top notch” cowboy on the circuit. away roping and team roping.

and then immediately participated in a rodeo school in conjunction with the IGRA. “If you have an athletic bone in your body, you can do the rodeo school and try the calf-roping on foot. There’s no danger of harm,” she said. “If you can swing a rope in a circle above your above your head, you can do calf-roping. You can learn in an hour.” She still participates in the beginner events while she learns to ride horses. She’ll compete in two events on foot - chute-dogging and calf-roping - and all three camp events at the gay rodeo in Akron. And no rodeo would be complete without a hoedown hullabaloo. Throughout the rodeo events, spectators and competitors can take a break from the action and step into the saloon to watch Western entertainment like singers and rope spinners. They also can learn dances from instructors in case there are two left feet inside those cowboy boots. On Sunday night, Aug 10, the saloon will turn into a dancehall from 8p to 1a. Admission to the dance is $10. The gay rodeo and dance is open and welcoming to everyone - even to straight contestants. Helander estimates that 15 percent of the competitors are straight allies. Maybe Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings were wrong? It sounds like mamas should let their babies grow up to be cowboys (and cowgirls) after all.

The three “speed events” are all riding events Janine Pardee, a structural engineer from Or- “The rodeo is joyful,” Pardee said. “Everyone should be interested; it’s so darn American.” that pit contestants against the clock. They in- lando, got her start with the gay rodeo in a similar way in 2011. She attended a gay rodeo clude barrel-racing, role-bending and flag22

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Friday, August 8 Rodeo Kickoff Party @ Adams Street Bar, 77 N Adams St, Akron, 44304; adamstreetbar.com: Meet rodeo officials and contestants with entertainment provided by IGRA Royalty. 8p; $5 Saturday, August 9 Contestant Registration @ Clarion Inn & Conference Center, 6625 Dean Memorial Parkway, Hudson, 44236. August 10-11 Gay Rodeo @ Summit County Fairgrounds, 800 North Ave, Tallmadge, 44278; gaygamesrodeo.org: A day of 13 events including bull and steer riding, calf roping and barrel racing. 8a; $15. Entertainment @ Charlie’s Dance Hall & Saloon, 800 North Ave, Tallmadge, 44278; gaygamesrodeo.org: Musicians Will Rogers, The Solands, Steff Mahan, Tina Bergmann and Bryan Thomas will perform. 11a-4p; free with rodeo admission. Sunday, Aug 10 Western Roundup @ Charlie’s Dance Hall & Saloon, 800 North Ave, Tallmadge, 44278; gaygamesrodeo.org: Country line and couples dancing with music provided by a DJ. 8p-1a; $10. Monday, Aug 11 Rodeo Award Ceremony @ Charlie’s Dance Hall & Saloon, 800 North Ave, Tallmadge, 44278; gaygamesrodeo.org: 8p. After Rodeo Party @ Charlie’s Dance Hall & Saloon, 800 North Ave, Tallmadge, 44278; gaygamesrodeo.org: 9:30p-midnight.

Check out gayrodeohistory.org for pics and archives dating back to 1979 by Cowboy Frank!

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Games’ legacy often focuses on their economic impact, but she thinks the Games Tom Nobbe looked around Trinity Episcopal also have acted as a catalyst for partnerCathedral at the start of a training session ships among groups that have been unaffilfor Gay Games volunteers. More than 200 iated until now. people - future airport greeters, sign-in monitors, people-herders and directions- Already, an estimated 1,000 Gay Games participants who play in softball, volleyball, givers - packed the room. billiards, bowling and other sports leagues “They truly were from all walks of life,” the have come together under a Team CleveGames’ executive director said of the gath- land banner, which will stick around to proering, one of four during July to give volun- mote LGBT participation in sports. The group also lists goals that include scholarteers the low-down on hosting an ships for LGBT student-athletes. international event.

In Akron, the Community AIDS Network/Akron Pride Initiative also has helped educate the broader community about serving and working with LGBT people. Executive Director Rebecca Callahan said she hopes it will help the Games show Akron and Ohio as diverse and inclusive. The Games will leave a more tangible legacy as well. The Cleveland Foundation, a charitable organization that signed on as a $250,000 presenting sponsor in early 2013, will create a permanent fund once they’re over to help LGBT community groups.

But Todd Saporito, president and CEO of Flex Spas and the board president of Cleveland Pride, disagrees with the model for the Cleveland fund. Instead of spreading money around in small grants for a bunch of community priorities, he said, a better legacy for the Gay Games would be a significant effort to build a new home for the LGBT center. “It would be something tangible, built as an icon, so the community could touch steel and feel like it’s theirs,” he said.

When the Federation of Gay Games awarded the 2014 Games to Cleveland over what was considered the gay-friendlier Money will be used for annual grants to cities of Boston and Washington, the orgroups such as the LGBT Center and others ganization said hosting the event in Ohio for programs and services. Similar funds had the possibility of changing people’s already exist in Columbus and Akron, perceptions of the LGBT community. where money has gone toward efforts such as an LGBT veterans support group and ed- Nobbe said he thinks the Games already In a region where LGBT residents are more Harris said she has taught LGBT cultural ucation about same-sex parenting for have accomplished that goal. court advocates. likely to live near family than family, where competency - information to help people there’s plenty of gay-friendly places but no interact with the community and its people Another legacy, he said, is that they’ve also “It will help the Games be more than a sin- helped change the LGBT community’s pertrue gayborhood, there’s hope that years of - to Northeast Ohio businesses and complanning and a week in the spotlight will munity agencies in advance of the Gay gle event,” said Kaye Ridolfi, the foundaception of itself. leave behind a more active and visible Games. tion’s senior vice president for LGBT community. advancement. She said Gay Games partici- “It will boost the self-esteem, the confiIn May, the Cleveland Foundation awarded pants and spectators will be able to condence, of the LGBT community here,” he Phyllis Harris, executive director of the a grant to fund a new Cleveland-based re- tribute to the new LGBT fund via text while said. LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleve- gional coordinator for Equality Ohio, the they’re in Northeast Ohio. statewide LGBT civil-rights group. land, said conversation about the Gay “Straight folks, gay folks, black, white, suburban, city, college kids and some folks who clearly were up there in years - and they all were going to get to know each other. The Gay Games is one of those events that occurs that brings people together.”

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And while others have talked about the Games’ ability to show off Northeast Ohio to the rest of the world as an LGBT-friendly place to live, work and spend money, Harris said she thinks the event has brought LGBT issues to the forefront for local leaders.

Go Browns!

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Join us for Pride Night at the Crew or at Toledo Pride on Aug 23.

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schedule of events We’lll be updating this list of Gay Games 9 events throughout August at outlookohio.com. If you do not see your organization’s event listed, please contact Erin McCalla at erin@outlookmedia.com. Blue = Sports, Orange = Events, Pink = Bars, Green = Arts/Entertainment, Red = Parties

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 Rainbow Memorial Run @ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Plaza, 1100 E 9th St, Cleveland, 44114: The event pays tribute to the memory of artist Keith Haring, lesbian activist Rikki Streicher and Gay Games founder Tom Waddell. 8:30a; free. National Conference on LGBTI Health Research @ Baldwin Wallace University Center for Innovation & Growth, 340 Front St, Berea, 44017; Eventbrite: LGBTI Health Research: The public is invited to the three-day conference (it starts Aug 7) designed to raise the visibility of LGBT health issues. 9:30a-2p; free. Participant Pre-Party @ Progressive Field, 2401 Ontario St, Cleveland, 44115: The preparty also serves as a gathering point for the Opening Ceremonies’ parade of participants. 4p-6p; participants only. Gay Games Happy Hour @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113; 216.696.5600; FB: Renaissance Gay Games Happy Hours: Nightly entertainment. 5:30p-8:30p.

Amazons and Their Men @ Liminis Theater, 2438 Scranton Rd, Cleveland, 44113; 216.687.0074; convergence-continuum.org: Convergence-Continuum theater company presents the Ohio premiere of Jordan Harrison’s darkly comedic look at the circumstances of gay artists in 1930s Berlin. 8p; $10-$15.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 10

Triathlon @ Voinovich Park, E 9th Street Pier, E 9th Street, Cleveland, 44114; 7a; free. Gay Games Service @ Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 44115; FB: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral: The Right Rev Martín De Jesús Barahona, bishop of the Anglican Episcopal Church of El Salvador, will preach. 8a, 10a; free. Lake Erie Open Water Swim @ Edgewater Park, 6500 Cleveland Memorial Shoreway, Cleveland, 44102: 8a-11:30a; free. Rowing @ Cleveland Metroparks Rivergate Park, 1785 Merwin Ave, Cleveland, 44113: 8a-4p; free. Swimming @ Cleveland State University’s Robert F Busbey Natatorium, 2451 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 44115: 8a-5p; free. Volleyball @ Cleveland Convention Center, 300 Lakeside Ave, Cleveland, 44113; 8a-6p; free. Tennis @ Cleveland State University’s Malaga Complex, E 21st Street and Chester Avenue, Cleveland, 44115; Highland Heights Community Park, 5905 Wilson Mills Rd, Highland Heights, 44143; Mayfield Village Racquet Club, 6685 Beta Dr, Mayfield Village, 44143; and Cleveland Racquet Club, 29825 Chagrin Blvd, Pepper Pike, 44124: 8a-8p; free.

Community AIDS Network Annual Benefit @ Tear-Ez, 360 S Main St, Akron, 44311; 330.376.0011; tear-ez.com: 6p; no cover.

The Player’s Ball @ Aura (Mean Bull), 1313 E 26th St, Cleveland, 44114; FB: AURA Ultra Lounge Cleveland: MVP Dance Party with DJ Manny Lehman. 9p; $10 before 11p, $15 after 11p for 21+, $20 for ages 18-20.

Powerlifting @ Old School Iron Gym, 5139 W 140th St, Brook Park, 44142: 9a-5p; free.

Opening Cermonies @ Quicken Loans Arena, 1 Center Ct, Cleveland, 44115: Lance Bass hosts a lineup that includes the Pointer Sisters, Alex Newell of Glee, Broadway’s Andrea McArdle and diving legend Greg Louganis. 7p-10:30p; $20-$75.

Neon Party @ Bounce, 2814 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 44113; 216.357.2997; bouncecleveland.com: Varietease, Pepper Mashay, Kari Nickels and a cast of queens. 21+. 9p; no ticket info available.

Sunday Brunch & Broadway Showtunes @ Bounce, 2814 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 44113; 216.357.2997; bouncecleveland.com: 11a4p; no cover.

Hal Sparks @ Hilarities 4th Street Theater, 2035 E 4th St, Cleveland, 44115; 216.241.7425; pickwickandfrolic.com: The Queer As Folk star performs standup comedy. 7p and 9:30p; $18-$23. outlookohio.com

Pool Tournament @ Leather Stallion Saloon, 2205 St. Clair Ave, Cleveland, 44114; 216.589.8588; leatherstallion.com: Weekly contest. 10p-midnight; no cover.

Rodeo @ Summit County Fairgrounds, 229 E Howe Rd, Tallmadge, 44278: 9a-5p; $15.

Drag Show @ Tear-Ez, 360 S Main St, Akron, 44311; 330.376.0011; tear-ez.com: Featuring Brooke Daniels. 9p; no cover. Basketball @ Cleveland State University’s Woodling Gymnasium and Recreation Cen-

ter, 2420 Chester Ave, Cleveland, 44115: Noon-6p; free.

winners and pin-swapping. 2p-midnight; free.

Hot Cowboy Night @ Leather Stallion Saloon, 2205 St. Clair Ave, Cleveland, 44114; 216.589.8588; leatherstallion.com: Unicorn Motorcycle Club hosts this event to raise money for charity. Noon-midnight; $2 donation requested.

An Evening With Lillian Baxter @ Night Town, 12387 Cedar Rd, Cleveland Heights, 44106; 216.795.0550; lgbtcleveland.org/gg9-events.html: John Vessels is Lillian Baxter, Hollywood’s favorite has-been, in this one-man comedy/musical/memoir. All shows benefit the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland. 3p and 7p; $20.

My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding @ Greystone Theatre, 103 S High St, Akron, 44308; 330.374.7568; actorssummit.org: David Hein and Irene Carl Sankoff’s musical comedy, presented by Actors’ Summit, is based on Hein’s experience when his mother and her girlfriend plan their wedding during Canada’s fight for marriage equality. 2p; $10-$33. Virginia Woolf’s Orlando Adapted by Sarah Ruhl @ Balch Street Theatre, 220 S Balch St, Akron, 44302; 330.867.3299; nwplab.com: Akron’s New World Performance Laboratory stages Woolf’s gender-flipping 1928 novel. 2p; $10-$15. I Am What I Am: Gays, Lesbians and the American Musical @ Cleveland Public Theatre, 6415 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 44102; 216.631.2727; musicaltheaterproject.org: From Cole Porter to Kinky Boots, this multimedia concert celebrates our community’s long love affair with musical theater. 2p; $25-$28. Bowling @ Game of Wickliffe, 28801 Euclid Ave, Wickliffe, 44092: 2p-5p and 7p-10p; free. Dancin’ @ Festival Village, Mall C, Lakeside Avenue between Ontario and E 6th Street, Cleveland, 44199; 216.357.3131; aidstaskforce.org: For 30 years, Cleveland’s Dancin’ in the Streets party has raised money for HIV/AIDS services in the area. This year’s party is part of the Gay Games and features New York DJ/producer Joe Gauthreaux, local DJs Saint and Glisten and surprise performances throughout the day. 2p-midnight; free, but please donate something. Festival Village @ Mall C, Lakeside Avenue between Ontario and E 6th Street, Cleveland, 44199: Entertainment, activities, food, drinks, merchandise, recognition of medal

Talk about diversity: the bishop of El Salvador and Betty Who in one day.

