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The Voice of Ohio’s LGBT and Ally Community

PRIDES: TOLEDO AND CLEVELAND & AKRON FLAIR FEST

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TY HERNDON BATTERS UP!

THE MORE YOU KNOW OUTLOOK’S ANNUAL LGBT OHIO RESOURCE GUIDE

GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES

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small pond: lesbian business owners lgbt resource guide

the other side complete the circuit

transition point analysis dyke like me

clevend pride / flair fest

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Welcome GSWS 2015!

For one week this month - Monday, Aug 17 to Saturday, Aug 22 - the LGBT population of Columbus will swell by thousands when the Gay Softball World Series takes place in Ohio’s capital city.

So welcome, softball players, fans and fans of softball players!

You’re visiting a city where the LGBT community is large and visible and - judging from the regular stories by out-of-town writers who “discover” it - something of a surprise.

We love our state. A lot, even with its flaws.

(The Buckeyes are not one of those flaws, so just keep any of that talk to yourself while you’re here. Yes, we’re looking at you, Michiganders.)

Ohio, we hate to say, still allows people to discriminate against others based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. But cities like Columbus have local laws in place, so you won’t be shunned by any anti-gay bakers or Republican presidential candidates while you’re visiting. The latter won’t get here until the general election anyway.

So play hard - on and off the field - go “all in” and enjoy your stay.

If Columbus proves to be as good a host as it did in 2010, we’ll see you again in a few years.

Christopher Hayes Publisher

favor of nationwide marriage equality to the 26 million Facebook users who ran their profile photos through a rainbow filter.

During the last few years of the marriageequality debate, the narrative changed from At outlookohio.com that morning, we posted a focus on legal rights to the degrading rea story about Kasich’s record on LGBT issues ality of inequality. “Love Is Love” was a simduring his 36 years as a state senator, US ple slogan, but it helped turn the tide in our congressman, Fox News pundit and gover- favor as people began understanding that nor. same-sex marriage was less about samesex and more about marriage.

Check it out on Page 9. That empathy thing must be a new one for Kasich. In Congress, Here’s hoping that understanding spreads. he never rated more than 30 points out of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign’s an- When we’re talking about the lives of transnual scorecard. One term, he scored a zero. gender people, we’re talking about people.

On Fox, he made fun of a California proposal to teach children about LGBT history. As governor, erased gender identity from state government’s internal nondiscrimination policy, and he opposes efforts to ensure that LGBT people can’t be fired or kicked out of their apartments because of whom they are.

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHERS Bob Vitale / Chad Frye

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One More Rant About Kasich Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on July 21 and talked about the need for Americans to care about one another. It’s all about empathy, he said.

PUBLISHER Christopher Hayes

When we’re talking about LGBT discrimination, we’re talking about discrimination.

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Love is love. People are people. Discrimination is discrimination.

And empathy is realizing that.

It’s all about empathy, the ability to walk in Bob Vitale someone else’s shoes. Our community gets a Editor-in-Cheif lot more of it these days, from the five justices on the US Supreme Court who ruled in

And there are plenty more where that came from.

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Around Ohio

Pride Night at Kings Island Scheduled for Sept 11

Akron: The Gay Community Endowment Fund, which assists local LGBT groups, has scheduled its sixth annual Sugar Plum Tour for Sunday, Dec 6. The tour of five historic homes decorated for the holidays raised nearly $85,000 in 2014.

Akron/Canton: This year saw new Pride festivals in Mansfield and Springfield. For next year, a new group started by Outlook account executive Tyler Cruz hopes to host a Pride for Akron and Canton. Like Akron/Canton PRIDE Festival on Facebook to follow or be part of the effort.

Pride Night at Kings Island is likely to Pride Night takes place after the produce the second-loudest squeals Labor Day conclusion of the summer of the year from LGBT Ohioans. season for Kings Island, so there are usually no lines for roller coasters It’s scheduled for Friday, Sept 11. and other rides. It’s billed as childTickets will be available at the gate friendly, but the water park and chilor in advance at cincylgbt.com. dren’s rides are closed.

The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Greater Cincinnati, which hosts the night and gets a portion of the proceeds, says it expects people from more than 30 states to attend.

Tickets are $43.25 at the gate, $39.25 online in advance, and $36.50 each if purchased in blocks of seven or more. The price includes parking.

Pentagon Moves Toward Lifting Trans Service Ban

Four years after Congress lifted the ban on gay and lesbian Americans from serving in the nation’s military, the Pentagon is moving toward allowing transgender Americans to serve openly.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced July 13 that he has asked for a sixmonth review of the military’s current ban on transgender service members, and he ordered officials to work under “the presumption that transgender persons can serve openly without adverse impact on military effectiveness and readiness.”

The ban, he said, is “outdated.”

members should be whether they’re able and willing to do their job, our officers and enlisted personnel are faced with certain rules that tell them the opposite,” Carter said. “Moreover, we have transgender soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines - real, patriotic Americans - who I know are being hurt by an outdated, confusing, inconsistent approach that’s contrary to our value of service and individual merit.”

Brynn Tannehill, a transgender writer and Outlook columnist who served as a pilot in the US Navy, told The Associated Press that hiding one’s gender identity adds to the stress for trans service members.

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Cincinnati: The 2015-16 edition of The Listings, a directory of LGBT-friendly businesses and groups in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, is now available at area retailers and nightspots. It’s published by the Greater Cincinnati Gay Chamber of Commerce.

Cincinnati: There’s an effort on GoFundMe to start a scholarship fund for LGBTQIA students in Greater Cincinnati. Search for Cincinnati Pride, Inc. Scholarship on the site.

Cleveland: LGBTQ students from other countries who are attending college in Northeast Ohio have a new group where they can talk, share their experiences and learn about the community. The International LGBTQ Student Discussion Group met July 17 at the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland. Email tvu@lgbtcleveland.org for more info.

Kickball hosted an organizational meeting in July as part of its effort to form a new Cleveland league. If you’re interested, email StonewallCleveland@gmail.com.

Columbus: Organizers have set the date for the 2016 Columbus Pride. The festival will take place Friday and Saturday, June 17 and 18. The parade will be on Saturday, June 18. The forecast calls for perfect weather.

Dayton: LGBT groups have honored the work of four college students with scholarships for 2015-16: Ian Edgley, University of Dayton, $2,000 PFLAG Dayton LGBT Scholarship; Claire Chadwick, Ohio University, $2,000 PFLAG Dayton LGBT Scholarship; Mike Brill, UD, $2,000 Jim Wilger Memorial Straight Ally Scholarship; and Elizabeth Schoppelrei, Wright State University, $1,000 Greater Dayton LGBT Center Scholarship.

Dayton: It’s almost fall in Ohio, and that means the competition is about to heat up... in euchre. Signup for the fall season of Dayton Euchre, an LGBT group, begins this month at daytoneuchre.com. Play begins in October at The Right Corner bar.

Toledo: Northwest Ohio women met in July to discuss forming a new social group for single lesbians.

Email kimgold83@aol.com for details.

Toledo: A performance of the Vagina Monologues earlier this year at the University of Toledo raised $1,280 for Steinem’s Sisters, a feminist archives and library at People Called Women bookstore. The library will purchase books dealing with violence against women.

Cleveland: Phyllis Harris, the executive director of the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland, is one of 11 people who will appoint 10 members of a new Community Police Commission that was part of an agreement between the city and the US Justice Department.

Youngstown: The Youngstown Pride Center has launched a website overhaul that now includes disCleveland: There’s softball, volleyball, swimming, cussion groups, videos and online galleries. Visit flag football, tennis... and now kickball. Stonewall youngstownpridecenter.org.

Right Side of History “If you want to call me names, make jokes, doubt my intentions, go ahead because the reality is: I can take it. But for the thousands of kids coming to terms with being true to who they are, they shouldn’t have to take it.”

Wrong Side of History “It strikes me that awarding the Arthur Ashe Award to Caitlyn Jenner is just a crass exploitation play. It’s a tabloid play.”

- sports announcer Bob Costas

- Caitlyn Jenner, accepting the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2015 ESPYs

I Am Cait began airing on E! in late July.

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Not-So-Favorite Son Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on July 21. He joins a field crowded with anti-LGBT luminaries such as Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal and Ted Cruz.

ples, Kasich voted in Congress to stop such adoptions in Washington, DC. As governor, he ended a state policy that allowed same-sex couples legally married in other states to have their names listed on children’s birth certificates.

Although the Human Rights Campaign calls his record on LGBT issues “decidedly mixed,” it cites just two instances in his 23 years as a state senator, US representative and governor in which he supported policies important to the LGBT community.

• Kasich called Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, which resulted in 13,650 people being kicked out of the military before its 2011 repeal, “a great policy.”