Barnyard Blowout @ Interbelt Nite Club, 70 N Howard St, Akron, 44308; 330.253.5700; interbelt.com: Country music all night long with male dancers and DJ Doug Strong. 3p; no cover. Kari-Oke @ Bounce, 2814 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 44113; 216.357.2997; bouncecleveland.com: With host Kari Nickels. 4p8p; no cover. Gay Games Happy Hour @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113; 216.696.5600; FB: Renaissance Gay Games Happy Hours: Nightly entertainment. 5p-6p and 8p-9p. Betty Who @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113; 216.696.5600; FB: Renaissance Gay Games LIVE: Late Night DJ: RSVP online to see a free performance by the Australian singer. 5p; free with RSVP. Community AIDS Network Annual Benefit @ Tear-Ez, 360 S Main St, Akron, 44311; 330.376.0011; tear-ez.com: 6p; no cover. Hal Sparks @ Hilarities 4th Street Theater, 2035 E 4th St, Cleveland, 44115; 216.241.7425; pickwickandfrolic.com: The Queer As Folk star performs standup comedy. 7p; $18-$23. I Am What I Am: Gays, Lesbians and the American Musical @ Cleveland Public Theatre, 6415 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 44102; 216.631.2727; musicaltheaterproject.org: The second show (see above for descripition) also includes post-show karaoke and a cocktail. 7p; $40.

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Smooth Jazz @ Square Nightclub, 820 W Market St, Akron, 44303; 330.374.9661; squarenightclub: 8p-11p; no cover. Ladies Night @ Bounce, 2814 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 44113; 216.357.2997; bouncecleveland.com: The last three winners of RuPaul’s Drag Race all in one show: Bianca Del Rio, Jinkx Monsoon and Sharon Needles share the outdoor stage. 21+. 8p; door sales only, but ticket prices not yet announced. Hot in Cleveland Casino Night @ Horseshoe Casino, 100 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113; 216.297.4777; horseshoecleveland.com: A DJ will spin in Legends Bar on the first floor, and a band will play in Vintage 51 on the second floor. 8p-1a; free.

Malaga Complex, E 21st Street and Chester Avenue, Cleveland, 44115; Highland Heights Community Park, 5905 Wilson Mills Rd, Highland Heights, 44143; Mayfield Village Racquet Club, 6685 Beta Dr, Mayfield Village, 44143; and Cleveland Racquet Club, 29825 Chagrin Blvd, Pepper Pike, 44124: 8a-8p; free. Softball @ Cascade Valley Metro Park, 1690 Cuyahoga St, Akron, 44313; Colonial Salt Field, 400 W Wilbeth Rd, Akron, 44314; Firestone Stadium, 1575 Firestone Pkwy, Akron, 44301; and Pony Field, 1575 Firestone Pkwy, Akron, 44301: 9a; free. Rodeo @ Summit County Fairgrounds, 229 E Howe Rd, Tallmadge, 44278: 9a-5p; $15.

Wild West Rodeo Dance @ Summit County Fairgrounds, 229 E Howe Rd, Tallmadge, 44278: 8p-1a; $10.

Basketball @ Cleveland State University’s Woodling Gymnasium and Recreation Center, 2420 Chester Ave, Cleveland, 44115: 9a-6p; free.

Sinful Sunday Male Review @ Adams Street, 77 N Adams St, Akron, 44305; 330.434.9794; adamsstreetbar.com: 9p-midnight; no cover.

Rock Climbing @ Kendall Cliffs Climbing Gym, 60 Kendall Park Rd, Peninsula, 44264: 10a-4p; free.

Renaissance Gay Games Live Late Night DJ @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113; 216.696.5600; FB: Renaissance Gay Games LIVE: Tonight’s party features DJ MisterBradleyP. 9p-3a; free.

Track and Field/Afternoon Session @ University of Akron Lee R Jackson Track and Field Complex, 315 S Union St, Akron, 44304: 1p6p; free.

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Billiards @ Dave & Busters, 25735 1st St, Westlake, 44145: 9a-noon and 1p-9p; free.

Martial Arts @ John S Knight Center, 77 E Mill St, Akron, 44308; times not announced; free.

Bowling @ Game of Wickliffe, 28801 Euclid Ave, Wickliffe, 44092: 9a-noon, 2p-5p and 7p-10p; free.

Sailing @ Edgewater Yacht Club, 6700 Cleveland Memorial Shoreway, Cleveland, 44102: times not announced; free.

Darts @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113: 9a-6p; free.

Golf @ Firestone Country Club, 452 E Warner Rd, Akron, 44319: 8a; free. Track and Field/Morning Session @ University of Akron Lee R Jackson Track and Field Complex, 315 S Union St, Akron, 44304: 8a; free. Badminton @ Case Western Reserve University’s Veale Center, 2138 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, 44106: 8a-4p; free. Swimming @ Cleveland State University’s Robert F Busbey Natatorium, 2451 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 44115: 8a-5p; free. Ice Hockey @ OBM Arena, 15381 Royalton Rd, Strongsville, 44136: 8a-6p; free. Racquetball @ Case Western Reserve University’s Veale Center, 2138 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, 44106: 8a-6p; free. Volleyball @ Cleveland Convention Center, 300 Lakeside Ave, Cleveland, 44113; 8a-6p; free. Soccer @ Copley Road Soccer Complex, 1806 Copley Rd, Akron, 44320; 8a-7p; free. Tennis @ Cleveland State University’s

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Water Polo @ Case Western Reserve University’s Veale Natatorium, 2138 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, 44106: 2p-9p; free. Festival Village @ Mall C, Lakeside Avenue between Ontario and E 6th Street, Cleveland, 44199: RuPaul’s Drag Race fan favorite Pandora Boxx hosts; JD Samson and MEN performs. Plus entertainment, activities, food, drinks, merchandise, recognition of medal winners and pin-swapping. 4p-11p; free. Gay Games Happy Hour @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113; 216.696.5600; FB: Renaissance Gay Games Happy Hours: Nightly entertainment. 5:30p-8:30p. Steak Roast @ Leather Stallion Saloon, 2205 St. Clair Ave, Cleveland, 44114; 216.589.8588; leatherstallion.com: Dinner includes a ribeye cooked to order, salad, baked potato, rolls and a side dish. You need to buy your tickets at the bar, though, by Sunday. 5:30p-8:30p; $15. Cheer @ Cleveland Music Hall, 500 Lakeside Ave, Cleveland, 44114: 6p-9p; free. Diving @ Cleveland State University’s Busbey Natatorium, 2420 Chester Ave, Cleveland, 44115: 6p-9p; free.

10K Road Race @ Mustill Store Trailhead, W North St, Akron, OH 44304: 7p; free. An Evening With Lillian Baxter @ Night Town, 12387 Cedar Rd, Cleveland Heights, 44106; 216.795.0550; lgbtcleveland.org/gg9-events.html: John Vessels is Lillian Baxter, Hollywood’s favorite has-been, in this one-man comedy/musical/memoir. All shows benefit the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland. 7p; $20. Interfaith Service @ Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 44115; 216.771.3630; trinitycleveland.org: The LGBT-affirming Episcopal church hosts a service focused on global solidarity in the fight for human rights. 7p; free.

Cooler by the Lake

White Party @ Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica, 1231 Main Ave, Cleveland, 44113; 216.479.7717; FB: Official Gay Games 9 White Party: Boy George headlines for a DJ set, with guests Marc Vedo and Evan Evolution. 7p-midnight; $50-$60 ($250 VIP package includes a two-hour Nautica Queen cruise with open bar).

OK, you’re in Cleveland for the Gay Games and reached a point where just watching all the running, jumping and sweating is making you tired. You just can’t shake your shimmy at one more after-hours dance party, and you’ve seen the Rock Hall, the art museum, the zoo.

Rodeo Awards Ceremony @ Summit County Fairgrounds, 229 E Howe Rd, Tallmadge, 44278: 8p. Erin Foley @ Hilarities 4th Street Theater, 2035 E 4th St, Cleveland, 44115; 216.241.7425; pickwickandfrolic.com: The lesbian comic has appeared on Conan, Chelsea Lately and Comedy Central. 8p; $15-$20. Renaissance Gay Games Live Late Night DJ @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113; 216.696.5600; FB: Renaissance Gay Games LIVE: Tonight’s party features DJ MisterBradleyP. 9p-3a; free. Hip Hop Monday @ Interbelt Nite Club, 70 N Howard St, Akron, 44308; 330.253.5700; interbelt.com: Hosted by Ashley Andrews with DJ Scoob. No cover. Bianca Del Rio @ Interbelt Nite Club, 70 N Howard St, Akron, 44308; 330.253.5700; interbelt.com: The Season 6 winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race will perform a one-woman show. Ashley Andrews will host. No cover. Morgan McMichaels LIVE @ Aura (Mean Bull), 1313 E 26th St, Cleveland, 44114; FB: AURA Ultra Lounge Cleveland: The contestant from RuPaul’s Drag Race and drag daughter of Chad Michaels will perform. 9p; $10 before 11p, $15 after 11p for 21+, $20 for ages 18-20. White Party After Party @ Bounce, 2814 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 44113; 216.357.2997; bouncecleveland.com: Shuttles will take people from Jacobs Pavilion to Bounce. 21+. 9p; no ticket info available.

Take in the Hot Dogs, Leg Lamps and a Whole Lot of Bling

by Rich Warren

Now you want to see what’s campy, quirky and downright kooky about Cleveland. But where to go? Here are some of your best bets:

Christmas Story House

3159 W 11th St, Cleveland, 44109; 216.298.4919; achristmasstoryhouse.com; open Mondays-Saturdays from 10a-5p and Sundays from noon-5p; adults, $10 and children 7-12, $6.

Yes, there’s a leg lamp in the front window, and if you simply must have one for yourself, they’re for sale at the gift shop across the street (or opt for the more tastefully restrained nightlight version). Here, where exteriors for the holiday classic film were shot in 1983, you can indulge your inner child during the completely interactive tours inside. Use the Lifebuoy soap. Crawl under the kitchen sink. If you haven’t brought your dog, drag the turkey out of the oven with your own teeth. You can even fondle the Red Ryder rifle under the Christmas tree. Just don’t shoot your eye out.

The Cleveland Police Museum

1300 Ontario St, First Floor Justice Center, Cleveland, 44113; 216.623.5055, clevelandpolicemuseum.org; open Mondays-Fridays from 10a-4p; free.

There’s a grungy jail cell you can cower inside, but the highlight here is the corner paying homage to Cleveland’s Jack the Ripper. From 1934 to 1938, in what’s now called the Torso Murders, a still-unidentified killer deposited the body parts of 12 victims in various places around the city in ways that made old Jack look like he just wasn’t trying. Even Eliot Ness, who’d so recently bested Al Capone in Chicago, was stymied. Brace yourself to encounter the death masks of Victims 2, 3, 4 and 8, which look like they were just hauled out of the bushel basket where one victim was found.

Northeast Ohio will have more drag queens this month than Ru has had in six seasons.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 12 Martial Arts @ John S Knight Center, 77 E Mill St, Akron, 44308; times not announced; free.

Bodybuilding @ Cleveland Music Hall, 500 Lakeside Ave, Cleveland, 44114: 9a preliminaries and 7p finals; $10 for morning session, $20 for finals or $25 for both ($35 for reserved seats).

44113; 216.696.5600; glta.net: Join the USTA and Gay & Lesbian Tennis Alliance for drinks and hors d’oeuvres and a showing of Queens at Court, a documentary about four LGBT tennis players. 7p-9p; free.

Sailing @ Edgewater Yacht Club, 6700 Cleveland Memorial Shoreway, Cleveland, 44102: times not announced; free.

Bowling @ Game of Wickliffe, 28801 Euclid Ave, Wickliffe, 44092: 9a-noon, 2p-5p and 7p-10p; free.

Golf @ Firestone Country Club, 452 E Warner Rd, Akron, 44319: 8a; free.

Cycling/Circuit Road Race @ Chippewa Creek Road Race Course at the Cleveland Metroparks’ Brecksville Reservation, 9000 Chippewa Creek Dr, Brecksville, 44141: 9a; free.

Cruise Cleveland @ Goodtime III, 825 E 9th St, Cleveland, OH 44114; 216.651.5428; lgbtcleveland.org: It’s the three-hour tour on Lake Erie for 400 people. Take in views of the Cleveland skyline as a DJ spins. (There’s also a cash bar.) 7p-10p; $25.

Track and Field/Morning Session @ University of Akron Lee R Jackson Track and Field Complex, 315 S Union St, Akron, 44304: 8a; free.

The National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame

605 E 222nd St, Euclid, 44123; 216.261.3263 or 1.800.66POLKA; clevelandstyle.com; open Tuesdays-Wednesdays and Fridays from noon-5p and Saturdays from 10a-3p; free.

Gangnam style came and went. But Cleveland gave the world its own kind of polka, one with a “full-bodied accordion sound and a bouncy beat.” At the museum in Euclid, there’s a shrine to hometown boy Frankie Yankovic. And hurry to get there before the temporary exhibit on AllStar Accordions closes. The museum is bizarrely music-free, but come back at Thanksgiving when you can polka your feet off at a three-day festival.

The Dittrick Museum of Medical History

Badminton @ Case Western Reserve University’s Veale Center, 2138 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, 44106: 8a-4p; free. Swimming @ Cleveland State University’s Robert F Busbey Natatorium, 2451 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 44115: 8a-5p; free. Wrestling @ Case Western University’s Horsburgh Gymnasium. 2138 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, 44106: 8a-5p; free.

This purportedly educational museum on the campus of Case Western Reserve University is just as likely to make you shudder as teach you something. You’ll encounter a baby-sized iron lung, a portable amputation set with handheld saws, forceps the size of hedge clippers and a gastroscope to probe the stomach (by way of the mouth) that looks for all the world like a silver walking stick. Imagine the gag reflex that thing would trigger! A sizable portion of the museum focuses on contraception through the centuries. Did you know that condoms at one time were made of sheep’s intestines? See? It’s educational!

Rock Climbing @ Kendall Cliffs Climbing Gym, 60 Kendall Park Rd, Peninsula, 44264: 10a-4p; free.