Here’s a look at Kasich’s history: • During his nine terms in Congress, Kasich’s highest score on HRC’s congressional scorecard was 30 points out of 100. He once scored zero. In his last term representing Central Ohio from 1998 to 2000, Kasich rated a 10.

• He voted for the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act as a member of Congress and voted as a citizen for Ohio’s 2004 constitutional amendment restricting marriage rights and banning any legal recognition of same-sex relationships. He supported Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s two-year legal fight to keep the marriage ban, but he said he would abide by the US Supreme Court’s ruling for equality.

Cincinnati Trans Leader Steps Down from Post “As the founder, my politic of radical social justice is reflected in every aspect of Heartland’s resources and its successes. However, many donors and colleagues still express hesitation about working with a radical activist.

Like a good parent, a founder must be directive as well as embrace change so that an organization can grow. Leading Heartland has been indescribably significant for me; I am grateful, humbled and proud to see what has been accomplished, and I am excited to see what Heartland will do next. I continue to work with Midwestern cities that request assistance in creating trans resources, and in the next year I plan to develop a project on accessible trans activist resources on a national level.”

Self-described “radical activist” JAC Stringer has stepped down as director of the Cincinnati-based Heartland Trans* Wellness Group, which he founded in 2012 to provide reJonah Yokoyama, Heartland’s only other fullsources and education within the transgender time staff member, will take over as director community and beyond. of the organization, which also runs the Cincinnati Trans* Community Group for Stringer, who was profiled in May’s issue of transgender people, their partners, family, Outlook, released a statement to us about his friends and allies. decision:

“Fostering Heartland’s growth from a one-person initiative to the organization we see today has been a significant challenge • As governor, he opposes banning disand an immense joy. As the organization rose crimination based on sexual orientation or • As governor, Kasich signed into law a gender identity in employment, housing requirement that Ohio schools adopt anti- in success, I found myself considering in what new ways I could serve my commuand public accommodations. He erased bullying policies. That’s a plus on his nity. And as Heartland began to enter boardgender identity from state government’s record. rooms and hospital offices, it was clear that internal anti-discrimination policy that previously covered both gender identity • As a Fox News host during his 10-year the organization would benefit from new leadand sexual orientation. hiatus from elected office, he made fun of ership. a California proposal to include LGBT his• Although he once told The Columbus tory in schools and criticized a 2003 US Dispatch that he didn’t have a firm posi- Supreme Court ruling that struck down tion on adoption rights for same-sex cou- anti-sodomy laws in the United States.

“I am thrilled to be taking the role of director for Heartland, but at the same time I’m humbled,” Yokoyama said. “While trans* people’s needs such as access to transition-related care, acceptance and equality are simple, the resources to meet those needs are unfortunately scarce. Heartland operates on a shoestring budget with three people serving over 500 clients in the Greater Cincinnati area, which makes leading this organization, a challenge - but one that I’m looking forward to tackling.”

National Trans Survey Will Be Biggest Ever

voted to the lives and experiences of trans people.

Organizers hope to gather data that can be used by policymakers and advocates, as well as provide the transgender community with a snapshot of its diversity, struggles and triumphs.

The new survey will include a broad range of topics with the goal of examining areas in which trans people experience discrimination.

The National Center for Transgender Equality is planning a followup to its 2011 survey on the lives The questions - many of which have never been of transgender people in the United States. asked of trans people before - will address issues that disproportionately affect the community, inThe 2015 US Trans Survey, which is expected to cluding unemployment, housing, health care, be available online starting Aug 19 at HIV/AIDS, sex work and police interactions. ustranssurvey.org, will be the largest ever deoutlookohio.com

A July poll had John Kasich at 2 percent, two points behind “none of these.”

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Report: LGBT Elders Feel Lonely, Isolated

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The first known survey of older LGBT people in Northeast Ohio found that up to two-thirds take part in groups and clubs, but many still report feeling lonely or isolated from others.

Nearly a quarter of people 50 or older - and half the people of color who responded to the survey - said they’re not out to their medical providers. Eleven percent aren’t out to friends, and 13 percent aren’t out to family.

The survey, conducted by SAGE Cleveland and the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland, said organizations need to take extra steps to make older LGBT people feel safe and welcomed.

“Today’s LGBT elders are very adept at hiding their sexual orientation, having had a lifetime of practice and incentives to do so,” the report said. “Like all seniors, they have reached a point in their lives where they need services that help them age with dignity.

However, the tendency to selfcensor makes LGBT older adults invisible at a time when they are most vulnerable.”

Particularly isolated, the survey found, are older transgender people and older LGBT people of color. At least half in both groups reported feeling depressed.

More than 40 percent or trans people and 53 percent of LGBT people of color said they feel a lack of companionship. About a quarter of trans people and 44 percent of people of color said they feel left out.

The LGBT Center will host a forum on Thursday, Aug 6, from 6p-7:30p to discuss the survey results. SAGE Cleveland is part of a national group called Services & Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders.

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Pride Night @ Kings Island cincyglbt.com/pride-night Sept 11, Cincinnati Bridget Pearson and Natalie Pascuzzi got married in Florida Tristen Neibarger and Bradley on April 12, 2015, although they White have made a promise to love each other on June 26, reside in Ohio.

2015, the day some people know After knowing each other for 10 as the day marriage equality became legal in all 50 states. It years, they finally decided to was also their one-month anmake it legal in Florida for a niversary. “I love you Bradley,” destination wedding, but they sure would have preferred to get said Tristen. married in their home state.

“Therefore, June 26, 2015 was such a remarkable day for us!”

Nikki and Brynn Thomas got married in late June after marriage equality became the law of the land.

Cartoonist Jym Shipman and Donald Weiler of Sylvania, were the first couple to marry in Lucas County on Friday June 26, 2015.

Best-selling author Vasilios Birlidis and Joel Frederick were married in a private ceremony on June 27, 2015. The couple was surrounded by 180 of their close friends and family at Lord of Life (LOL) Lutheran Church.

The ceremony was presided over

by LOL Minister Dr. James Wilson and Reverend Charles Frederick, the father of the groom. The guest list included Academy Award winning actress Sally Field and son Sam Greisman; actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick; and TV personality and producer Andy Cohen, to name a few. A year in the planning, the wedding took place the day after the groundbreaking SCOTUS ruling on Same Sex Marriage and was featured on NBC4i. The happy couple honeymooned in Key West, Florida.

Love Wins: Ohio’s First LGBT Newlyweds

Here are the first couples to receive marriage licenses in various Ohio counties, as reported by newspapers, radio and TV across the state. Don’t forget: Outlook publishes free engagement and wedding announcements every month. Send 200 words or less, plus a photo, to erin@outlookmedia.com.

Nathan Smith of Bridgeport.

(They were the only couple identified of three who received licenses the same day.)

Butler: Keeya Estell and Dawnesha Sims of Middletown.

Clark: Anna Greene and Harlie Royce of Springfield.

Coshocton: Stacey Ganz and Michelle Turner of Coshocton.

Cuyahoga: Rob Rivera and Dan Seifried of Cleveland Heights.

Delaware: Tina King and Michelle Deere of Delaware.

Fairfield: Shana Elam and Elizabeth Cunningham of Lancaster.

Franklin: Mindy Ross and JimAllen: Brian Molitar II and Anmie Beall of Galloway. drew DeRan. Geauga: Jimmy Hignite and Bill Ashtabula: Lisa McDonald and Melanie Phipps of Geneva Town- Campbell of Hambden Township. ship.

Hamilton: Kyerra Crigler and Athens: Jeremy Webster and Paul Shavaughn Silas of Cincinnati.

Hancock: Jenn Branson-Scala Jones of Athens. and Margaret Scala of Findlay.

Belmont: Kevin Carter and

Jefferson: Peter Riesbeck and Jamie of Steubenville. (Jamie’s last name was not given.)

Lawrence: Eugene Brown and Carl Taylor of Ironton.

Licking: Kasey McCoy and Nicole Greenwell of Newark.

Lorain: Teri Jasany and Cydney Jasany of Sheffield Lake.

Lucas: Jym Shipman and Don Weiler of Sylvania.

Montgomery: Tim Walsh and Kery Gray of Dayton.

Paulding: Quinton Stechschulte and Thomas Baxter of Auglaize Township.

Perry: Mickey Clarke and Travis Whiteside.

Pickaway: Karlene Kelly and Brigit Elizondo of Laurelville.

Portage: Ira Smith and Gerald Biggerstaff.

Richland: Christopher Weaver and Bryan Dwiggans of Mans-

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Ross: Michael Alexander and Paul Wrightsel.

Sandusky: Adam Bohland and Michael Free II of Fremont.

Scioto: Johanna Pack and Nina Neal of Portsmouth.

Stark: Sabrina King and Rosanna Duncan of Plain Township.

Summit: John Marshall and James Nielsen of Stow. (The Akron Beacon Journal reported that the first couple to marry, two older women, didn’t want to be identified.)