Ice Hockey @ OBM Arena, 15381 Royalton Rd, Strongsville, 44136: 8a-6p; free. Racquetball @ Case Western Reserve University’s Veale Center, 2138 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, 44106: 8a-6p; free.

Water Polo @ Case Western Reserve University’s Veale Natatorium, 2138 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, 44106: 2p-9p; free.

Volleyball @ Cleveland Convention Center, 300 Lakeside Ave, Cleveland, 44113; 8a-6p; free.

Festival Village @ Mall C, Lakeside Avenue between Ontario and E 6th Street, Cleveland, 44199: RuPaul’s Drag Race fan favorite Pandora Boxx hosts; Bright Light Bright Light performs. Plus entertainment, activities, food, drinks, merchandise, recognition of medal winners and pin-swapping. 4p-11p; free.

Tennis @ Cleveland State University’s Malaga Complex, E 21st Street and Chester Avenue, Cleveland, 44115; Highland Heights Community Park, 5905 Wilson Mills Rd, Highland Heights, 44143; Mayfield Village Racquet Club, 6685 Beta Dr, Mayfield Village, 44143; and Cleveland Racquet Club, 29825 Chagrin Blvd, Pepper Pike, 44124: 8a-8p; free. Softball @ Cascade Valley Metro Park, 1690 Cuyahoga St, Akron, 44313; Colonial Salt Field, 400 W Wilbeth Rd, Akron, 44314; Firestone Stadium, 1575 Firestone Pkwy, Akron, 44301; and Pony Field, 1575 Firestone Pkwy, Akron, 44301: 9a; free. Basketball @ Cleveland State University’s Woodling Gymnasium and Recreation Center, 2420 Chester Ave, Cleveland, 44115: 9a-6p; free. Track and Field/Afternoon Session @ University of Akron Lee R Jackson Track and Field Complex, 315 S Union St, Akron, 44304: 1p-6p; free. Billiards @ Dave & Busters, 25735 1st St, Westlake, 44145: 9a-noon and 1p-9p; free.

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Figure Skating @ Serpentini Arena, 14740 Lakewood Heights Blvd, Lakewood, 44107: 9a-5p; $25 for a two-day pass.

DanceSport/Day Session @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113: 10a-5p; $20-$35 for one-day pass or $80-$110 for four-day pass.

Soccer @ Copley Road Soccer Complex, 1806 Copley Rd, Akron, 44320; 8a-7p; free.

Allen Memorial Medical Library, 11000 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 44106; 216.368.3648; artsci.case.edu/dittrick; open Mondays-Fridays from 9a-4:30p; free.

Darts @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113: 9a-6p; free.

Gay Games Happy Hour @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113; 216.696.5600; FB: Renaissance Gay Games Happy Hours: Nightly entertainment. 5:30p-8:30p. Potluck Dinner @ Leather Stallion Saloon, 2205 St. Clair Ave, Cleveland, 44114; 216.589.8588; leatherstallion.com: Bring a dish to share at the weekly dinner. 6p-8p; free. Diving @ Cleveland State University’s Busbey Natatorium, 2420 Chester Ave, Cleveland, 44115: 6p-9p; free. Cleveland Indians vs Arizona Diamondbacks @ Progressive Field, 2401 Ontario St, Cleveland, 44115; 216.420.4487; indians.com: It’s Gay Games Night at the ballpark, and seats are in the Terrace Club, a restaurant within the stadium. Look for the “Select Group Nights” page under the Tickets tab on the team’s website, and enter GG9 for the Gay Games offer. 7p; $57. United States Tennis Association Welcome Reception @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel Gold Ballroom, 24 Public Square, Cleveland,

To our guests: If you hear someone scream, “O! H!” just shout, “I! O!”

DanceSport/Evening Session @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113: 7p-11p; $15-$25 for oneday pass or $80-$110 for four-day pass. Rock the Block Street Fest @ W 6th Street, Cleveland, 44113; wanttickets.com/tru: A Warehouse District block party features the Chainsmokers, Corporate Slackrs, Mimo and Donkis. 7p-midnight; $10-$20. Gay Games 9 Team Band @ the State Theatre, Playhouse Square, 1519 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 44115: More than 120 musicians have come together just for the week and will perform a concert titled, “Personal Best.” 7:30p; $30 ($48 for both band and Aug 13 choral concert). Erin Foley @ Hilarities 4th Street Theater, 2035 E 4th St, Cleveland, 44115; 216.241.7425; pickwickandfrolic.com: The lesbian comic has appeared on Conan, Chelsea Lately and Comedy Central. 8p; $15-$20. Renaissance Gay Games Live Late Night DJ @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113; 216.696.5600; FB: Renaissance Gay Games LIVE: Tonight’s party features DJ Michael Fedele. 9p-3a; free. Drag Hollywood Game Night @ Aura (Mean Bull), 1313 E 26th St, Cleveland, 44114; FB: AURA Ultra Lounge Cleveland: BenDeLaCreme from RuPaul’s Drag Race will host a night of performers dressed as favorite Hollywood celebrities. 9p; $10 before 11p, $15 after 11p for 21+, $20 for ages 1820. Twisted Tuesday Drag Show @ Adams Street, 77 N Adams St, Akron, 44305; 330.434.9794; adamsstreetbar.com: 11:30p; no cover.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13 Sailing @ Edgewater Yacht Club, 6700 Cleveland Memorial Shoreway, Cleveland, 44102: times not announced; free. Track and Field/Morning Session @ University of Akron Lee R Jackson Track and Field Complex, 315 S Union St, Akron, 44304: 8a; free. Game Change: LGBTQ Issues in Sports @ University of Akron Student Union, 303 Carroll St, Akron, 44325; 330.252.1559; canapi.org/specifications.aspx: The daylong conference will explore issues of sexual oriaugust 2014

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entation and gender identity in 21st century sports and culture. 8a-5p; $20.

sity’s Veale Natatorium, 2138 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, 44106: 10a-5p; free.

Beach Volleyball @ Whiskey Island’s Wendy Park, 28000 Whiskey Island Drive, Cleveland, 44102: 8a-5p; free.

Track and Field/Afternoon Session @ University of Akron Lee R Jackson Track and Field Complex, 315 S Union St, Akron, 44304: 1p-6p; free.

Swimming @ Cleveland State University’s Robert F Busbey Natatorium, 2451 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 44115: 8a-5p; free. Wrestling @ Case Western University’s Horsburgh Gymnasium. 2138 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, 44106: 8a-5p; free. Ice Hockey @ OBM Arena, 15381 Royalton Rd, Strongsville, 44136: 8a-6p; free. Squash @ Case Western Reserve University’s Veale Center, 2138 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, 44106: 8a-6p; free.

The Museum of Divine Statues

12905 Madison Ave, Lakewood, 44107; 216.228.9950; museumofdivinestatues.com; open Sundays from noon-4p; $8.

I guess I was expecting miniature Marys and St. Christopher medals. So when proprietor Lou McClung switched on the lights to reveal a room brimming with life-size, gorgeously painted saints and angels with chalices, stained glass windows and marble crosses scattered here and there - I gasped. McClung saved all these icons from the dozens of Catholic churches that the Diocese of Cleveland shuttered a few years back and has painstakingly restored them to objects of astounding beauty. They’re on display inside an old church in Lakewood. A makeup artist by trade, McClung has applied his talent at making people look divine to statuary that honestly needed some help. Believe me, if this place doesn’t make you want to get down on your knees, I don’t know what will.

The Learning Center and Money Museum

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 1455 E 6th Street, Cleveland, 44114; 216.579.3188; clevelandfed.org/for_the_public/tours/learning_center; open Mondays-Thursdays from 10a2p; free.

And you thought money didn’t grow on trees? You’ll change your tune when you see a genuine Money Tree at this museum inside Cleveland’s Federal Reserve Bank. Don’t bother trying to harvest any - it’s all counterfeit. Nearby, take a virtual tour to Barter Island to see what life without moola would be like, recline in the moneybag chairs, see how your own face would look on a bill of large denomination, or tap dance up and down the Savings Stairs like Shirley Temple herself. For my money, all this place needs is a background soundtrack of Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey nattering on about “a mark, a yen, a buck or a pound.” It makes the world go round! 30

Volleyball @ Cleveland Convention Center, 300 Lakeside Ave, Cleveland, 44113; 8a-6p; free. Flag Football @ Barton-Bradley Recreation Field, 30651 Bradley Rd, North Olmsted, 44070: 8a-7p; free. Soccer @ Copley Road Soccer Complex, 1806 Copley Rd, Akron, 44320; 8a-7p; free. Tennis @ Cleveland State University’s Malaga Complex, E 21st Street and Chester Avenue, Cleveland, 44115; Highland Heights Community Park, 5905 Wilson Mills Rd, Highland Heights, 44143; Mayfield Village Racquet Club, 6685 Beta Dr, Mayfield Village, 44143; and Cleveland Racquet Club, 29825 Chagrin Blvd, Pepper Pike, 44124: 8a-8p; free. Softball @ Cascade Valley Metro Park, 1690 Cuyahoga St, Akron, 44313; Colonial Salt Field, 400 W Wilbeth Rd, Akron, 44314; Firestone Stadium, 1575 Firestone Pkwy, Akron, 44301; and Pony Field, 1575 Firestone Pkwy, Akron, 44301: 9a; free. Basketball @ Cleveland State University’s Woodling Gymnasium and Recreation Center, 2420 Chester Ave, Cleveland, 44115: 9a-6p; free. Darts @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113: 9a-6p; free. Figure Skating @ Serpentini Arena, 14740 Lakewood Heights Blvd, Lakewood, 44107: 9a-5p; $25 for a two-day pass. Cycling/Mountain Biking @ Mill Stream Run Reservation, Strongsville, 44136: 10a; free. Bowling @ Game of Wickliffe, 28801 Euclid Ave, Wickliffe, 44092: 10a-1p and 3p-6p; free. DanceSport/Day Session @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113: 10a-5p; $20-$35 for one-day pass or $80-$110 for four-day pass. Water Polo @ Case Western Reserve Univer-

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Festival Village @ Mall C, Lakeside Avenue between Ontario and E 6th Street, Cleveland, 44199: RuPaul’s Drag Race fan favorite Pandora Boxx hosts; Jenny Owen Youngs performs. Plus entertainment, activities, food, drinks and merchandise. 4p-11p; free. College ID Night @ Adams Street, 77 N Adams St, Akron, 44305; 330.434.9794; adamsstreetbar.com: 5p-2:30a; no cover. Music in the Meadow @ Cuyahoga Valley National Park’s Howe Meadow, 4040 Riverview Rd, Cuyahoga Falls, 44264; 330.657.2909; conservancyforcvnp.org: A special Gay Games edition of the summer music series features Tylan & Ingrid and the Laura Love Duo, plus a locally sourced dinner and drinks. 5:30p-9:30p; $75-$95 (the latter includes transportation). Gay Games Happy Hour @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113; 216.696.5600; FB: Renaissance Gay Games Happy Hours: Nightly entertainment. 5:30p-8:30p. Sports Without Balls @ Hilarities 4th Street Theater, 2035 E 4th St, Cleveland, 44115; 216.241.7425; pickwickandfrolic.com: Comic and sports fan Erin Foley hosts a live version of her weekly podcast with special guests Fortune Feimster and women participating in the Gay Games. 6p; $10. DanceSport/Evening Session @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113: 7p-11p; $15-$25 for oneday pass or $80-$110 for four-day pass. Out on the Town Tour @ Nautica Queen, 400 E Lakeside Ave, Cleveland, 44114; 216.369.9399; FB: Discover My Cleveland Cruise After Party: Take an open-bar cruise on Lake Erie, enjoy dinner and dancing, and then return for an after-party at Bounce, Cleveland’s biggest LGBT nightclub. 7p-2a; $129. The Big Cleveland Sing @ the State Theatre, Playhouse Square, 1519 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 44115: More than 400 singers from the Gay Games Chorus, Cleveland’s North Coast Men’s Chorus and other groups join together. 7:30p; $30 ($48 for both band and Aug 12 band concert). Pink Flamingo @ Cleveland State University’s Robert F Busbey Natatorium, 2451 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 44115: As part of the swimming competition, it’s a Gay Games tradition for the teams to host a drag show in the water. 7:30p; $30. Fortune Feimster @ Hilarities 4th Street Theater, 2035 E 4th St, Cleveland, 44115; 216.241.7425; pickwickandfrolic.com: The lesbian comic and Chelsea Lately regular

And to think my mother always said there was no such thing as a money tree.

performs standup. 8p; $18-$23. Victory Party for Women @ the Velvet Dog, 1280 W 6th St, Cleveland, 44113; 1.888.923.4624; thedinah.com: The Dinah, the world’s biggest lesbian event, is coming to Cleveland to host the official Gay Games women’s party. It features DJ Citizen Jane, a live performance by Robin S, go-go dancers and dancing on three floors. 8p; $25-$50 (VIP). Del Shores: My Sordid Best @ Highland Theater, 826 W Market St, Akron, 44303; 330.253.2488; FB: Del Shores - Live at the Highland: The creator of the gay cult classic Sordid Lives brings his best stories to Akron’s gayborhood. There’s also a meet-and-greet afterward. 8p; $25-$35 (VIP). It’s a Love In! @ Vision Yoga & Wellness, 1861 W 25th St, Cleveland, 44113; 216.348.1111; visionyoga.net: Chanting, meditation and good vibes for the Gay Games. 8:15p-9:15p; donations welcome. Official Gay Games Black Party @ House of Blues, 308 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 44114; 216.523.2583; houseofblues.com/cleveland/blackparty: DJ Honey Dijon headlines with DJ Saint. 18+. $15 for Gay Games participants and $25 at the door ($35 for passes to Black and Gold parties). Renaissance Gay Games Live Late Night DJ @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113; 216.696.5600; FB: Renaissance Gay Games LIVE: Tonight’s party features DJ Rob Black. 9p-3a; free. Karaoke @ Square Nightclub, 820 W Market St, Akron, 44303; 330.374.9661; squarenightclub: Let your inner diva out with KJ Gina. 10:30p-1a; no cover.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 14 Sailing @ Edgewater Yacht Club, 6700 Cleveland Memorial Shoreway, Cleveland, 44102: times not announced; free. 5K Road Race @ Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, 3900 Wildlife Way, Cleveland, 44109: 7a; free. Track and Field/Morning Session @ University of Akron Lee R Jackson Track and Field Complex, 315 S Union St, Akron, 44304: 8a; free. Beach Volleyball @ Whiskey Island’s Wendy Park, 28000 Whiskey Island Drive, Cleveland, 44102: 8a-5p; free. Swimming @ Cleveland State University’s Robert F Busbey Natatorium, 2451 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 44115: 8a-5p; free. Table Tennis @ Case Western Reserve University’s Veale Center, 2138 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, 44106: 8a-5p; free. Ice Hockey @ OBM Arena, 15381 Royalton Rd, Strongsville, 44136: 8a-6p; free. outlookohio.com

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Squash @ Case Western Reserve University’s Veale Center, 2138 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, 44106: 8a-6p; free. Flag Football @ Barton-Bradley Recreation Field, 30651 Bradley Rd, North Olmsted, 44070: 8a-7p; free. Soccer @ Copley Road Soccer Complex, 1806 Copley Rd, Akron, 44320; 8a-7p; free. Tennis @ Cleveland State University’s Malaga Complex, E 21st Street and Chester Avenue, Cleveland, 44115; Highland Heights Community Park, 5905 Wilson Mills Rd, Highland Heights, 44143; Mayfield Village Racquet Club, 6685 Beta Dr, Mayfield Village, 44143; and Cleveland Racquet Club, 29825 Chagrin Blvd, Pepper Pike, 44124: 8a-8p; free.

Big Fun/Flower Child

Big Fun: 11512 Clifton Blvd, Cleveland, 44102; 216.631.4386; bigfunbigfun.com; open Tuesdays-Thursdays from 11a-8p, Fridays-Saturdays from 11a-9p and Sundays from 11a6p. Flower Child: 11508 Clifton Blvd, Cleveland, 44102; 216.939.9933; flowerchildvintage.com; open Mondays and Wednesdays-Thursdays from noon-7p, FridaysSaturdays from noon-8p and Sundays from noon-5p.

Satellite stores are in Columbus, but in Cleveland they’re side by side and just a block away from Twist, one of the city’s premier gay bars. Flower Child is a retro store hawking the clothing, furniture and jewelry of yesteryear. You might do a double take when you enter, but no, that’s a mannequin, not Megan Draper, draped over the vintage armless couch, so don’t ask her to point the way to the Lava Lamps. Next door, Big Fun sells your standard toys like Barbies, Etch-aSketches and Gumbies, but you’ll also find dashboard Zombies, bacon mints and a Grow Your Own Boyfriend (just add water!). There’s even a Pride corner where you can find merchandise like Gay Accent Mouthspray or the That’s So Gay Sound Machine with 25 fabulous, sassy and fun expressions. Want to know what they are? You’ll need to spend $15 more than I did.

b.a. Sweetie Candy Company 7480 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, 44129; 216.739.2244; sweetiescandy.com; open MondaysSaturdays from 10a-8p and Sundays from 11a-5p.

Just adjacent to the front door is a whole wall of Pez dispensers, including, if you must have it, a line of US presidents should you crave candy dispensed out of Grover Cleveland’s fat little belly. There are also Moon Pies galore, Pop Rocks, Giggle Heads, even bubble gum yardsticks and candy necklaces. Or sample some cockroach gummies or even pizza-flavored gummies. Just want a straight-ahead Three Musketeers bar? They’re available by the boxful, as are Mounds Bars and Almond Joys. Because sometimes you feel like a nut. august 2014

Softball @ Cascade Valley Metro Park, 1690 Cuyahoga St, Akron, 44313; Colonial Salt Field, 400 W Wilbeth Rd, Akron, 44314; Firestone Stadium, 1575 Firestone Pkwy, Akron, 44301; and Pony Field, 1575 Firestone Pkwy, Akron, 44301: 9a; free. Basketball @ Cleveland State University’s Woodling Gymnasium and Recreation Center, 2420 Chester Ave, Cleveland, 44115: 9a6p; free. Darts @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113: 9a-6p; free. Water Polo @ Case Western Reserve University’s Veale Natatorium, 2138 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, 44106: 10a-5p; free. Bowling @ Game of Wickliffe, 28801 Euclid Ave, Wickliffe, 44092: 10a-1p and 3p-6p; free. DanceSport/Day Session @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113: 10a-5p; $20-$35 for one-day pass or $80-$110 for four-day pass. Flair Fest @ Main Street in Downtown Akron, 44308; 330.374.7676; downtownakron.com: The daylong festival features a juried art show, food and entertainment. 11:30a; free.

This shop bills itself as the largest candy store in the United States, and indeed, the sweet smell of sugar nearly slaps you across the face as you enter.

Cycling/Individual and Team Time Trial @ Rocky River Reservation, Cleveland, 44135: 9a; free.

Pipe & Cigar Smokers Soiree @ Leather Stallion Saloon, 2205 St. Clair Ave, Cleveland, 44114; 216.589.8588; leatherstallion.com: Weekly event. Noonmidnight; no cover. Track and Field/Afternoon Session @ University of Akron Lee R Jackson Track and Field Complex, 315 S Union St, Akron, 44304: 1p-6p; free. Festival Village @ Mall C, Lakeside Avenue between Ontario and E 6th Street, Cleveland, 44199: RuPaul’s Drag Race fan favorite Pandora Boxx hosts; Detox and Le1f perform. Plus entertainment, activities, food, drinks,

merchandise, recognition of medal winners and pin-swapping. 4p-11p; free. Gay Games Happy Hour @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113; 216.696.5600; FB: Renaissance Gay Games Happy Hours: Nightly entertainment. 5:30p-8:30p. Indigo Girls @ Lock 3, 200 S Main St, Akron, 44308; 330.375.2877; lock3live.com: The legendary duo performs at Flair Fest with the Anne E DeChant Trio and Hanna Thomas. 5:30p; $10. Chi Chi LaRue’s Pleasure Island @ Aura (Mean Bull), 1313 E 26th St, Cleveland, 44114; FB: AURA Ultra Lounge Cleveland: A rooftop dance and pool party featuring porn stars and Chi Chi LaRue. 7p-2:30a; Cover charge TBA. Katy Perry @ Quicken Loans Arena, 1 Center Ct, Cleveland, 44115; 1.888.894.9424; theqarena.com: She’s not technically in town for the Gay Games, but she couldn’t have picked a better time to play Cleveland. 7p; $29.50-$103.50. Figure Skating Champions Exhibition @ Serpentini Arena, 14740 Lakewood Heights Blvd, Lakewood, 44107: 7p-10p; $25. DanceSport/Evening Session @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113: 7p-11p; $15-$25 for oneday pass or $80-$110 for four-day pass. Fortune Feimster @ Hilarities 4th Street Theater, 2035 E 4th St, Cleveland, 44115; 216.241.7425; pickwickandfrolic.com: The lesbian comic and Chelsea Lately regular performs standup. 7:30p and 9:30p; $18$23. Bad Girls Club @ Interbelt Nite Club, 70 N Howard St, Akron, 44308; 330.253.5700; interbelt.com: “Thursdays are a drag” at Interbelt Night Club. No cover. Amazons and Their Men @ Liminis Theater, 2438 Scranton Rd, Cleveland, 44113; 216.687.0074; convergence-continuum.org: Convergence-Continuum theater company presents the Ohio premiere of Jordan Harrison’s darkly comedic look at the circumstances of gay artists in 1930s Berlin. 8p; $10-$15. My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding @ Greystone Theatre, 103 S High St, Akron, 44308; 330.374.7568; actorssummit.org: David Hein and Irene Carl Sankoff’s musical comedy, presented by Actors’ Summit, is based on Hein’s experience when his mother and her girlfriend plan their wedding during Canada’s fight for marriage equality. 8p; $10-$33. Virginia Woolf’s Orlando Adapted by Sarah Ruhl @ Balch Street Theatre, 220 S Balch St, Akron, 44302; 330.867.3299; nwplab.com: Akron’s New World Performance Laboratory stages Woolf’s gender-flipping 1928 novel. 8p; $10-$15.

We hope Cleveland treats you as nice as Columbus did, Chi Chi LaRue!

FantAsia @ Asia Town Center, 3820 Superior Ave, Cleveland, 44114; afcleveland.org: Gathering hosted by Asians & Friends Cleveland, an LGBT social group. Register at eventbrite.com. 8p-11:30p; free for members and Gay Games participants, $5 for others. Official Gay Games Gold Party @ House of Blues, 308 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 44114; 216.523.2583; houseofblues.com/cleveland/goldparty: Featuring DJ Tony Moran and Robin Harris. 9p; $15 for Gay Games participants and $25 at the door ($35 for passes to Black and Gold parties). My Big Funny Peter @ Bounce, 2814 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 44113; 216.357.2997; bouncecleveland.com/mybigfunnypeter.com: Comedian Peter C Bisuito is the world’s only gay bodybuilding comedian, and he’ll perform one night only. 9p; no ticket info available. Renaissance Gay Games Live Late Night DJ @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113; 216.696.5600; FB: Renaissance Gay Games LIVE: Tonight’s party features DJ Michael Fedele. 9p-3a; free. Recharge on the Rooftop @ the Velvet Dog, 1280 W 6th St, Cleveland, 44113; FB: Recharge on the Rooftop GG9 Style: Overflow for this party is inside the club. It’s sponsored by gayprinters.com and features DJ Rob Sherwood. 9p-3a; free (just join on Facebook).

FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 Sailing @ Edgewater Yacht Club, 6700 Cleveland Memorial Shoreway, Cleveland, 44102: times not announced; free. Track and Field @ University of Akron Lee R Jackson Track and Field Complex, 315 S Union St, Akron, 44304: 8a; free. Swimming @ Cleveland State University’s Robert F. Busbey Natatorium, 2451 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 44115: 8a-5p; free. Table Tennis @ Case Western Reserve University’s Veale Center, 2138 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, 44106: 8a-5p; free. Ice Hockey @ OBM Arena, 15381 Royalton Rd, Strongsville, 44136: 8a-6p; free. Flag Football @ Barton-Bradley Recreation Field, 30651 Bradley Rd, North Olmsted, 44070: 8a-7p; free. Soccer @ Copley Road Soccer Complex, 1806 Copley Rd, Akron, 44320; 8a-7p; free. Tennis @ Cleveland State University’s Malaga Complex, E 21st Street and Chester Avenue, Cleveland, 44115; Highland Heights Community Park, 5905 Wilson Mills Rd, Highland Heights, 44143; Mayfield Village Racquet Club, 6685 Beta Dr, Mayfield Village, 44143; and Cleveland Racquet Club, 29825 Chagrin Blvd, Pepper Pike, 44124: 8a-8p; free. outlookohio.com

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Basketball @ Cleveland State University’s Woodling Gymnasium and Recreation Center, 2420 Chester Ave, Cleveland, 44115: 9a6p; free. Darts @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113: 9a-6p; free. DanceSport/Day Session @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113: 10a-5p; $20-$35 for one-day pass or $80-$110 for four-day pass. Water Polo @ Case Western Reserve University’s Veale Natatorium, 2138 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, 44106: 10a-5p; free. Festival Village @ Mall C, Lakeside Avenue between Ontario and E 6th Street, Cleveland, 44199: RuPaul’s Drag Race fan favorite Pandora Boxx hosts; Ana Matronic performs. Plus entertainment, activities, food, drinks, merchandise, recognition of medal winners and pin-swapping. 4p-midnight; free. Shabbat Picnic Dinner/Rock My Soul Shabbat Under the Stars Service @ TempleTifereth Israel, 26000 Shaker Blvd, Beachwood, 44122; 216.455.1703; ttti.org: Gay Games participants and their families are invited to an annual tradition. Call to RSVP and arrange transportation. 5:30p; $5$10 for those who aren’t participating in the Gay Games. Gay Games Happy Hour @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113; 216.696.5600; FB: Renaissance Gay Games Happy Hours: Nightly entertainment. 5:30p-8:30p. Synchronized Swimming @ Cleveland State University’s Robert F Busbey Natatorium, 2451 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 44115: 6p-10p; free. DanceSport Gala @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113: The week’s winners in each advanced-level division perform one last time. 7p; $25. Summer Groove @ Aura (Mean Bull), 1313 E 26th St, Cleveland, 44114; FB: AURA Ultra Lounge Cleveland: Co-ed rooftop dance and pool party featuring DJ Tracy Young and drag group DWV. 7p; Cover charge TBA. Summer@Severance @ Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 44106; 216.231.1111; clevelandorchestra.com: The Cleveland Orchestra and Blossom Festival Chorus perform Beethoven’s Overture to Prometheus, Symphony No. 4 and Choral Fantasy. 7p; $23-$85 (use code GG9SSEV for half off). Amazons and Their Men @ Liminis Theater, 2438 Scranton Rd, Cleveland, 44113; 216.687.0074; convergence-continuum.org: Convergence-Continuum theater company presents the Ohio premiere of Jordan Harrison’s darkly comedic look at the circumstances of gay artists in 1930s Berlin. 8p; $10-$15. outlookohio.com

My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding @ Greystone Theatre, 103 S High St, Akron, 44308; 330.374.7568; actorssummit.org: David Hein and Irene Carl Sankoff’s musical comedy, presented by Actors’ Summit, is based on Hein’s experience when his mother and her girlfriend plan their wedding during Canada’s fight for marriage equality. 8p; $10-$33. Virginia Woolf’s Orlando Adapted by Sarah Ruhl @ Balch Street Theatre, 220 S Balch St, Akron, 44302; 330.867.3299; nwplab.com: Akron’s New World Performance Laboratory stages Woolf’s gender-flipping 1928 novel. 8p; $10-$15. Fuego Friday @ Interbelt Nite Club, 70 N Howard St, Akron, 44308; 330.253.5700; interbelt.com: Drag show hosted by Alejandra Love with music by DJ Coraly. Tequila shots for $1, Coronas for $2.50 and margaritas for $4. No cover. Hot Time in Cleveland Womyn’s Dance Party @ Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 44115; FB: Hot Time in Cleveland: Women-only party, with DJ, cash bar and sober support. Order tickets via eventbrite.com. 18+. 8p-midnight; $25. Renaissance Gay Games Live Late Night DJ @ Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, 44113; 216.696.5600; FB: Renaissance Gay Games LIVE: Tonight’s party features DJ Rob Black. 9p-3a; free. DJ Jeff Taylor @ Bounce, 2814 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 44113; 216.357.2997; bouncecleveland.com: The weekly Girlesque drag show is followed by Chicago/Baltimore/New York DJ Taylor. 10p; no ticket info available. Dance Party @ Square Nightclub, 820 W Market St, Akron, 44303; 330.374.9661; squarenightclub: Music by CJ Robyn. 10p; no cover.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 Marathon/Half-Marathon @ Akron Civic Theatre (starting line), 182 S Main St, Akron, 44308: 6a; free. Cycling/Criterium Race @ Lakewood’s West End, Lakewood, 44107: Men’s and women’s races in seven competitive classes. 8a; free. Closing Ceremonies @ Mall C, Lakeside Avenue between Ontario and E 6th Street, Cleveland, 44199: Gay Games 9 draws to a close with a ceremony and dance party. 5p; $15. Summer Groove @ Aura (Mean Bull), 1313 E 26th St, Cleveland, 44114; FB: AURA Ultra Lounge Cleveland: Co-ed rooftop dance and pool party featuring DJ Chi Chi LaRue, DJ Grind and DJ Chris Cox. 7p; Cover charge TBA.