Trumbull: Barry Tenney and Larry Carr of Warren.

Van Wert: Jessica Jones and Valerie Jones of Van Wert.

Washington: Lynda Hesson and Kari Luton of Marietta.

Wood: Merle Peoples and Jonathan Parsons of Haskins.

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First Comes Marriage...

Then Comes a Whole Lot of Legal Questions

by Orie Givens

LGBT families.

We’re still basking in the glory of nationwide marriage equality, but there’s no time to waste in getting all of those new legal protections and benefits for you and your family. Here’s a look at what you can do now that your marriage is recognized here in Ohio, keeping in mind that there might be financial costs involved, and seeking professional advice for your situation is always best.

To Amend or Not to Amend?

Taxes have been a major point of contention for same-sex couples in Ohio, but the Ohio Department of Taxation is complying with the ruling and will accept married-filing-jointly returns from samesex couples going forward.

Married couples also may file amended returns for tax years 2012 (if filed after October 2013), 2013 and 2014, according the department.

Couples should seek help from a tax professional to see what filing options will be best, though, because new options might not pay off.

Amending an income tax return from filing separate to married filing jointly might increase the amount of income tax due if a couple’s combined income pushes them into a higher bracket, spokesman Gary Gudmundson said.

Those married before the Supreme Court decision will have to go through the adoption process in their county probate court to get both names on birth certificates, she said.

Before the decision, couples could petition for shared custody in a county juvenile court, which gave the title of custodian instead of parent. Now, couples who were legally married in any state for at least one year prior to the decision can petition the probate court for full adoption by the other spouse.

But there is a big factor to keep in mind.

“Adoption can be quite costly. The filing fee alone for a second-parent adoption is over $500, just to file your case,” BotkinDoty said. “And it should be noted that in the state of Ohio they do require that all adoptive parents be represented by counsel. So there is no way for a couple to walk in and file their own petition.”

Married Means Married

On the day of the US Supreme Court decision, the Ohio Supreme Court issued an advisory to state courts and agencies that terms such as husband, wife, mother and father on legal forms should be interpreted now as gender-neutral.

Gov. John Kasich and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine disagreed with the US Supreme Court but said they accepted the decision. Married now means married, regardless of gender, in Ohio and all US states and territories.

“The nice thing is that the doors are finally open to us, which is something you couldn’t say [before the decision],” Botkin-Doty said.

But there are still many factors to consider.

For same-sex couples who have children during the course of their marriage, a centuries-old precedent called the Marital Presumption is understood to ensure that both spouses are legally the parents of the child.

Couples who were married on or after June 26 should have both parents’ names on their children’s birth certificates, said “Continuing forward, if two people have a Hannah Botkin-Doty, a Columbus lawyer child during their marriage you should whose firm, Doty and Obenour, works with not have to go through the whole adoption process,” Botkin-Doty said. outlookohio.com

She said couples who use a donor’s sperm or eggs should undergo in vitro fertilization with a medical professional in order to ensure that the donor’s parental rights are severed. Donor agreements are useful tools as well, she said.

Botkin-Doty said couples who married after the June 26 decision have to wait at least one year under Ohio law to petition the court for adoption. But once complete, both will have all legal rights and responsibilities of parenthood.

But It’s Not Parenthood Is Less Complicated Hurdle-Free Married same-sex couples with children have additional steps to complete to ensure that both spouses are legally parents in the eyes of the state.

The precedent presumes that any children born to a couple during the course of their marriage is presumed to be biologically from that couple. That’s not the case for both parents in a same-sex marriage, but the courts have indicated that the precedent should apply, even though it’s a bit of a “legal fiction,” as Botkin-Doty explained.

“There are still some legal implications that will have to be walked through,” Botkin-Doty said. “This is still a growing area of law and there will be a transition period where the current legal processes will need to be updated to protect all Ohio families.”

Orie Givens is a freelance journalist and co-host of the syndicated radio show, Queer Minded, which you can catch every Thursday through talktainmentradio.com. You can follow him on Twitter at @oracle83.

Email bvitale@outlookmedia.com with your questions about what the decision means. We’ll get you answers.

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Gay Softball World Series

Host With the Most

Columbus Up to Bat (Again!) for the 2015 Gay Softball World Series

by Nathan Cole

Columbus hit the ball out of the park in 2010 as host of the Gay Softball World Series. In August, the city will step up to the plate once more.

More than 190 teams from around the United States and Canada could bring close to 7,000 visitors to Central Ohio for games and other events scheduled from Aug 17-22.

More than 140 teams competed in 2010.

“This year, we will be the biggest World Series ever ... so we are extremely excited and know all of our local businesses and partners will see a large increase in revenue,” said Dallas Aldridge, president of GSWS Columbus and commissioner of the Columbus Lesbian & Gay Softball Association.

Bruce Wimbish, spokesman for the Greater Columbus Sports Commission, said visitor spending topped $5 million in 2010, when attendance was esti-

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mated at about 5,000. He said one particular industry already has gotten a boost: hotels and lodging.

“We sold out of the hotel room block in just a few hours the day it opened,” Wimbish said. “So we had to work with our hotel community to add more rooms to their system that could be reserved.”

Ty Herndon, the openly gay Grammynominated country singer, will headline the opening ceremonies on Monday, Aug 17, at Columbus Commons, the city’s Downtown park. Games start Tuesday, Aug 18, at Berliner Park, south of Downtown on the edge of the Brewery District.

LGBT bars and nightclubs will be hopping all week.

Columbus organizers created the firstever mobile app for the Gay Softball World Series, which will give participants and visitors access to field information, directions to Columbus attractions and live results from the games.

“Whether you are LGBT, an ally, an ath-

lete or a supporter, we are aiming at making this an event in which you can see every element of our community in action,” Aldridge said.

The host committee still needs volunteers for the week of the Series, for tasks that range from staffing sign-in tables to selling beer tickets to picking up trash. More than 500 are required; you can sign up at gsws2015.org.

“Even if it is just one shift, it counts,” Aldridge said.

Columbus stood apart from other cities during the bidding process for the 2015 Series. Wimbish said the vote of the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance was unanimous.

“I think that our reputation for being such a smart and open, welcoming community just continues to rise as the years go on,” he said.

With the US Supreme Court’s recent ruling for marriage equality, this year’s Se-

Welcome to Ohio and Columbus, softball players and fans!

ries comes at a time when LGBT civil rights and acceptance have become a topic of national conversation. That wasn’t the case when it started in the late 1970s.

“In 1977, the first World Series was held with only five cities competing. This is the 39th year for the World Series, and as you can imagine, a lot has changed,” Aldridge said.

Aldridge promised that this year’s event will “create lasting impressions for years to come.”

“Each host city and NAGAAA is committed to providing opportunity and access to the LGBT community to a safe place,” Aldridge said. “They can express themselves and feel safe all while competing with the best of the best players from North America.”

Nathan Cole is from Zanesville and attends Baldwin Wallace University in Berea.

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Gay Softball World Series Events The Gay Softball World Series is so much more than a regular softball tournament. It’s a chance for athletes from all over the country to meet and mingle and enjoy each other’s company between games on a dusty diamond.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 13 Farmers Market Beer Sampling @ Easton Town Center, Towne Square, 160 Easton Town Center, Columbus, 43219; 614.337.2220; eastontowncenter.com: Join Drink Up Columbus and several Ohio breweries for samplings of craft beers from around the state. All proceeds will be donated to Columbus charities. 4p-7p; prices vary depending on tastings.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 14 Delegate Welcome Reception @ Union Café, 782 N High St, Columbus, 43215; 614.421.2233; columbusnightlife.com: Reconnect with friends from 2010. Entry limited to NAGAAA delegates, players and coaches with a wristband. 8p-11p.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 Rooftop Pool Party @ Renaissance Downtown Hotel, 50 N 3rd St, Columbus, 43215; 614.228.5050; marriott.com/hotels/travel/cmhbr-renaissance-columbusdowntown-hotel: This free pool party will feature a DJ spinning and other surprises. Due to hotel limitations, entry is restricted to delegates, players, coaches and officials with wristbands. 1p-5p.

Equali-Tee and Beer Bust @ Park Street Patio, 533 Park St, Columbus, 43215; 614.220.9151; patio.woodlandsproductions.com: DJs and live music will accompany this Sunday Funday beer fest. Wear your favorite Pride shirt from your city to celebrate the freedom to marry in Ohio and across the nation. 4p-9p; $15.

Miss Gay Softball World Series 2015 @ Axis Nightclub, 775 N High St, Columbus, 43215; gsws2015.org/aboutus/store: You can’t have an event without a drag pag-

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Below is a list of events to keep you busy after you’ve scored the winning run.

For more information, visit gsws2015.org.

eant, can you? The GSWS doesn’t think so, at least. All tips will be donated to local charities. 7p; $10 general admission. Premium tables available.

MONDAY, AUGUST 17 Opening Ceremony @ Columbus Commons, 160 S High St, Columbus, 43215; columbuscommons.org: The ceremony will include food trucks, an opening program and surprises. Grammy nominated singer Ty Herndon (see our interview on Page 46) will headline the festivities.

Free admission for delegates, players, coaches and officials with wristbands. 4p-10p; $5.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 Pride Night at Columbus Clippers vs. Charlotte Knights - GSWS Edition @ Huntington Park, 330 Huntington Park Ln, Columbus, 43215, outlook.ohio/consume or gsws2015.org/about-us/store: Outlook hosts this night of baseball and revelry as we take over Huntington Park. Meet Billy Bean and hang out with 1000 of your new best friends. There will be a reserved section in left field just for GSWS participants. 7:05p; $10.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19 Cirque Du So Gay - Under the Big Red Top @ Regency Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Hotel, 350 N High St, Columbus, 43215; gsws2015.org/about-us/store: From circus acts to performance artists to drag divas Nina West, Virginia West and Mary Ann Brandt, the ballroom will be the biggest gay bar in town that night. Meet and greet with reigning Miss Heart of Ohio Kara Mitchell and former major-leaguer Billy Bean. 7p; $5. Premium tables available.

See Page 51 for a list of Columbus LGBT bars.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 20 Hall of Fame Dinner @ Heart of Africa Exhibit, Columbus Zoo, 4850 W Powell Rd, Powell, 43065; gsws2015.org/about-us/store: The complimentary shuttle begins at 4:30p. Cocktails at 6:30p, giraffe feeding at 7p, animal presentation at 7:30 and dinner at 8p. $50 minimum suggested donation.

Home Run Derby Prelims @ Berliner Sports Complex, 1300 Deckenbach Rd, Columbus, 43223; 614.645.3643; columbus.gov/recreationandparks/parks/BerlinerSports-Park: The top five qualifiers will be showcased in the Home Run Derby Finals on Aug 21. 6p.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 21 Coors Light Refresh Your World Pool Party @ Renaissance Downtown Hotel, 50 N 3rd St, Columbus, 43215; 614.228.5050; marriott.com/hotels/travel/cmhbr-renaissance-columbus-downtown-hotel: Due to hotel limitations, entry is restricted to delegates, players, coaches and officials with wristbands. 2p-5p.

Friday Night Lights @ Berliner Sports Complex, 1300 Deckenbach Rd, Columbus, 43223; 614.645.3643; columbus.gov/recreationandparks/parks/BerlinerSports-Park: Cheer on the teams vying for a spot in the championship game and also those competing in the Home Run Derby. 5p.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22 Closing Block Party and Awards Ceremonies @ Short North Arts District, 700 and 800 blocks of N High Street, Columbus, 43215: Mix, mingle and congratulate the winners of the series. 5p (or immediately following the last game play).

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Toledo Pride • August 28-30 What’s There to Be Proud Of?

• Toledo Pride is the only Pride celebration in the state that is officially three days. Rainbows and unicorns are setting up camp for the entire weekend in Promenade Park and won’t clear out until 10p on Sunday night. The Glass City is ready to party!

• In December, the Toledo City Council unanimously voted to expand the hate crime ordinance to include gender identity.

How Big Is the Party?

Why It’s Worth the Road Trip

• Timing. Sure, your June was bursting at the seams with rainbows. But by the end of August, you’ll start to feel that Pride withdrawal, and Toledo Pride is a great way to recapture the spirit.

• The Band of Chilly Mollusks. Maybe we’re partial to Arctic Clam because they are a rockin’ good band and we like to dance. Maybe it’s because we have a crush on the lead singer, Nicole. Or maybe it’s because the drummer is the brother of Outlook Publisher Chris Hayes. Or maybe, just maybe, it’s all three.

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Friday, August 28 Kiss ‘N’ Drag @ Promenade Park, 250 Water St, Toledo, 43604: The official Pride kickoff party with Toledo radio station Kiss FM will have music and performances to make you dance all night. All party-goers must be 18 years or older; all proceeds will go to the Toledo-Northwest Ohio Food Bank. 6p-midnight; $8 ($5 if you bring a nonperishable food item).

Nite Glo 5k & One-Mile Fun Run @ University of Toledo campus, 2801 W Bancroft St, Toledo, 43606. Adorn yourself with glow sticks and run, powerwalk or stroll the illuminated course. Prizes will be awarded to the top three male and female finishers. Register online at toledopride.com. 7p-10:30p.

Attendance reached nearly 18,000 in 2014.

More info: toledopride.com

The Big Events

Saturday, August 29 Toledo Pride Parade @ Washington and Ontario streets, Toledo, 43604: The route heads past Fifth Third Field, wraps up around Boeschenstein Park to Summit Street and ends at Promenade Park. Last year, more than 50 groups marched in the parade - from LGBT advocates to the Toledo Reign women’s football team. For information on how to register to walk, drive or ride, email Torie Thorne at parade@toledopride.com. Noon.

Parade, Aug 29 @ noon Festival, Aug 29-30 @ noon

Toledo Pride Festival @ Promenade Park, 250 Water St, Toledo, 43604: Like other Pride festivals, there will vendors, food and beer, with live music and drag performances. Unlike other Prides, the drag queens will occasionally perform with live bands. Trust us, it’s awesome. Noon-midnight.

Sandpiper Pride Ride @ Promenade Park, 250 Water St, Toledo, 43604: If you need a break from the festival, take a 40-minute cruise on the Maumee River and see beautiful views of Downtown and the Veterans Skyway Bridge. Tickets are just $6 or two for $10. Children 3 and younger are free.

Sunday, August 30 Sunday Funday @ Promenade Park, 250 Water St, Toledo, 43604: After 12 hours of festival fun on Saturday, bring the kids to the park for Sunday Funday. Don’t worry, there’s plenty of adult fun to be had, too: Beer will be sold. Noon-10p.

Come share your ideas with us - or just say hi - at Toledo Pride!

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Wholly Toledo!

Pride Isn’t the Only Time Community Comes Together

by Bob Vitale From two frightening and infuriating setbacks came two moments of strength and unity for Toledo’s LGBT and Ally community over the past year.

They’ll all be on people’s minds this month at the sixth annual Toledo Pride. Ohio’s final Pride festival of 2015 takes place from Friday, Aug 28, to Sunday, Aug 30, at Downtown’s Promenade Park. The celebration drew an estimated 18,000 people last year.

It wasn’t the only time the community has come together, though.

In November, 33-year-old Candice Milligan was attacked on a Downtown Toledo street by a group of men who made anti-trans comments before knocking her to the ground, kicking her and punching her.

Milligan needed two surgeries but spoke through a wired jaw at Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremonies just two weeks later. And one month later, she addressed the Toledo City Council as members voted to outlookohio.com

add gender identity to the city’s hate-crimes law.

LGBT people and allies came together again in Toledo last month when Municipal Court Judge C Allen McConnell refused to marry a lesbian couple.

Although the US Supreme Court has declared marriage a constitutional right, McConnell said he would perform only “traditional” marriages. Ironically, he has said he entered his profession because he was inspired by the Civil Rights Movement.

In response, dozens of people rallied in Toledo and about 30 public officials from across Ohio - many of them McConnell’s fellow Democrats - signed a petition calling on the judge to follow the law.

“There is no middle ground on this issue,” they said.

So if there’s a lot to celebrate in Toledo this year, there are lots of ways they’re celebrating, too.

Stop by our Toledo Pride booth for a free marriage equality poster!

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Join us Aug 9 and 18 for two, count ’em two, Pride Nights with the Clippers.

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LGBT Groups Focus on Anti-Discrimination Laws in Cities, Statehouse

by Bryan Cole and Bob Vitale

without being harassed for who they are. Every Ohioan must have the freedom to obtain and live in housing without being harassed for who Zxandyr Oktavian’s boss gave him two options: wear a nametag with the female name they are. Every Ohioan must have the freedom from his birth certificate or walk out the door to go to the grocery store or go out to eat withof the Subway where he had just started work- out being harassed for who they are,” she wrote in an announcement of the effort. ing in Youngstown.

And Equality Ohio, the Human Rights Campaign and the ACLU - three groups that And, under the laws of the United States, Ohio helped form Why Marriage Matters Ohio in and Youngstown, he had little if any recourse. 2013 - now are coming together to create a new group aimed at passing a statewide Less than three dozen Ohio cities ban discrim- nondiscrimination law. ination in employment, housing and public accommodation - businesses, schools and Ohio Competes will be run by Trevor Vessels, a other establishments that serve people political strategist who has worked in the past based on people’s gender identity or sexual for US Rep. Pat Tiberi, a Republican from suborientation. Just 18 states ban discrimination urban Columbus. based on gender identity, while 21 ban discrimination based on sexual orientation.