Laugh Out Loud! With Comic Karen Williams @ the Sanctuary, 350 S Portage Path, Akron, 44320; 440.479.7475; karen-

williams.brownpapertickets.com: Lesbian comedian Karen Williams has been called “a laugh riot” by Curve magazine. Her show benefits the food pantry and HIV program and Akron’s First Grace Church. 7p; $20-$25 ($50 VIP). Christopher Titus @ Hilarities 4th Street Theater, 2035 E 4th St, Cleveland, 44115; 216.241.7425; pickwickandfrolic.com: The former Fox sitcom star is part of Hilarities’ Gay Games week lineup. 7p and 9:30p; $18$23. Amazons and Their Men @ Liminis Theater, 2438 Scranton Rd, Cleveland, 44113; 216.687.0074; convergence-continuum.org: Convergence-Continuum theater company presents the Ohio premiere of Jordan Harrison’s darkly comedic look at the circumstances of gay artists in 1930s Berlin. 8p; $10-$15. My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding @ Greystone Theatre, 103 S High St, Akron, 44308; 330.374.7568; actorssummit.org: David Hein and Irene Carl Sankoff’s musical comedy, presented by Actors’ Summit, is based on Hein’s experience when his mother and her girlfriend plan their wedding during Canada’s fight for marriage equality. 8p; $10-$33.

Outdoor Chandelier

Playhouse Square, Euclid Avenue and E 14th Street, Cleveland, 44115; 216.771.4444; dazzle.playhousesquare.org. For more on Cleveland’s public art collection, visit land-studio.org.

The latest addition to Cleveland’s public art collection is likely to elicit squealing brakes and a “WTF?”-type reaction from drivers. It’s the world’s largest outdoor chandelier, installed in May at Playhouse Square. Poised above the street itself and supposedly capable of handling hurricane-force winds, it’s still something that might give you pause as you walk beneath, even in a mild breeze. Twenty feet tall, 44 feet above the street and with 4,200 crystals, it’s got more bling than Cher’s entire wardrobe.

Virginia Woolf’s Orlando Adapted by Sarah Ruhl @ Balch Street Theatre, 220 S Balch St, Akron, 44302; 330.867.3299; nwplab.com: Akron’s New World Performance Laboratory stages Woolf’s gender-flipping 1928 novel. 8p; $10-$15.

Coincidentally, Cher was playing the nearby Quicken Loans Arena the night the lights first came on. If she’d only known, she might have stopped by and swung from it.

White Party @ Bounce, 2814 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 44113; 216.357.2997; bouncecleveland.com: Following the Saturday night Varietease show, New York DJ Susan Morabito spins. 8p; no ticket info available.

5801 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 44102; 216.651.9474; happydogcleveland.com; open Mondays-Thursdays from 4p-2:30a and Fridays-Sundays from 11a-2:30a.

Drag Show @ Tear-Ez, 360 S Main St, Akron, 44311; 330.376.0011; tear-ez.com: Featuring Brooke Daniels. 9p; no cover. Pool Tournament @ Leather Stallion Saloon, 2205 St. Clair Ave, Cleveland, 44114; 216.589.8588; leatherstallion.com: Weekly contest. 10p-midnight; no cover. Dance Party @ Square Nightclub, 820 W Market St, Akron, 44303; 330.374.9661; squarenightclub: Music by CJ Robyn. 10p; no cover. Seven Deadly Sins After Party @ House of Blues, 308 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 44114; 216.523.2583; houseofblues.com/cleveland: Unique music and staging for each sin, plus DJ Scotty Thomson, Real Housewives of New York’s Carole Radziwill, trans icon Amanda Lepore and Andrew Christian models. 10p2a; $60 advance and $75 at the door ($95 VIP).

Happy Dog

Cleveland is definitely a food town. And with its ethnic heritage, you can easily get top-of-the-line pierogies or pad thai at any number of venues. But if you want quirky, there’s no better place than Happy Dog, with its pine paneling, wrap-around bar and live music, including - wait for it! - POLKA NIGHTS! The real draw here, though, is the gourmet hot dogs, with 50 different imaginative toppings that you can mix or match. Fancy a sunnyside-up fried egg with pimento cheese on your dog? Or how about Spaghettios with Jamaican Jerk Mustard Mojo? Myself, I went for the garlicky escarole and bleu cheese coleslaw. Don’t forget the Rolaids! You’ll also find yourself in town at the same time as annual events like the Feast of the Assumption, Aug 14-17. Just head for Little Italy, stuff yourself with calzones and look for the virgins, Mary or otherwise. Also going on is the Weapons of Mass Creation event (Aug 15-17) - an art, design and music festival that’s kind of a cross between TED and SXSW. And in Akron, which also is sharing the Gay Games spotlight you’ll find the National Hamburger Festival (Aug 9-10) happening Downtown. And, oh yes, there is the Gay Games taking place, too. If you can find time to work them in!

Visit thisiscleveland.com and visitakron-summit.org for more travel tips.

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Protect Me From Your Followers by James Blackmon I used to have a T-shirt that read, “Jesus, Protect Me From Your Followers.” I loved that shirt. I wish I had it now. The irony of needing to be protected from the followers of the embodiment of unconditional love and compassion is delicious. Especially if you’ve been on the receiving end of the venom spewed by many so-called Christians. As LGBTQ folks, we all have experienced this vitriol. It seems as we gain ground in our fight for equality, the pushback from right-wing Christians is getting worse. Obviously, all this talk of “religious freedom” and “religious exemption” is just an excuse to discriminate. In its June decision involving the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores, the US Supreme Court said business run by religious executives doesn’t have to provide full health coverage to women. An Ohio legislative bill early this year would have allowed religious business owners to refuse service to LGBT people or anyone else they don’t like. How could any Christian, in the name of Jesus, profess a desire to be exempt from actually behaving like Christ who, incidentally, never refused service to anyone who asked in faith?

The church has always had a credibility issue for me. I grew up in the church. My parents are retired church musicians, and I started playing for church when I was 8 years old. I remember being about 5 or 6 and I’d just seen a museum exhibit about cavemen. I’d seen their bones and other artifacts, and it got me to wondering if Adam and Eve were cavepeople. Mom told me to ask our minister. I did. He told me: “Cavepeople are not real. Adam and Eve are real. You can’t believe everything, but you can always believe the Bible.” I thought to myself, “Bullshit. I just saw the bones.” Well, not exactly bullshit, but the 5-year-old equivalent because I knew he was wrong. That began my mistrust of biblical teachings and the church, which was later underscored august 2014

As I got older I became even more skeptical when I considered the incestuous implications of Adam and Eve and their two sons populating the entire earth. Ewww! As a mature adult, however, the credibility issue began to take on new significance when I realized that the church bleeds hypocrisy because it is infested with hypocrites. I used to angrily sit and listen to sermons and comments about how sinful we gays are from self-righteous pastors, televangelists, and other “Christians” who have children outside of marriage, multiple ex-spouses, mistresses (or boyfriends), drug problems and other things they preach against. The Bible clearly says, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). So, why do some Christians feel so obliged to “…look at the speck of sawdust in [their] brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in [their] own eye? How can [they] say to [their] brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in [their] own eye?” (Matthew 7:3-4)

How can you win souls for Christ when Christ isn’t apparent in your own soul?

Jesus preached against hypocrisy, yet the blatant, unapologetic, un-Christlike, hypocritical behavior of so many self-described Christians is astounding. How can you win souls for Christ when Christ isn’t apparent in your own soul?

when I pondered a question that has never been logically answered to my satisfaction: If Adam and Eve were the first humans and they only had two sons, where did their wives come from?

It infuriates me when it’s said that my 20-year committed relationship to the same man is destroying the sanctity of marriage. But quickie wedding chapels in Las Vegas are not? Where is the Christian outrage over that? Where is the Christian outrage over the 40 percent divorce rate for opposite-sex couples? In July, a California pastor and two members of his Christian church were sentenced to prison for torturing a 13year-old boy. They called what they did discipline: forcing him to dig a grave that they said would be his, placing him in a shower tied to a chair, spraying him with mace and more. One of the men rubbed salt in his open wounds. He was made to sit in the center of a group of men at a Bible study, and the pastor lifted the boy’s shirt and squeezed his nipples with a pair of pliers. For this, the pastor received two years in prison and the other two received a year in jail plus three years probation. Where the hell is the goddamned Christian outrage at that? Your silence is deafening!

Can Sarah Palin see heaven from Alaska, too?

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This Joy by Mickey Weems “I think he’s challenging me.” We were sitting together at Fireball, a Chicago circuit party. Chuck Quarles noticed a Viking about 30 feet away. Big, blond, buffed and bare-chested - Steroid Sven was a regular in the scene. He was A-list and a fine dancer. Chuck wasn’t having it. He stood up, all 5feet nothing of him, round brown belly shining in the lights (as did his shaved head), and he confronted his Nordic nemesis. Neither man smiled. Eyes locked and arms whipped as they moved separately/together in heated battle, each daring the other with every step and gesture to bring it. When the song segued to a less fierce selection, they withdrew from the arena. It was a draw.

troit, Pittsburgh and beyond. Everyone spent too much money and stayed up too late for days on end. It was for the noblest of causes: communal bonding. We lived to dance. If excess was our fall from grace, dancing together was our salvation. I have been immersed in DJ culture since 1999, when I began my doctoral research on the Gay male dance scene. I have witnessed performances by the adept and the incompetent, from genuine Chicago talent to pathetic LA fake. No DJ consistently moved me the way that Chuck Q (his nom-de-discaire) did. “Some people have DJ’ing down to a science,” said his friend and fellow DJ evangelist, Jeremy James. “Chuck had it down to an art.” A messy art, to be sure: In an age when DJs depended on compact discs, Chuck made a shambles of the DJ booth - CDs scattered everywhere.

The Chosen People Chuck and I had known each other for years, ever since he and his man, Jay Pappas, moved to Columbus from Dayton in the first years of the new millennium.

The result of the chaos was cerulean, a beatific vision transubstantiated into sonic pulse. He issued an altar call through the salvific voices of screaming divas.

We were members of a nomadic glitterati that traveled from city to city whenever an extended weekend presented itself. Since the mid-’90s, Columbus had been a hub for dance parties attracting men from Cleveland, Cincinnati, Louisville, Indianapolis, De-

Anointing As he was with Vikings on the dance floor, Chuck was competitive in the booth. DJ Tom McBride recalled tag-teaming with him: “We challenged each other every time we played together in public, and even more times

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when we would perform epic marathon sets at his house while the real world slept.” The witching hours between 2:30a and dawn were magical for our tribe. All that exuberance we’d brought to the club was already spent, but we were nowhere near done. There is another source of power, something so ancient it existed before our ancestors had words for it. We needed someone to summon that archaic power within us, to conjure it with the latest technology and the hottest songs. Chuck had a residency at an after-hours club called Millennium. He was solar-brilliant in this house of worship, a holy man who summoned forth such joy that we could not sit still. Despite petty rivalries, slights, betrayals and body fascism, Chuck anointed us with the fire of the Holy Spirit so that we joined together in rapture, even when we could not stand each other. In other words, Chuck brought church. DJ’ing is the art of seduction, as well as salvation. Chuck received the highest compliment possible from his fellow Gay men: Bitch, you worked my pussy! Nightclub icon Anisa Love (née Corey Williams) concurred with the vox populi: “Chuck wasn’t afraid of a vocally driven anthem with a sick beat. He often put me and my sisters in a trance that could only be described as pussy-whipped.”

RIP Chuck.