“What’s different about this issue is that many Ohioans already think there are nondiscrimiFederal law does neither. nation protections in place throughout the state,” Vessels said. “We are very confident With marriage equality secured from coast to that when Ohioans learn that these laws coast, nondiscrimination legislation is emerg- aren’t in place statewide they will be very suping as the top priority of established LGBT portive of our efforts.” civil-rights groups and young activists alike.

Another new group already has begun pushing Alana Jochum, the Northeast Ohio director for local governments to adopt anti-discriminaEquality Ohio, mailed letters in July to every tion ordinances. mayor in Ohio - 900 in all - asking them to get involved with the effort to expand the state’s Omar Faruk was working last winter to estabanti-discrimination laws. lish his non-profit activism organization, Wenited, when he read the stories about a “Every Ohioan must have the freedom to work Columbus couple who were rejected by a subThe transgender man walked out the door.

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Statehouse sponsors withdrew a proposal in 2014 for a “religious freedom” law similar to those that created controversy in Arizona and Although Columbus has a local ordinance Indiana, but Gov. John Kasich and Ohio House against discrimination based on people’s sex- Speaker Cliff Rosenberger said earlier this ual orientation or gender identity, the suburb year that they might support a compromise of Bexley did not. that would pair anti-discrimination with those types of provisions.

Faruk joined the effort to win passage of a nondiscrimination law in Bexley - the new law Although Oktavian’s boss in Youngstown was approved in June and took effect in July - wouldn’t be counted among them - she inand now is focusing on another Columbus sisted on the female name tag even after he suburb, New Albany. pointed out that he felt it could put him in physical danger - a poll released in July by a With Wenited, Faruk said he hopes to catalyze national business group found widespread awareness in other Ohio cities. Many officials support for anti-discrimination laws. aren’t even aware that their municipalities don’t protect LGBT people until they’re told so, The poll conducted for Small Business Majority he said. found that 80 percent of small-business owners favored passage of the federal EmployThey’re not alone. More than 80 percent of ment Non-Discrimination Act, which has Ohio voters said in a 2013 poll by the Public languished in Congress for more than two Religion Research Institute that they thought decades. existing laws covered discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation.

Sixty-six percent said they didn’t think business owners should be able to deny services to Some of the push for anti-discrimination laws people because of their own religious beliefs. will include defense against proposals to And 55 percent said their fellow business sanction bias against LGBT people under the owners shouldn’t deny wedding services to guise of religious freedom. same-sex couples for religious reasons.

Bexley City Council members rejected an amendment to that city’s legislation that would have allowed business owners to cite their religion as a reason to refuse services for people they don’t like.

Visit wenited.org or find the group on Facebook to learn more.

Bryan Cole is an Outlook intern who will begin work on his master’s degree this fall at Ohio State University. Bob Vitale is the editor-in-chief of Outlook and can be reached at bvitale@outlookmedia.com. august 2015

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Business Women

by Phillecia Cochran

You’ve seen the stories - from coast to coast and right in the heart of Ohio - about business owners who refuse to serve LGBT customers.

Such incidents have pushed public officials in one direction or the other: In Indiana, state lawmakers sanctioned discrimination under the cloak of religious freedom; in the Columbus suburb of Bexley, City Council members banned it in housing, employment and public accommodations.

But what happens when the LGBT person is on the other side of the desk, phone or register?

In conversations with women for an article about lesbian entrepreneurs, we discovered that they found more startup obstacles as women than as gay women. And while we fight for our rights as consumers for equal access to public accommodations, the feeling is quite different when it’s a customer who has the problem about a business owner’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

They’re quite welcome to take their business elsewhere, the women told us.

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Elizabeth Wiley, who’s an owner of two Dayton restaurants, Meadowlark and Wheat Penny Oven & Bar. “I have so many sales reps, employees and customers who have become dear friends. I don’t worry about those who may not approve in the least.”

Beth Philley of Canton initially beganProBizAssoc.com as a ghostwriter. She Beth Philley said her day job was mundane and her homelife was lonely, so she started writing as a way to connect with people. Her business, she said, provides writing services to those who have a story without the means to tell it.

“I’ve never really advertised the fact that I’m gay, although now I am much more open about it,” she said.

Once her business began, it was steadily up from there.

After nine years, she was able to quit her day job in March 2014.

Wiley (who was featured along with longtime friend and business partner Liz Valenti in April’s Outlook), said she has always been out to her bank, vendors, staff and customers.

She never saw obstacles as a lesbian, she said, but she anticipated a struggle getting a loan as a first-time female entrepreneur.

“I targeted a bank that was known to loan money to more women-owned businesses than any other in the state.”

In Columbus, Mary B. Relotto started Dames Bond, a networking community and resource for women entrepreneurs, because other networking opportunities in Columbus weren’t meeting her needs.

“I wasn’t creating authentic connections, and without those true connections I wasn’t going to get any referrals,” she said.

“Women have been emulating how men network for far too long. The way [men] do it is great for them, but women are different. Dames Bond is about helping women make authentic connections.”

Relotto said Dames Bond wasn’t hindered by its status as a lesbianowned business, but she Mary Relotto had to work to reach its intended audience of all women.

“Many women in the business community thought it was a professional, lesbian community, by association,” she said.

But Relotto is fine with losing the participation of anyone who has an issue about working with an LGBT-owned business.

She recalled a time when she was having a Dames Bond event at Stonewall Columbus.

Lesbian Entrepreneurs

Create Their Own Opportunities Two women walked in, read that it was an LGBT community center and walked out.

“I’m thankful, actually,” Relotto said. “I don’t want homophobic or heterophobic people involved with an organization that doesn’t discriminate.”

Like Relotto, Denise Reynolds of Cleveland found that networking was helpful in making her business a success. Reynolds began Outside the Lines Creative Group in 2012 because she wanted to help others get their messages out in an apDenise Reynolds proachable, engaging way. For things like employee benefits - the stuff we have to read that usually makes our eyes glaze over - Reynolds uses cartoon campaigns to ensure people are reading what they’re supposed to.

It was no easy road for Reynolds, who thinks women can be their own worst enemy as entrepreneurs. For 1½ years, Outside the Lines didn’t have a business plan, she said, so she enrolled in a nine-week course for female entrepreneurs.

If they women couldn’t recall a time when being a lesbian hurt their businesses, Philley recalled a business dinner when it caused some confusion.

“When I visited my biggest client for the first time we were to have a cookout,” she said.

“He told me that he and his partner were in the grocery store trying to figure out what to buy when they both realized, ‘We don’t know what lesbians eat!’”

Meadowlark 5531 Far Hills Ave Dayton, 45429 937.434.4750 meadowlarkrestaurant.com

Wheat Penny Oven & Bar 515 Wayne Ave, Dayton, 45410 937.496.5268 wheatpennydayton.com

Professional Business Associates ProBizAssoc.com

Dames Bond: Networking for Women damesbond.com

Outside the Lines Creative Group otlcreativegroup.com

“What is it about us that makes us think we should reduce our fees in order to get a sale? Men don’t do that,” she said. By the end or her course, Reynolds had a business plan that banks and investors took seriously.

We feature LGBT-owned businesses every month. Send your suggestions to erin@outlookmedia.com.

Phillecia Cochran is a former Outlook editorial assistant and can currently be seen in Columbus' rush hour traffic giving it her all to (most likely) a Beyoncé jam.

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BUSINESS/WORKPLACE Out & Equal Ohio Chapter Advocates for workplace equality outandequal.org/ohio FB: Out & Equal Ohio @OEOhio info@outandequal.org 614.241.3078 Pride @ Work LGBT members of AFL-CIO unions prideatwork.org FB: Pride at Work @PrideatWork prideatwork.ohio@gmail.com c/o Ohio AFL-CIO 395 E Broad St, Suite 300 Columbus, Ohio 43215 614.224.8271 CIVIL RIGHTS Equality Ohio “We envision an Ohio where everyone feels at home” equalityohio.org FB: Equality Ohio @EqualityOhio info@equalityohio.org 118 E Main St, Suite 100 Columbus, Ohio 43215 614.224.0400 FreedomOhio Group formed around marriage equality, non-discrimination freedomohio.com FB: Support Freedom to Marry Ohio @Freedom2MarryOH info@freedomohio.com 1349 E Broad St Columbus, Ohio 43205 614.593.9987

Camp Sunrise is a summer camp dedicated to empowering Ohio children and families affected by HIV/AIDS.

If you’re a teen coming out or a retiree looking for coffee talk, you’re in the right place.

If you golf or play flag football or you’re more into a game of euchre or darts, here’s your guide.

Ohio’s LGBT communities have groups that sing, dance and act - in or out of a wig and heels. There are groups that bundle up for skiing or shed it all to commune with nature. You can advocate for change or preserve our history. You can take a hike or grab a beer.

Outlook’s LGBT Resource Guide contains listings for 315 LGBT organizations across Ohio, in our state’s big cities, small towns and college campuses.

There are GLSEN and PFLAG chapters, leather clubs, softball teams, bowling leagues, lesbian happy hours, alumni organizations, transgender social groups, outlookohio.com

youth centers, bi networks and more.

They’re organized by category and listed by city or college. And the entire list will have a permanent home at outlookohio.com.

Use it and share it. The groups here can help you if you’re going through difficulties with your family, if you have health concerns or if you feel threatened on the job. They’ll make you feel part of a bigger community if you feel isolated.

And at least one can help you sharpen your two-step.

If your organization isn’t listed, or if the information we have needs an update, email Outlook Editor Bob Vitale at bvitale@outlookmedia.com. Let us know about your group’s regular meetings and special events, too, so we can add them to our monthly calendar.

LULAC Rainbow Council Advocates for LGBT Latina/os in Ohio my.lulac.org/group/627ghb FB: LULAC Ohio lulacrainbowohio@gmail.com OutServe-SLDN/Ohio Chapter Advocates for LGBT members of the US military sldn.org FB: Outserve - SLDN @OutServe-SLDN ohio@outserve.org 202.328.3244 Wenited Pushing for local anti-discrimination laws wenited.org FB: Wenited for Equality @letswenite hello@wenited.org 1418 Bryden Rd Columbus, Ohio 43205 614.980.8665 Why Marriage Matters Ohio Educating Ohioans about marriage equality whymarriagemattersoh.org FB: Why Marriage Matters Ohio @MarriageOH dan@wmmoh.org 118 E Main St, Suite 200 Columbus, Ohio 43215 614.224.0400

COLLEGE ALUMNI GROUPS Scarlet & Gay Ohio State University LGBT alumni scarletandgay.alumni.osu.edu FB: Scarlet and Gay FB: OSU GLBT Alumni Society heysel.1@osu.edu PO Box 2012 Columbus, Ohio 43216 614.292.6084 Oberlin Lambda Alumni Oberlin College LGBT alumni new.oberlin.edu/office/alumniaffiliate-groups/lambda-alumni FB: Oberlin Lambda Alumni ola_oberlin@yahoo.com 65 E College St, Suite 4 Oberlin, Ohio 44074 440.775.8692 Ohio University LGBTA Society of Alumni and Friends OU alumni group for LGBT grads ohioalumni.org/lgbt FB: Ohio University LGBTA Society of Alumni & Friends lgbtalumni@ohio.edu 354 Baker University Center Athens, Ohio 45701 740.593.0239 University of Cincinnati LGBTQ Alumni Network Connecting UC’s LGBT alumni uc.edu/alumni/connect/groups/ interest/lgbtq_alumni_network FB: University of Cincinnati LGBTQ Alumni & Friends hammonrc@ucmail.uc.edu Russell C Myers Alumni Center 2906 Woodside Dr Cincinnati, Ohio 45221 513.556.4344 HEALTH/SAFETY BRAVO, Buckeye Region Anti-Violence Organization Working to document and eliminate anti-LGBT violence bravo-ohio.org FB: Buckeye Region Anti-Violence Org @BRAVOAVP gloria@bravo-ohio.org PO Box 82068 Columbus, Ohio 43202 Statewide: 866.86.BRAVO (866.862.7286) Cincinnati: 513.453.4001 Cleveland: 216.370.7361 Columbus: 614.294.7867 HISTORY Gay Ohio History Initiative Outlook/Ohio Historical Society initiative to preserve LGBT history gohi.org FB: Gay Ohio History Initiative (GOHI) gohi@ohiohistory.org c/o Outlook Ohio 815 N High St, Suite G Columbus, Ohio 43215 614.268.8525 HIV/AIDS AIDS Resource Center Ohio Provides testing and other services in 10 Ohio cities arcohio.org

If we missed your organization, send the info to bvitale@outlookmedia.com.

FB: AIDS Resource Center Ohio (ARC Ohio) @ARCOhio joeldiaz@arcohio.org 1033 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43201 614.340.6777 Camp Sunrise Summer camp for kids affected by HIV/AIDS www.sunrisekids.org FB: Camp Sunrise arnold@ohioaidscoalition.org PO Box 164182 Columbus, Ohio 43216 614.444.1683 Ohio AIDS Coalition Advocacy arm of AIDS Resource Center Ohio ohioaidscoalition.org FB: Ohio AIDS Coalition @OhioAIDS arnold@ohioaidscoalition.org 4400 N High St, Suite 300 Columbus, Ohio 43214 614.444.1683 LESBIAN Ohio Lesbian Archives Collection of books, magazines, music and more ohiolesbianarchives.wordpress.com FB: Ohio Lesbian Archives OLArchives@gmail.com c/o Clifton United Methodist Church 3416 Clifton Ave Cincinnati, Ohio 45220 513.256.7695 SOCIAL Ohio Leather Alliance Statewide leather organization ohiovalleyregional8.wix.com/ community FB: Ohio Leather Alliance OhioValleyRegional@gmail.com SPORTS/RECREATION Circle JJ Ranch Campground Gay campground and private resort circlejjranch.com FB: Circle JJ Ranch @RanchJJ Wisesty@aol.com 1104 Amsterdam Rd Scio, Ohio 43988 330.627.3101 Freedom Valley Campground Campground for men freedomvalleycamping.com FB: Freedom Valley Campground info@freedomvalleycamping.com 1875 US 250 S New London, Ohio 44851 419.929.8100 TRANSGENDER Heartland Trans* Wellness Group Developing physical, emotional and social resources transwellness.org FB: Heartland TransWellness @HeartlandTrans info@transwellness.org 6566 Montgomery Rd, Suite 211 Cincinnati, Ohio 45213 513.549.4447

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COMMUNITY CENTER CANAPI, Community AIDS Network/Akron Pride Initiative LGBT social events, programs, meeting space canapi.org FB: Canapi info@canapi.org 895 N Main St Akron, Ohio 44310 330.252.1559 GAY MEN Rangers Leather/Levis/uniform club rangersinc.org FB: RangersInc president@rangersinc.org PO Box 2732 Akron, Ohio 44309 HEALTH/SAFETY OutBreath - LGBT Mindfulness Meditation Society Offers free weekly meditation sessions akron.shambhala.org FB: Akron-Canton Shambhala Center @akronshambhala akroncanton.shambhala@gmail.com

c/o The Church in Silver Lake 2951 Kent Rd Silver Lake, Ohio 44224 330.212.1633 HIV/AIDS AIDS Resource Center Ohio Free testing on Mondays, 9a-1p arcohio.org FB: AIDS Resource Center Ohio (ARC Ohio) @ARCOhio joeldiaz@arcohio.org 1815 W Market St, Suite 204 Akron, Ohio 44313 330.794.5289 PHILANTHROPY/SERVICE Gay Community Endowment Fund An Akron Community Foundation fund gaycommunityfund.org FB: Gay Community Endowment Fund lfink@akroncf.org 345 W Cedar St Akron, Ohio 44307 330.376.8522 POLITICS Stonewall Democrats of Summit County LGBT Democrats summitdems.org/ stonewall-dem.aspx FB: Stonewall Democrats of Summit County @stonewallsummit info@stonewallsummitdems.org

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438 Grant St Akron, Ohio 44311 234.678.7029 PRIDE Akron/Canton Pride Festival Planning a new Pride for 2016 FB: Akron/Canton PRIDE Festival @AkronPride tylerakronpride2016@yahoo.com

Iron Eagles Akron/ Canton

YOUTH/COLLEGE Teen Pride Network Safe space and activities for LGBT teens canapi.org/teen-pride-network/ FB: Teen Pride Network TPNAkron@gmail.com c/o CANAPI 895 N Main St Akron, Ohio 44310 330.252.1559

If you live in a 60-mile radius of Akron or Canton and would most likely jump on a Harley to get there, you might consider joining the Iron Eagles.

It’s a leather/Levis club that celebrates one of the mainstays of the gay community and also works to help LGBT causes. The group meets monthly at Cocktails-Akron, its home bar.

Iron Eagles accepts any members within that 60-mile radius, which includes Cleveland and Youngstown.