It Is Finished Right about 2005, the scene careened out of control. One of the girlfriends ran amok, fracturing the unity of our tribe. Night whispers of unbridled excess, including clubbers hot-railing in public places, became daylight conversations loud enough to attract the feds. The end of an era was at hand. Millennium closed, and the tribe disbanded. Hard times were upon us, and the Great Recession made things worse. Chuck and Jay weathered the turbulence together, proof that “for richer and for poorer” is not just a convenient sentimentality that vanishes in the cold, hard light of a Terrible Tuesday. When last I heard, they were doing well. But our Chuck was living on borrowed time. His chronic diabetes caught up with him, as he no doubt knew it would. Down in My Soul Jesus may have died for my sins, but Chuck lived for my joy. I feel joy when I think about what he’s done for me. Until I can move no more, I live for him. I commune with him every time I’m torn away from my computer by a hot track and I dance around my house like the crack whore I am. Mickey Weems is a writer, educator and creator of the Qualia Encyclopedia of Gay Folklife. You can follow him at mickeyweems.com or qualiafolk.com, or email him at mickeyweems@yahoo.com. Complete the Circuit runs every other month in Outlook. august 2014

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Mario Synchronized swimming. It is a mixture of athleticism, blatant vanity and extreme aqua drag. Synchronized swimming can either be really bad or terribly beautiful. It is quite the beautiful disaster.

India’s. Especially Sushil Kumar. Yummy. I would dress in a sari and dance for him like a fool. There are some hot American wrestlers, too, but none of them look like a good, sweaty f—-.

The Gay Games are in Cleveland Aug 9-16. In which event would you compete?

Which natio ns’ wrestlers wo uld you want to be pinned by?

August is National Picnic Month. What’s in your picnic basket?

What is in my basket? Well, that’s rather intimate. If I had to dine with Hubby in a romantic park, we would be eating cheese, fruit, flatbread and much wine.

I think they will oppose all that is reasonable, including marriage equality, women’s health access and immigration reform. I find it hard to accept a group of people who use religion as a basis for policy. Didn’t we start as a nation of immigrants escaping religious persecution? What ever happened to the separation of church and state? This is why I loathe party politics.

Boy George, definitely. I mean, he had to run from the po-po several times because of his drug arrests, right? And Boy George is looking pretty buff since kicking his addictions. Lance Bass shows no sign of being tough or even remotely athletic.

Jewelry for sport Or, a rapper’s new trinket Who doesn’t like bling? 40

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Who would win in the 100meter dash: Lance Bass or Boy George?

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DEBbIE Is there anything where I can be sitting in my bra and underwear, drinking a beer and in A/C? No? OK, then I guess I will have to start practicing hurdles.

SWEDEN! Any nation of girls with long blond hair, big blue eyes and fantastic boobs, I would be pinned in a second. See my girlfriend... happy sigh.

I would pack a spectacular gourmet lunch for me and my sweetie: Almond curry chicken salad with Japanese apple pear and havarti on 12-grain peasant bread; strawberries, mangoes, star fruit, blackberries and grapes; assorted cheeses and crudite; Osetra caviar, crème fraiche with blinis; green, red and black olives; orzo pasta, crab, caper and green bean salad;$30-abottle 2006 Argentinean Malbec; $50-a-bottle bottle Moet; coconut water and orange juice; and a caramel cheesecake with a tart cherry and cognac drizzle. Yes, my basket will be 2’x2’x2’.

You can bring a Republican to the water, but you can’t make him drink (you can try to push him in, but you can’t make him sink). Without control over women’s issues, race relations and the GAY (dun dun dun) Agenda, they become irrelevant. Yes, the GOP will still oppose marriage equality as a party platform issue in 2016.

“Bye Bye Bye” puppet strings Lance or “I’ll Tumble for You” George? With all he has accomplished and overcome in his life, Boy George will always come out on top. Without a doubt, the fabulous Boy George will beat the comfortable panties off of Lance.

It’s nice to get one It’s all about sportsmanship Screw that! I’m the star.

You know Flex is going to be off the hook when the Repub Convention is in Cleveland.

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deep inside hollywood by Romeo San Vicente

HARDY + DICAPRIO? WE CAN DREAM, RIGHT?

SEAN HAYES JOINS CBS SITCOM, ‘THE MILLERS’

Alt-Hollywood’s current “It Woman” producer Megan Ellison is known for taking creative risks for meaningful films in a time when big studios run screaming from that sort of thing.

Let’s talk about sitcoms you’re probably not watching.

As the head of Annapurna, the young lesbian mogul is negotiating to swoop in and rescue Leonardo DiCaprio’s latest starring vehicle, The Revenant.

What would make you jump aboard? A new cast member? A new cast member in collaboration with an already talented sitting cast?

That’s what’s happening with The Millers, which is a big enough hit for CBS that it’s been renewed for a new season even though it The project, from acclaimed director Alejandro seems nobody in a position to make cultural Gonzalez Inarritu (Babel), has run into fund- noise about it is watching. ing trouble, and it seems like Annapurna would be a good fit for the offbeat story. Think about it: Louie blows up Twitter, so does Archer, but when was the last CBS sitcom that Co-written by Inarritu with Mark L Smith and did that for reasons other than Charlie Sheen? based on Michael Punke’s 2002 novel, The And The Millers has a cool cast, including Will Revenant: A Novel of Revenge, it’s about a 19th Arnett and America’s best character actress, century fur trapper’s survival in the wilderness. Margo Martindale (August, Osage County). And still, crickets. DiCaprio wants in, and so does shirtless Esquire cover star Tom Hardy, so why isn’t a big That means it’s time for change in the form of studio helping out? Who knows, probably beSean Hayes, who’ll be joining the cast this cause there’s no bikini-wearing robot riding a year as a friend to Martindale’s character and dinosaur into space. a thorn in Arnett’s side. But that’s why Ellison is so valuable - she supports filmmakers as artists in a business that treats them like obstacles to merchandising. Fingers crossed for this one.

BACK TO SCHOOL WITH HBO AND SUSAN SONTAG

Sounds promising, yes? So in the spirit of fairness and in memory of “Just Jack,” we’ll give this one another shot. Don’t blow it (and more importantly don’t bore us), The Millers. You’re on notice.

ROSIE’S BACK... LET THE FIGHTING BEGIN!

We may be past the time when an intellectual culture critic like Susan Sontag could become Speaking of bringing in a ringer to save a sinka household name. But during her life, the les- ing ship, the news about Rosie O’Donnell bian thinker and writer was just that. coming back to The View has turned into the infotainment/power-lesbian/grumpy pundit What’s that, you say? She’s not a household story of the week. name to you? Well, then, HBO has the fix for that. Regarding Susan Sontag, a documentary And with it, speculation over who else will join from director Nancy Kates, follows the late the panel in the wake of the departures of feminist literary icon from her teenage days Sherri Shepherd and Jenny McCarthy. It reading Proust to her long career as a novelist, hasn’t been sitting well with former co-host professor, critic and all-around high/low-cul- Elisabeth Hasselbeck, of course. And her snipture rock star. ing has caused former co-host Joy Behar to publicly snap back at Hasselbeck. The film also follows Sontag from her very young marriage to a man to her many notable Suddenly we’re all remembering that The View female lovers, including her last long-term is a show that’s still on TV! partner, photographer Annie Leibovitz. Now, which conservative woman wants to spar with O’Donnell every day? Step right up, Palin Regarding Susan Sontag is a thoughtful, funny, warts-and-all primer for newcomers wannabes! Unless, of course, you come from and a fitting eulogy for longtime admirers. HBO reality TV. Word is that Rosie’s contract bars airs the film this fall, just in time to shift your former reality stars from consideration. Sorry, beach-brain back into gear. all future Hasselbecks. Romeo San Vicente has never discriminated against reality stars; they’re hungry for experience. He can be reached at DeepInsideHollywood@qsyndicate.com.

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Big Gay Movie Night at GFC!

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creative class

photos: Brian Dotin

No Sweat

Theater, Cultural Events Add to Gay Games Schedule

by Bryan Cole

Does the thought of watching another sporting event fill you with dread? After enduring the Winter Olympics and the World Cup, you may desire nothing more than a few days respite from skis and bats and balls.

Akron, the festivities are an exciting chance to bring attention to their city. “I think it’s great. I think Akron has a lot to offer,” Slowiak said. “There’s a big range of arts organizations in Summit County,” he notes, including New World Performance Laboratory, for whom he is artistic co-director.

The Gay Games haven’t forgotten about you. Along with the events on the playing field, there’s a slate of cultural events geared toward LGBT visitors. Long considered iconic cities of the Rust Belt, Cleveland and Akron are ready to bask in the spotlight again. “It’s very exciting both for the region and for us,” said Clyde Simon, artistic director of Convergence-Continuum, a Cleveland-based theater company. Simon will be directing Amazons and Their Men, a play that takes a darkly comedic look at gay artists during wartime. “We were going to do this show anyway,” he said. “We wanted to make sure we had a show up during the Gay Games.” The play runs Thursdays through Saturdays at the Liminis Theater in Cleveland from Aug 8 though the end of the month. The run includes Gay Games Week performances on Aug 9, 14, 15 and 16. For Akronites such as James Slowiak, a professor of theater arts at the University of outlookohio.com

Like Simon in Cleveland, Slowiak will be directing a play with LGBT themes to be performed when the Gay Games are in Ohio. The play, Virginia Woolf’s Orlando Adapted by Sarah Ruhl, focuses on an immortal man’s quest for love. “We were looking for a project that we could do in conjunction [with the Games],” Slowiak said. Orlando fit the bill: Its source material, the novel, Orlando: A Biography, is a mainstay of queer literature and features a character who moves fluidly between genders. The play runs Aug 7-9 and 14-16 at the Balch Street Theatre in Akron. “It’s a playful and fun contribution to what’s going on in the Gay Games.” By staging challenging, contemporary works, the directors intend to meet the standard set by past Gay Games host cities, including cultural capitals such as New York and Amsterdam. In addition to live theater, the region is show-

casing its existing cultural institutions. The Cleveland Museum of Art will be hosting Night Before 9: Out in Art, a private kickoff party on Aug 8, the eve of the Opening Ceremonies. The event will give visitors an opportunity to see the museum’s galleries during off-hours, as well as listen to the music of Escort, a critically acclaimed 17-piece disco orchestra. “The museum staff is thrilled that the Gay Games is coming here,” said August Napoli, deputy director and chief advancement officer for the museum. “It’s kind of a seminal moment for us.” Napoli said he hopes the Gay Games, along with the media attention that will accompany the 2016 Republican National Convention, will help re-establish Cleveland as a vibrant arts destination. But in the present, leaders in the community are focused on pulling off their events successfully, and they say they’re mindful of just how important their work is. Their performances aren’t just to entertain visitors but to broaden the understanding of LGBT issues among the community at large. Simon, director of Amazons and Their Men, remembers the power of hits like Angels in America and how much more prominent these themes are nowadays.

She is sure.

“It’s not an underground thing anymore,” he said, referring to the abundance of theater presenting LGBT characters. As visibility increases, prejudice continues to dwindle. At the Cleveland Museum of Art, artwork provides that same antidote. Part of a museum’s responsibility is to present a diverse set of ideas, as expressed by the artists. That often serves to provide a voice for minority, disenfranchised communities that are shut out of other cultural institutions. “[The museum] becomes a great equalizer,” Napoli said. “It represents all cultures and points of view. I think it helps break down barriers.” Not that the Gay Games need much help on that front. LGBT athletes have competed among the best in the world, and their talent speaks for itself. But on the sidelines, in art galleries and neighborhood theaters, artists will always be a bit ahead of the curve, paving the way for greater acceptance and understanding. “I like to think of us as the dreamers of society,” said Slowiak, the director of Orlando. “I think that’s what Virginia Woolf was doing. It’s one of our roles as artists - to light the way.” Fun and the Games See our full calendar of Gay Games events on Pages 27-35. august 2014

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by Gregg Shapiro

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After an 18-year absence from recording original material, Boy George tackles faith, heartbreak, new love and even politics in This Is What I Do. Later this year, he’ll go on tour in the UK with his old bandmates in Culture Club, the group that launched him to fame in the early ’80s. But first, he’ll be in Cleveland to DJ a set on Aug 11 at the White Party, a Gay Games event that will take place at Jacobs Pavilion, part of the Nautica Entertainment Complex in The Flats. Gregg Shapiro: I’d like to begin by talking about the album cover for This Is What I Do. You are wearing a fabulous hat, as you have done on the cover of many of your albums. How many hats do you own? Boy George: Probably 40, maybe. They often go on to another life. Whenever I get asked for auction items, it’s usually a hat. The hats do get recycled quite a lot. Roughly, at the moment, I would say I have 30, 40. But they go and change and they have other lives. GS: Do you have an all-time favorite hat that you’ve hung onto over the years? BG: I have new hat which I haven’t worn yet. ... The guy that makes my hats, a guy called Philip Treacy, is a very amazing milliner in London. He gave me this beautiful Swarovski crystal hat, which I have. I just don’t have anything to wear with it. It’s such a number of a hat! I keep thinking, “What the hell will I ever wear it with?” Maybe it will appear on my tour. I don’t know. GS: Did you hear “It’s Easy” and “Any Road” as country tunes while you were writing them or did they evolve into that genre? BG: I’m not someone who is frightened of country. It’s always been

jazz, country, blues - it’s always crept into what I do. Certainly with “It’s Easy,” it was always going to be a country song. The idea of it was a Patsy Cline-type song. Very simple, to the point. ... “It’s easy when you’re the one who stops loving first” felt like a classic Patsy Cline/Tammy Wynette/Dolly Parton tune. That was the thinking - absolutely, 100 percent - behind that. I wanted to come up with one of those lines. The song was written around that line. GS: I really love “Any Road,” a song with powerful messages, such as “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there,” and the spoken conclusion where you say, “I’m glad I’m not crazy like I used to be.” BG: That particular song was written around the groove. We sat around and came up with that guitar line [hums the part]. That was the starting point to create a mood. GS: I’ve always maintained that when a singer/songwriter records a cover of someone else’s song that it’s a way to make a statement. Other than saying that you have great taste in music, what does your cover of Yoko Ono’s “Death of Samantha” say about you? BG: I’ve always loved the song. I think it’s a really beautiful lyric. A lot of people say to me, “Yoko Ono, she just screams.” They don’t think of her as a writer. It’s a song I always play to people when I talk about Yoko. ... There’s a great acoustic version of “Death of Samantha” that she does that I love. Lyrically, it feels like something I would have written. It’s a song I should have written or wish I’d written. GS: Music videos played an important role in your musical career. Do you plan to make music videos for any of the songs on This Is What I Do? BG: There is a “King of Everything” video and a “My God” video. There are other ones planned. They’re not going to be like back in the day, 100 grand [laughs]. The video for “My God,” we made in my house. It’s up online. It’s a great little video. I think the way you do things now is very different. ... It’s almost come fullcircle back to the beginning when there weren’t massive budgets and you had to be a bit more creative. I think that’s exciting. GS: As someone who has spent a fair amount of time behind the decks as a DJ, are there songs on This Is What I Do that you would like to see remixed for club play? BG: I think they’re going to be free, not going to be sold. We started off with “Feel The Vibration” because that felt like the most obvious track to do as a dance mix.