SPORTS/RECREATION Akron Frontrunners Running club for the LGBT community frontrunners.org FB: Cleveland/Akron Frontrunners 330.687.5122 330.219.9423 Western Reserve LGBT Ski Club of Cleveland and Akron All skill levels are welcomed FB: Western Reserve LGBT Ski Club of Cleveland and Akron wrskiclub@hotmail.com SUPPORT PFLAG Akron Parents, friends and families support group pflagakron.org FB: PFLAG Akron kmosyjowski@aol.com PO Box 5471 Akron, Ohio 44334 330.342.5825 TRANSGENDER Margie’s Hope Assistance for trans* people in need FB: Margie’s Hope margieshope@gmail.com 330.240.1600 TransAlive Meets monthly on the fourth Tuesday beta.transfamily.org/ events/akron-meetings FB: TransAlive c/o Fairlawn West United Church of Christ 2095 W Market St Akron, Ohio 44313 330.240.1600

ASHLAND

SUPPORT Alpha Omega Society For crossdressers, partners, families aosoc.org outreach@aosoc.org PO Box 864 Ashland, Ohio 44805

ATHENS

HIV/AIDS AIDS Resource Center Ohio HIV testing and prevention services arcohio.org FB: AIDS Resource Center Ohio (ARC Ohio) @ARCOhio joeldiaz@arcohio.org 18 N College St Athens, Ohio 45701 740.331.0407 SUPPORT Out & Proud Athens OU-based group advocating in the community FB: Out & Proud Athens PFLAG Athens Area Parents, friends and families support group community.pflag.org/athensohio FB: Athens Ohio Area PFLAG @AthensAreaPFLAG athensohioareapflag@gmail.com PO Box 5679 Athens, Ohio 45701 740.593.5659

TRANSGENDER Asterisk: Athens Area Trans* Advocates Resource on trans-friendly accommodations

SOCIAL Vision Educational and social programming FB: Vision Glbtqaiqa @BGSUVision

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SUPPORT HUE: Honoring Urging and Empowering Queer People of Color Student group for LGBTQ people of color FB: HUE: Honoring Urging and Empowering Queer People of Color @HUE - QPOC

c/o LGBT Center 354 Baker University Center Athens, Ohio 45701 740.593.0239

BALDWIN WALLACE UNIVERSITY SUPPORT Allies LGBT students and allies bwallies.weebly.com FB: Baldwin Wallace Allies @BWAllies ebigley12@mail.bw.edu Allies-Student Life Office Baldwin Wallace University 275 Eastland Rd Berea, Ohio 44017 440.826.2112

Baldwin Wallace University Office of GLBT Services Programming, resources, support, networking bw.edu/stulife/glbt 110 Bonds Administration Building 275 Eastland Rd Berea, Ohio 44017 440.826.2112

BOWLING GREEN

LESBIAN BG Lavender Women Social events, support for women FB: Bowling Green Lavender-Women

BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY

COMMUNITY CENTER BGSU LGBT Resource Center Programming, support, LGBT library bgsu.edu/multicultural-affairs/ lgbt-resource-center.html FB: BGSU’s LGBT Resource Center @BGSULGBTRC 318-B Math Science Building Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 419.372.2642

I.N.T.E.R.S.E.C.T.I.O.N.S. A sexuality and identity support group tobiass@bgsu.edu c/o LGBT Resource Center 318-B Math Science Building Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 419.372.2642 TRANSGENDER TAG - Trans Awareness Group Social and support group FB: Tag Bgsu

HIV/AIDS AIDS Resource Center Ohio HIV testing and prevention services arcohio.org FB: AIDS Resource Center Ohio (ARC Ohio) @ARCOhio joeldiaz@arcohio.org 400 Tuscarawas St W, Suite 405 Canton, Ohio 44702 330.209.6924 330.209.6903 Tri-County AIDS Coalition Serving Stark, Carroll and Tuscarawas counties tricountyaids.com PO Box 9569 Canton, Ohio 44711 330.477.0806 PRIDE Akron/Canton Pride Festival Planning a new Pride for 2016 FB: Akron/Canton PRIDE Festival @AkronPride tylerakronpride2016@yahoo.com Canton Pride Educating about LGBT history and issues FB: Canton Pride @CantonPride 4786 Dressler Rd NW, No. 309 Canton, Ohio 44718

CANTON

GAY MEN Canton Ohio Prime Timers Social group for mature gay and bisexual men cantonohiopt.com president@cantonohiopt.com 1425 Channonbrook St SW Canton, Ohio 44710 330.832.9138

CAPITAL UNIVERSITY

Iron Eagles Leather/Levis club for Northeast Ohio ironeagles.com FB: IronEaglesInc sgt@ironeagles.com PO Box 9772 Canton, Ohio 44711

SUPPORT/SOCIAL Capital Equality Alliance Group for LGBT law students law.capital.edu/ CapitalEqualityAlliance FB: Capital Equality Alliance

Pride Student group raising LGBTQIA awareness FB: Capital University PRIDE

CIVIL RIGHTS Not In Our Town Advocating for justice on and off campus bgsu.edu/not-in-our-town.html FB: Not In Out Town Bowling Green rplaza@bgsu.edu GAY MEN Delta Lambda Phi, Beta Omicron Chapter Fraternity for gay, bi and progressive men dlp.org/betaomicron FB: Delta Lambda Phi - Beta Omicron Chapter LESBIAN Women Who Love Women Campus group for gay and bi women FB: WomenWho LoveWomen @womenwlwomen

HUE Bowling Green HUE stands for Honoring Urging and Empowering Queer People of Color. It’s a student organization at Bowling Green State University whose members advocate for racial, sexual, and gender minorities.

HUE hosts study tables, lunches and lectures during the school year. Members meet on the first Tuesday of every month.

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RESERVE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY CENTER Case Western Reserve University LGBT Center Resource for students, faculty, staff, alumni case.edu/lgbt FB: Case Western Reserve University’s LGBT Center @CWRU_LGBT Center lgbt@case.edu Tinkham Veale University Center Room 179 11038 Bellflower Rd Cleveland, Ohio 44106 216.368.5428 GAY MEN Guys Like Us Discussion/community group for men into men case.edu/lgbt/center c/o Case Western LGBT Center Tinkham Veale University Center Room 179 11038 Bellflower Rd Cleveland, Ohio 44106 216.368.5428 LESBIAN Girls Like Us Discussion/community group for women into women case.edu/lgbt/center c/o Case Western LGBT Center Tinkham Veale University Center Room 179 11038 Bellflower Rd Cleveland, Ohio 44106 216.368.5428 SUPPORT/SOCIAL QGrad LGBTQ graduate and professional students case.edu/lgbt/qgrad FB: QGrad CWRU qgrad@case.edu c/o Case Western LGBT Center Tinkham Veale University Center Room 179 11038 Bellflower Rd Cleveland, Ohio 44106 216.368.5428 Spectrum Student-run LGBTQA and allies group FB: Spectrum at CWRU

CINCINNATI

BUSINESS Gay Chamber of CommerceGreater Cincinnati Networking for gay, lesbian, allied businesses gaychambercincinnati.com FB: Greater Cincinnati Gay Chamber of Commerce membership@gaychambercincinnati.com PO Box 141461 Cincinnati, Ohio 45250 CIVIL RIGHTS Equality Cincinnati Working for full equality in

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Greater Cincinnati equalitycincinnati.org FB: Equality Cincinnati mjaym@aol.com 318 E 4th St Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 513.591.3247 Human Rights CampaignCincinnati National HRC’s local steering committee FB: Greater Cincinnati HRC @HRCCincinnati hrccincinnati@gmail.com GAY MEN River Bears Social group for bears and friends riverbears.com communications@ riverbears.com PO Box 141413 Cincinnati, Ohio 45250 513.111.2346 Southern Ohio Naturist Society Adult male nudist organization g-hosting.info/sons president@cincinnatisons.com

PO Box 19371 Cincinnati, Ohio 45219 Tri State Prime Timers Social group for mature gay and bi men tristateprimetimers.com FB: Tri-State Prime Timers TriStatePT@gmail.com PO Box 141205 Cincinnati, Ohio 45250 513.956.4398 HIV/AIDS Caracole Inc. Housing, support for people with HIV/AIDS caracole.org FB: Caracole, Inc. @CaracoleCin oracle@caracole.org 4138 Hamilton Ave Cincinnati, Ohio 45223 513.761.1480 Pozitive Soulz Support group for people with HIV meets twice monthly c/o Central Community Health Board of Hamilton County 532 Maxwell Ave Cincinnati, Ohio 45219 513.616.8757 Latino Support Group (Grupo Hispano de Ayuda) Monthly meetings are conducted in Spanish 513.559.2938 513.619.1490 Planned ParenthoodSouthwest Ohio Region Rapid testing on Wednesdays, 5p-8p ppswoHIV.org FB: Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio @PPSWO 4138 Hamilton Ave

Cincinnati, Ohio 45223 513.679.4453

PO Box 14246 Cincinnati, Ohio 45250

PERFORMANCE Cincinnati Men’s Chorus Singing group for gay and gay-supportive men cincinnatimenschorus.org FB: Cincinnati Men’s Chorus @cincimenschorus