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Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma, chameleon... what does that even mean?

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CINCINNATI/SOUTHWEST FRIDAY, AUGUST 1 SATURDAY, AUGUST 2 Cincinnati Blues Fest @ Bicentennial Commons-Sawyer Point, 750 E Pete Rose Way, Cincinnati, 45202; 513.352.6180; cincinnatiparks.com: Local and national acts on multiple stages, including Dana Fuchs and Guy Forsyth. Friday from 5p-midnight and Saturday from 4p-midnight; $5-$25. TUESDAY, AUGUST 5 Rally for Marriage Equality @ Lytle Park, 501 E 4th St, Cincinnati, 45202; whymarriagemattersohio.org: On Aug 6, the Cincinnati-based US Court of Appeals will hear cases determining the future of marriage equality in Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee. A lot is at stake here, and this demonstration is set to take place on the eve of the arguments, offering a show of popular support for marriage equality. Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is a featured speaker. 5:30p-7p; free. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6 March for Marriage Equality @ Potter Stewart US Court House, 100 E 5th St, Cincinnati, 45202; 614.593.9987; freedomohio.com: Another day, another rally: This is a four-state rally calling on LGBT and allied participants from all around the Midwest to march as the court hears marriage equality cases from Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee. Noon; free. TUESDAY, AUGUST 12 Panic! At the Disco with Walk the Moon @ PNC Pavilion, 6295 Kellogg Ave, Cincinnati, 45230; 513.232.6220; riverbend.org: Two vibrant contemporary indie-rock acts known for their highly provocative and energetic live performances (replete with mind-blowing light shows) are stopping through Cincinnati on their nationwide tour. Doors at 7p; $43.

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CLEVELAND + AKRON / NORTHEAST FRIDAY, AUGUST 1 SATURDAY, AUGUST 2 Vintage Ohio Wine Festival @ Lake Metroparks Farmpark, 8800 Euclid Chardon Rd, Kirtland, 44094; 440. 256.2122; visitvintageohio.com: The Ohio Wine Producers Association hosts this 20th annual event, featuring over a dozen Ohio wineries, 20 restaurants, bands and a cooking school. 1p-10p; $35 at the gate ($30 at Giant Eagle). FRIDAY, AUGUST 8 Walt Whitman: I Sing the Body Electric @ Cleveland Public Library Main Branch, 325 Superior Ave E, 44114; 216.623.2800; wordstageoh.com: Spoken-word interpretations of one of America’s most celebrated poets from the late 19th century, who just so happened to be gay. The presentation includes diverse selections from his oeuvre, excerpts from personal letters, diaries and poetry. 12:15p; free. FRIDAY, AUGUST 8 Night Before 9: Out in Art @ Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd, Cleveland, 44106; 216.707.6875; clevelandart.org: The museum stays open late to welcome Gay Games participants and the public. Escort, a disco orchestra, performs. 8pmidnight; $24-$100. SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 Gay Games 9 @ various locations; 216.479.6470; gg9cle.com: Sports! See Pages 27-32 for details. SUNDAY, AUGUST 17 North Coast Men’s Chorus Benefit @ Leather Stallion Saloon, 2205 St Clair Ave, Cleveland, 44114; 216.589.8588; ncmchorus.org: A night to honor Northeast Ohio’s gay chorus, which now boasts more than 100 members and sells out shows throughout the region. Includes cabaret entertainment. 5p.

COLUMBUS / CENTRAL

DAYTON / WEST

TOLEDO / NORTHWEST

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6 SUNDAY, AUGUST 17 Hair @ Wall Street Nightclub, 144 N Wall St, Columbus, 43215; 614.398. 1110; imaginecolumbus.com: The ’60s are back! On stage, anyway. The musical is about a group of hippies who celebrate peace and love in the shadow of the Vietnam War. 7:30p (shows are August 6, 8-10 and 14-17); $17 (tables $65).

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 High Tea and Hats @ The Dayton Woman’s Club, 225 N Ludlow St, Dayton, 45402; 312.857.4287; secretbeautyhats.com: High tea, a buffet dinner show and hats galore! This fashion show centers on world-renowned designer and 2013 winner of the New York Hatty Award Lady Linda Crawford, and her 2014 fall and holiday collection. Plus, the night will include hat giveaways and live music with Stivers String Quartet. 3p-5p; $55.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 Tucked @ Collingwood Arts Center, 2413 Collingwood Blvd, Toledo, 43620; FB: Tucked Toledo: Drag queens and drag kings stage a benefit production for Legs for Linda. The lineup includes Felaciana Thunderpussy, Amber Stone, Sylvia Austin, Deja Dellataro, Gina Arnez, Sugar Vermont, Porsha Armani, Brook Lockhart, Santana Romero, Eclipse Galaxy, Nikki Yuse, Calvin Green, Cole Conway, T-Town Tassels and the Bois W/Outskirts. There’s also a cash bar and appetizers from Chef Jules Wilkins. 7p; $25, or $40 per couple.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 10 TransOhio Unity Picnic @ Blendon Woods Metro Park Shadblow Shelter, 4265 E Dublin-Granville Rd, Westerville, 43081; 614.441.8167; transohio.org: The group for transgender Ohioans hosts its annual picnic. It’s open to all, just bring a dish to share and your own nonalcoholic beverages. The main course and vegetarian options will be provided. 10a-6p. FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 SUNDAY, AUGUST 17 Virginia West’s Sinner @ Axis, 775 N High St, Columbus, 43215; 614.291.4008; axisonhigh.com: Virginia’s latest show (also running Aug 22-24) is a journey through heaven and hell, and it’s hotter than ever. She performs with Nina West, Alexis Stevens, Candi Panties, Chutney Sinclair, Barbie Roberts, Selena T West, Jamz Dean, Kiley Dash-West, Gretta Goodbottom, Indica, Amanda Punchfuk, Saphira Heartt and the West Family Dancers. 8p; $12-$15 (tables $60-$75). FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 SUNDAY, AUGUST 31 Fashion Meets Music Festival @ Short North and Arena District, Columbus, 43215; 614.859.3663; fmmf.us: Spanning Labor Day weekend, Columbus’s first Fashion Meets Music Festival will showcase musicians and designers alike. R Kelly, Rusko and OSU alum O.A.R. headline more than 120 national and local acts. Many of the shows are free. 11a-11p; $10-$25.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 2014 Eichelberger FilmDayton Festival @ The Neon, 130 E 5th St, Dayton, 45402; 937.222.7469; filmdayton.com: The festival showcases shorts and fulllength films. Spotlights this year: The Infinite Man (Aug 22 @ 7p), a romantic comedy; Zero Motivation (Aug 23 @ 7p), about young women in the Israeli military; and This Time Next Year (Aug 24 @ 5p), a documentary about the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. 6p; $10$75. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 AleFest Dayton @ Wegerzyn Gardens Metro Park, 1301 E Siebenthaler Ave, Dayton, 45414; 937.935.0473; alefest.com: The AleFest allows you to get drunk and educate yourself at the same time. Upwards of 400 varieties of craft beers will be available for sampling (or binging), and this year even signals the addition of AleFest’s firstever cider tent. 2p-5p; $35 in advance.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 Toledo Pride @ various locations, toledopride.com: Three days of events are planned for the fifth annual Toledo Pride, the only local Pride festival in Ohio that takes place in August. There’s a Friday night 5K and 1-mile run, a Saturday parade and festival, and Sunday family events. See Page 50 of this month’s Outlook for a complete rundown. SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 Fallout Boy @ Huntington Center, 500 Jefferson Ave, Toledo, 43604; 419.321.5007; huntingtoncentertoledo.com: The high-energy pop-rock foursome helped fight Prop 8 in California, and bassist Pete Wentz has described himself as “half gay.” Must be the half that kisses his bandmates on stage... 7p; $45-$55.50

SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 Pride Night at the Columbus Crew @ Crew Stadium, 1 Black and Gold Blvd, Columbus, 43211; 614.447.4233; outlookohio.com: Outlook, Stonewall, Skylight Financial and the Columbus Crew host Pride Night at The Crew. Come cheer on Ohio’s only Major League Soccer team. Admission includes a pregame tailgate party with food and beer, and a crew scarf! Tailgate 5p, kickoff 7:30p; $35.

For Gay Games Week listings, see Pages 27-35. Just do it!

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OHIO LGBT NIGHTLIFE ROUNDUP

BARS & CLUBS Akron Adams Street 77 N Adams St Akron, Ohio 44305 330.434.9794 adamsstreetbar.com Cocktails 1009 S Main St Akron, Ohio 44311 330.376.2625 FB: Cocktails Akron Interbelt 70 N Howard St Akron, Ohio 44310 330.253.5700 interbelt.com Square Nightclub 820 W Market St Akron, Ohio 44310 330.374.9661 squarenightclub.com Tear-Ez 360 S Main St Akron, Ohio 44311 330.376.0011 tear-ez.com Canton Crew 304 Cherry Ave NE Canton, Ohio 44702 330.452.2739 crewnightclub.com Studio 704 704 4th St SW Canton, Ohio 44702 330.453.1220

Home Base Tavern 2401 Vine St Cincinnati, Ohio 45219 513.721.1212 hbtpride.com

Mean Bull / Aura 1313 E 26th St Cleveland, Ohio 44114 216.812.3330 meanbull.com

Level Dining Lounge 700 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43215 614.754.7111 levelcolumbus.com

Right Corner 105 E 3rd St Dayton, Ohio 45402 937.223.7418 FB: rightcornerbar

Old Street Saloon 13 Old St Monroe, Ohio 45050 513.539.9183 oldstreetbar.com

Twist 11633 Clifton Blvd Cleveland, Ohio 44102 216.221.2333 FB: Twist Sc

Slammers 202 E Long St Columbus, Ohio 43215 614.221.8880 FB: Slammers

Stage Door 44 N Jefferson St Dayton, Ohio 45402 937.223.7418 FB: The Stage Door

On Broadway 817 Broadway St Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 513.421.2555 FB: On Broadway Bar

Vibe 11633 Lorain Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44111 216.476.1970

Southbend Tavern 126 E Moler St Columbus, Ohio 43207 614.444.3386 FB: SouthBendTavern

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Columbus Serpent 4042 Hamilton Ave Cincinnati, Ohio 45223 513.681.6969 serpentbar.com Shooters 927 Race St Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 513.381.9900 FB: Shooters Bar Simon Says 428 Walnut St Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 513.381.7577 Cleveland Bounce 2814 Detroit Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44113 216.357.2997 bouncecleveland.com

Cincinnati

Cocktails 9208 Detroit Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44102 216.961.3115 FB: Cocktails Cleveland

Below Zero 1120 Walnut St Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 513.421.9376 belowzerolounge.com

The Hawk 11217 Detroit Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44102 216.521.5443 thehawkbar.com

The Dock 603 Pete Rose Way Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 513.241.5623 FB: The Dock Complex

Leather Stallion 2205 St Clair Ave NE Cleveland, Ohio 44114 216.589.8588 leatherstallion.com

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AWOL 49 Parsons Ave Columbus, Ohio 43215 614.621.8779 FB: AWOL Bar Axis 775 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43215 614.291.4008 axisonhigh.com Cavan Irish Pub 1409 S High St Columbus, Ohio 43207 614.725.5502 FB: Cavan Irish Pub Circus 1227 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43201 FB: CircusShortNorth Club 20 20 E Duncan St Columbus, Ohio 43202 614.261.9111 FB: Club 20 Club Diversity 863 S High St Columbus, Ohio 43206 614.224.4050 clubdiversity.biz Exile 893 N 4th St Columbus, Ohio 43201 614.299.0069 exilebar.com

The Toolbox Saloon 744 Frebis Ave Columbus, Ohio 43206 614.670.8113 FB: TheToolbox Saloon Tremont Lounge 708 S High St Columbus, Ohio 43206 614.445.9365 FB: Tremont Lounge

Somewhere 804 W North St Lima, Ohio 45801 419.227.7288 somewherelima.com Mansfield Sami’s 178 Wayne St Mansfield, Ohio 44902 419.522.1500 FB: Sami’s Bar

Sandusky Crowbar 206 W Market St Sandusky, Ohio 44870 419.624.0109 sanduskycrowbar.com

Mojo 115 N Erie St Toledo, Ohio 43604 567.315.8333 mojobartoledo.com R-House 5534 Secor Rd Toledo, Ohio 43623 419.474.2929

Springfield Diesel Bar & Nightclub 1914 Edwards Ave Springfield, Ohio 45503 Warren 937.324.0383 FB: Diesel Bar & Nightclub Funky Skunk NiteClub 143 E Market St Warren, Ohio 44481 Toledo FB: Funky Skunk NiteClub Bretz 2012 Adams St Toledo, Ohio 43604 Youngstown 419.243.1900 FB: Bretz Nightclub Utopia Video Night Club 876 E Midlothian Blvd Youngstown, Ohio 44502 Legends Showclub 330.781.9000 117 N Erie St FB: Utopia Youngstown Toledo, Ohio 43604 567.315.8333 legendsbartoledo.com

BATHS Club Columbus 795 W 5th Ave Columbus, Ohio 43212 614.291.0049 the-clubs.com Flex 2600 Hamilton Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44114 216.812.3304 flexspas.com

GET LISTED! We want to make sure all Ohio LGBT bars and clubs are included in our roundup. To update or add your listing, contact Erin at 614.268.8525 or erin@outlookmedia.com. Listings are free.

Union Café 782 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43215 614.421.2233 columbusnightlife.com Wall Street Night Club 144 N Wall St Columbus, Ohio 43215 614.464.2800 wallstreetnightclub.com Dayton Argos 301 Mabel St Dayton, Ohio 45403 937.252.2976 Masque 34 N Jefferson St Dayton, Ohio 45402 937.228.2582 clubmasque.com MJ’s Cafe 119 E 3rd St Dayton, Ohio 45402 937.223.3259 mjscafedayton.com

Debé, who performs at Southbend, is also our astrologer and palmist!

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TOLEDO PRIDE • AUGUST 22-24

You thought Pride in Ohio could be contained in just one month? And a 30-day month like June at that? Think again.

It’s Toledo’s turn in August. The fifth annual Toledo Pride - it has grown from 2,000 to an expected 15,000 this year - will take place from Aug 22 to 24 in the Glass City. The three-day celebration includes a nighttime fun run (and walk), a parade and festival, and family fun day. The Big Events Fun Run: Friday, Aug 22 @ 8:30p, University of Toledo, 2801 W Bancroft St, Toledo, 43606. The Toledo Pride Nite Glo 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run, Walk and Roll is a nighttime event over an illuminated course. Register online at toledopride.com (and get a swag bag!) or at UT’s Centennial Mall starting at 7p on the day of the race. It’s $15 to $23 to participate, and there’s also live entertainment after the race.

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Parade: Saturday, Aug 23 @ noon, Downtown. The parade starts at Washington and Ontario streets, continues down Washington past Fifth Third Field, wraps around Boeschenstein Park to Summit Street and ends at Promenade Park.

Help Carry the Pride Flag! Want to march in the parade with Outlook? We need at least 30 volunteers to carry our 100-foot Pride flag. Sign up at outlookohio.com and get a free T-shirt. Festival: Saturday, August 23 @ Promenade Park, Water Street and Jefferson Avenue, Toledo, 43604. The parade ends at the festival site, and the festival runs until midnight. There are three headliners: Rye Rye, Pastele and Eryn Woods, as well as local acts Chavar Dontae, Arctic Clam (Outlook’s favorite), Flabongo Nation, Muffy Fishbasket and more. Boat Rides: Saturday, August 23 @ Pride festival. The Sandpiper Boat is offer-

ing 40-minute cruises down the Maumee River, providing scenic views of Downtown and the Veterans Skyway Bridge. Prices haven’t been set yet; advance tickets will be available online or on the dock on the day of Pride.

How many are expected? 15,000

Why It’s Worth a Road Trip • Here’s something we’re told they do at Toledo Pride that sounds cool and fun: Drag queens are paired onstage with the live Sunday Funday: Sunday, August 24 @ music acts. Who doesn’t want to see a Promenade Park, Water Street and Jefferson queen lip-synch to “You Shook Me All Night Long”? Avenue, Toledo, 43604. Sunday is a laidback day, with games for kids and activities • You can cool off with a boat ride down the for families from noon to 3p. There’s no al- Maumee River. They’ll be offered during the cohol sales until 2p, and the Pride party for festival. • You won’t have any other Pride conflicts grown-ups resumes from 3p-10p with it’s August! music, food and beer. History Toledo celebrated its first Pride at Erie Street Market in 2010. Since then, attendance has grown every year. By pushing the date back from traditional June events in other cities, Toledo Pride has carved out a late-summer niche for those seeking to end Pride season with a bang.

Stop by the Outlook booth and say hi!

Who’s In Charge? Toledo Pride Committee Visit toledopride.com to find out more. Look for Pride bar happenings at outlookohio.com closer to Pride weekend. Got events you wanted included? Email bvitale@outlookmedia.com. outlookohio.com

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the divine life by Debé

Leo (July 23 - Aug 22) Whoa, pussy cat: You are on fire this month! You are as hot as the weather, and your big challenge will be accommodating everyone who wants to be with you. Can you handle it? Tune in to the heart and not farther south, and you’ll stay out of trouble. Unless, of course, trouble is what you’re looking for - in which case you won’t need to look far. An exciting month for sure. Virgo (Aug 23 - Sep 22) OK, Virgo, recess is over. You’ve had lots of playmates recently, but now you need to focus on your personal power and independence. It’s a good month to get organized, which is like foreplay for you. Don’t drool on the flowcharts.

but don’t get too self-absorbed on your visionquest. If you put others first this month, you may find you knew the answers all along. Now click your heels three times. Aries (March 21 - April 19) There is plenty of excitement around you, but also obstacles and an element of danger. No sense telling you to not to take risks, but at least be careful, because your friend Lady Luck might not have your back this month.

Libra (Sep 23 - Oct 22) You worked hard for your money, and you’re tired. It’s been an intense year, but this month you get to loosen up a bit and enjoy social activity and new friendships. Maybe one of those Taurus (April 20 - May 20) new friends can help you work some kinks out Your love life starts showing signs of life to- or add some kinks in. ward the end of the month. While you’re waiting for mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, focus Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21) on your health and career goals. Get your Things are humming along for you this month, ducks in a row now so you can pucker up later. with career and love on an even keel. With no crisis around, a Scorpio can get restless. Put Gemini (May 21 - June 20) that energy into organizing and purging, oth- Recharge your batteries and figure out what erwise you are bound to create some drama motivates and inspires you. Do some visualiyourself. zation and start making it happen. If your love life is collecting cobwebs, grab a broom and Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21) do some dusting. Is it time to move on? There is a whirlwind of activity around you, so be careful with finances and communications Cancer (June 21 - July 22) this month. Loved ones are distracted, so be You could get lucky this month, but not in the clear and ask for what you want. Luckily, you carnal sense. It’s your financial luck that’s aren’t shy, so sing out, Louise! smoking hot. Focus more on the wallet in your pants and not the ass in someone else’s, and Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 19) the universe could show you the money. People are listening to you and valuing what you say at work and play. Your love life settles Cool Leos: Madonna, Daniel Radcliffe and down after a tumultuous couple months, and President Barack Obama you are getting in a nice, steady groove. Cue the Barry White music. Handy Tip: Low Set Thumbs A thumb that Aquarius (Jan 20 - Feb 18) sits low in Career takes center stage this month, with op- the hand portunities and competition getting you indicates a worked up. A little introspection may be in person who order in your personal life. Be a top in business is generous, and a bottom in the bedroom this month. independent and Pisces (Feb 19 - Mar 20) courageous. You are seeking answers to deep questions, outlookohio.com

They’re also good at hitchhiking.

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savage love

y by Dan Savage

by Dan Savage

my mid-40s. About two years ago, I had a one-night q I’mstandin with a 19-year-old college student who placed an photo: murray4mayor.com

ad on Craigslist looking to meet older guys for no-stringsattached fun. We had a good time. He was charming, intelligent and fun. I was surprised to learn during our conversation that he hoped to pursue a career in my profession. I gave him some advice, and we went our separate ways. Flash forward two years. We are looking for some temporary summer intern-type help, and we got a resume from a qualified person looking for a summer job. We brought the candidate in for an interview, which my supervisor and I conducted. To my surprise, the applicant was the one-night stand. We obviously did not discuss our prior meeting during the interview, but by the brief, mild look of surprise on his face, my guess was that he was as surprised as I was. He handled himself well in the interview. My supervisor intends to hire him. I would be his direct supervisor. There would be no way around this if he was brought in for the two-or-three-month job, but our contact would be almost exclusively via email. My instinct is that our prior one-night stand shouldn’t disqualify him from the job. He’s qualified, and my colleague wants to hire him ASAP. What are your thoughts? Any red flags? How should I handle this? Should I broach the subject with him? I don’t want to insult his intelligence or even hint that I think he’s using our meeting two years prior to land a brief summer job. Again, I am convinced he didn’t realize he was going to interview with me.

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I agree that the kid shouldn’t be penalized for having a consensual one-night stand with an adult who was a stranger to him at the time. So have a quick face-to-face word with your new hire on his first day. Acknowledge the awkwardness privately and verbally (put nothing in writing), tell him the hiring decision wasn’t yours and he got the gig on his merits, and close with something like: “Things between us will be strictly professional from now on, of course - and, hey, crazy coincidence, huh?” about to turn 35. Somehow, 30 q I’mdidn’ta gaybothermanme,whobutis being halfway to 70 is freaking me Then stick to emails for the duration of his internship.

out. The gay world is obsessed with youth and beauty, and once you’re not young and hot anymore, your life may as well be over. If you don’t have a tight ass and ripped abs and a hot cock, you have no value and nothing to contribute. Why is the gay world so shallow? Murray (pictured right) was 58 when he became mayor of a EdSeattle. Larry Kramer was 52 when he inspired the founding

- One Very Enraged Romantic

of ACT UP. Bayard Rustin was 51 when he organized the 1963 March on Washington. Harvey Milk was 47 when he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Barney Frank (pictured left) was 41 when he was elected to Congress in 1981 and 73 when he retired last year.

- Nervous Supervisor Anxious

Neil Patrick Harris was 41 when he won a Tony. Jonathan Capehart was 40 when he joined The Washington Post editorial board. Tony Kushner was 37 when he won the Pulitzer Prize for Angels in America. George Takei (77), RuPaul (53), Andrew Sullivan (50), Andy Cohen (46) - I could go on.

himself) well during the interview, and your supervisor plans to hire him. Under the circumstances, NSA, I don’t see how you can avoid supervising this guy for the summer.

If you don’t think gay men over 35 - or 50 or 60 or 70 - have anything to contribute, OVER, then it’s not the “gay world” that’s shallow, it’s you.

What would you say to your supervisor? “Hey, look - I sometimes cruise Craigslist looking for young-but-legal ass, and I fucked this kid a couple of years ago, so... let’s interview a

On this week’s Savage Lovecast: Spanking, cheating, pervy cousins, and sleeping with the cab driver: savagelovecast.com. mail@savagelove.net / @fakedansavage on Twitter

of red flags - I could spin out a few Worst Case Scenara Lots ios - but the kid is qualified, he handled himself (and only

few more candidates, and hopefully I won’t have fucked any of them.”

Bear pool party? I wonder if they are serving salmon...

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outlook’s blog squad

Every month in print and every Monday online, we ask Outlook readers to do our work for us as members of our blog squad. If you want to share your rants, raves or observations, join the Squad! Contact Erin McCalla at 614.268.8525 x2 or erin@outlookmedia.com. Kara Jones promotions and marketing director, CD102.5

Top 3 Concerts I’m Looking Forward To:

3. CD102.5 Low Dough Show featuring The War on Drugs @ The Newport Music Hall on Sept 17 2. CD102.5 Summerfest @ The LC Festival Setting on Aug 10 1. CD102.5 Presents J.Roddy Walston & The Business @ The Newport Music Hall on Sept 19

Edward Pfau Green Party candidate, Franklin County Domestic Court Judge

August 4 Topic: Why You Should Attend Summerfest

Top 3 LGBT Judges You Should Know:

3. Mary Morgan, San Francisco Municipal Court, 1981-93, first lesbian US judge. 2. Stephen Lachs, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 1979-99, first openly gay US judge. 1. Victoria Kolakowski, Alameda County Tim Bortner and (Calif) Superior Court, elected in 2010 Christina Yovick as the first transgender US judge. YSUnity, Youngstown State University August 11 Topic: I’m a Gay Lawyer Top 3 YSUnity Events for 2014-15:

3. World AIDS Day testing, Dec 1. 2. Coming Out Week, Oct 6-10. 1. Second Annual Diversity Prom, Oct 10. Aug 25 topic: A Year of Unity

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I Hate Everyone... Starting with Me Across

1 Gladiator’s defense 6 I Hate Everyone... Starting with Me author Rivers 10 Puts the tongue between the cheeks 14 Port city north of Tel Aviv 15 River in Roehm’s country 16 Auth. unknown 17 Circuit party, e.g. 18 __ ex machina 19 Adriatic seaport 20 Composer Gian Carlo hated by Rivers? 22 In a stall 24 Bi plus one 25 Author Herman hated by Rivers? 26 Get ready for a Broadway show 30 Dusk, to Dickinson 31 Cells for women only 32 Cola choice 34 Muscle Marys pump it 38 Singer Etheridge hated by Rivers? 40 Singer Freddie hated by Rivers? 43 Mapa of Switched at Birth 44 ‘60s jacket style 46 Match a poker bet 47 Stalling sounds 50 Photo of a bare bottom? 52 Shakespearean character hated by Rivers? 56 Long in code 57 Aroused in bed 58 Songwriter Stephin hated by Rivers? 62 Big beer buy 63 Top of the head 65 Singing Mann 66 Katharine’s Butch Cassidy role 67 “That was close!” 68 Nun influenced by St. Francis 69 Clothing closure 70 Years on end 71 Popular hero of Lorca’s land

If you missed him at Youngstown Pride, that penguin can get down!

Down

1 Deep throat sound 2 Like a great review on Broadway 3 Deportment 4 Deserving attention 5 Dilapidated places 6 Knight protecting Princess Leia 7 “Stick that bull!” 8 Manhandle 9 Lesbian Herstory Archives co-founder Joan 10 Like Steven Greenberg 11 As a whole 12 Gourmet mushroom 13 Nastily derogatory 21 Rubbers on rims 23 Greeting to Maria 25 Month in Madrid 26 Caesar’s city 27 Stunt man Knievel 28 In the pink 29 Nine inches 33 Point of view intro, at Gay.com 35 Come too quickly 36 Bite it 37 Nikita’s no 39 Split stuff 41 Wash out 42 Emulate George Frenn 45 Alt-rock genre 48 Pirates’ drink 49 Plain in Nureyev’s country 51 Penetrating 52 Assaults with a spray 53 Tickle pink 54 Bob Marley, e.g. 55 My Own Private ___ 58 Output from small pussies 59 Apple that isn’t a fruit 60 Polo of The Fosters 61 Angry, with “off” 64 Caesar’s X

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