SOCIAL Gay Literature Group of Greater Cincinnati Meets monthly to discuss LGBT books primetimersww.com/tristate FB: Gay Literature Group of Greater Cincinnati bob.robinette@cinci.rr.com

info@cincinnatimenschorus.org

PO Box 3061 Cincinnati, Ohio 45201 513.542.2626 Diverse City Youth Chorus For LGBT and allies, ages 13-22 diversecityyouthchorus.com FB: Diverse City Youth Chorus diversecityyouthchorus@ gmail.com 3825 Eastern Ave, No. 1 Cincinnati, Ohio 45226 Muse, Cincinnati Women’s Choir Feminist chorus performs throughout the year musechoir.org FB: Muse, Cincinnati Women’s Choir @cincimusechoir muse@musechoir.org PO Box 23292 Cincinnati, Ohio 45223 513.221.1118 Queen City Queer Theatre Collective Play readings every month at Below Zero Lounge FB: Queen City Queer Theatre Collective Queen City Rainbow Band LGBT marching band, pep band and ensembles qcrb.org FB: Queen City Rainbow Band info@qcrb.org PO Box 19806 Cincinnati, Ohio 45219 513.594.6962 PHILANTHROPY/SERVICE Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Greater Cincinnati Awards funding to local LGBT groups www.cincyglbt.com FB: Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Cincinnati PO Box 23159 Cincinnati, Ohio 45223 Imperial Sovereign Queen City Court of the Buckeye Empire Raising money for local causes isqccbe.org FB: ISQCCBE info@isqccbe.org PO Box 141152 Cincinnati, Ohio 45250 PRIDE Cincinnati Pride Parade and festival every June cincinnatipride.org FB: Cincinnati Pride @CincinnatiPride info@cincinnatipride.org

Cincinnati Queer Yoga Monthly classes taught for queers by queers FB: Cincinnati Queer Yoga CINTIT, Cincinnati Tri-State Invitational Tournament LGBT bowling tournament cintit.org FB: Cincinnati Tri-State Invitational Tournament (CINTIT) director@cintit.org

Cincinnati Queer Yoga Rather than working toward self-improvement, Cincinnati Queer Yoga wants participants to learn to feel safe and valuable in their own bodies. The group calls itself “radically inclusive” - which means all identities, expressions and bodies are welcome, and no yoga experience is necessary.

Cincinnati Queer Yoga offers yoga classes at the Shakti Factory and other community events. In the past, classes have cost $20, with half of it donated to a local LGBTQ organization.

Scorpius Of Cincinnati Leather/fetish group for men and women scorpiusofcincinnati.org FB: Scorpius of Cincinnati art4cbs@aol.com PO Box 58241 Cincinnati, Ohio 45258 513.922.3193 Tri-State Leather/Pup/Rubber Social group for Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana mrtristateleather.com FB: Tri-State Leather @TriStateLeather info@mrtristateleather.com PO Box 9480 Cincinnati, Ohio 45209 SPORTS/RECREATION Bowl On Sundays Social league with competition “thrown in for fun” bowlonsundays.com president@bowlonsundays.com

Cincinnati Alternative Volleyball Association Sand and indoor volleyball leagues cincyvball.org FB: Cincinnati Alternative Volleyball Association (CAVA) cincyball@gmail.org Cincinnati Frontrunners/ Frontwalkers “Running around Cincinnati since 1993” FB: Frontrunners Cincinnati 513.315.8722

Rivercity Softball Association Recreational, intermediate and competitive leagues myrivercitysoftball.net FB: RiverCity Softball Association rivercitysoftball@gmail.com 1447 Laurel Park Dr Cincinnati, Ohio 45214 513.231.2100 SUPPORT PFLAG Cincinnati Parents, friends and families support group pflagcinci.org FB: PFLAG Cincinnati info@pflagcinci.org PO Box 19634 Cincinnati, Ohio 45219 513.721.7900 TRANSGENDER Cincinnati Trans* Community Group Heartland Trans* Wellness social, support group transwellness.org/ctcg FB: Cincinnati TransCommunitygroup @HeartlandTrans info@transwellness.org c/o Heartland Trans* Wellness Group 6566 Montgomery Rd, Suite 211 Cincinnati, Ohio 45213 513.549.4447 Crossport Support for transgender people, family and friends crossport.org FB: Crossport Cincinnati crossportcincy@yahoo.com

Call a local community center or PFLAG chapter for coming-out resources.

PO Box 1692 Cincinnati, Ohio 45201 513.344.0116 TransSaints African-American trans people of faith transsaints.org FB: Transsaints - Cincinnat info@transsaints.org cmadgett@yahoo.com c/o Truth & Destiny Covenant Ministries United Church of Christ 2645 W North Bend Rd Cincinnati, Ohio 45239 513.429.5085 YOUTH/COLLEGE Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network Local chapter of national gay-straight alliance glsen.org/chapters/cincinnati FB: GLSEN Greater Cincinnati @GLSENcincinnati info@glsencincinnati.org PO Box 19856 Cincinnati, Ohio 45219 866.934.9119 TeenSpace Safe space for trans and queer teens and friends transwellness.org/teenspace @heartlandtrans info@transwellness.org c/o Heartland Trans* Wellness Group 6566 Montgomery Rd, Suite 211 Cincinnati, Ohio 45213 513.549.4447

CLARK STATE

COMMUNITY COLLEGE SOCIAL Clark State Community College Gay/Straight Alliance Campus group for LGBT students and allies clarkstate.edu/student-life FB: Clark State Community College GSA PO Box 570 Springfield, Ohio 45501

CLEVELAND

COMMUNITY CENTER LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland Programming for all ages in the LGBT community lgbtcleveland.org FB: LGBT Cleveland Community Center @LGBTCleveland info@lgbtcleveland.org 6600 Detroit Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44102 216.651.5428 BUSINESS/WORKPLACE Plexus LGBT chamber of commerce thinkplexus.org FB: Plexus: Chamber of Commerce for LGBT Community and Allies

@ThinkPlexus info@thinkplexus.org PO Box 91697 Cleveland, Ohio 44101 1.888.PLEXUS9 CIVIL RIGHTS Human Rights Campaign Cleveland Steering Committee National HRC’s local steering committee hrc.org/steeringcommittees/cleveland FB: Human Rights Campaign Cleveland EDUCATION The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio Dedicated to eliminating bias, bigotry, racism diversitycenterneo.org FB: The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio @Diversity_NEO info@diversitycenterneo.org 3659 Green Rd, Suite 220 Cleveland, Ohio 44122 216.752.3000 GAY MEN Arktos Bears of Northeast Ohio Social group for bears and admirers arktosbears.org FB: Arktos Bears of NE Ohio @ArktosBears info@arktosbears.org PO Box 2577 Akron, Ohio 44309 Cleveland Bears Social group for bears and admirers clevelandbears.org webmaster@clevelandbears.org

PO Box 14756 Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Prime Timers Cleveland Social group for mature gay and bi men ptcleveland.org PO Box 91683 Cleveland, Ohio 44101 216.233.9146 HEALTH/SAFETY Lake Effect Free Alternative Health Clinic Monthly massage, herbal medicine, acupuncture lakeeffectclinic.org FB: Lake Effect Free Alternative Health Clinic clinic@lakeffectclinic.org c/o LGBT Community Center 6600 Detroit Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44102 216.538.2046 MetroHealth Pride Clinic Serving the health needs of LGBT people metrohealth.org/ lgbtprideclinic c/o Thomas F McCafferty Health Center 4242 Lorain Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44113 216.957.4848

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SAGE Cleveland / Services & Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Elders Programs for older LGBT residents sagecleveland.org valda.lewis@sagecleveland.org 216.834.2407 HISTORY Western Reserve Historical Society LGBT Archives Preserving LGBT history in Northeast Ohio wrhs.org FB: Western Reserve Historical Society @WRHS_History info@wrhs.org 10825 East Blvd Cleveland, Ohio 44106 216.721.5722, x1519 HIV/AIDS AIDS Task Force of Greater Cleveland Prevention, education, supportive services, advocacy aidstaskforce.org FB: AIDS Task Force of Greater Cleveland @AIDSTaskforceGC 2829 Euclid Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44115 216.621.0766 Northern Ohio Coalition Inc. Financial aid to LGBT people living with HIV, AIDS mynoci.org FB: Noci Cleveland PO Box 110343 Cleveland, Ohio 44111 216.556.0129 LESBIAN Old Lesbians Organizing for Change Supportive network for older lesbians oloc.org FB: Old Lesbians Organizing for Change judb@cox.net 216.227.1243 Sistah Sinema Cinema by and for queer women of color sistahsinema.com FB: Sistah Sinema @SistahSinema info@sistahsinema.com c/o S P A C E S Art Gallery 2220 Super Viaduct Cleveland, Ohio 44113 216.282.4434 WH2 Monthly women’s happy hours thewh2.com FB: WH2 @thewh2 thewh2@gmail.com 440.342.3098 PERFORMANCE Blazing River Freedom Band LGBT marching and concert band blazingriverband.org FB: Blazing River Freedom Band info@blazingriverband.org 321.745.7420

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North Coast Men’s Chorus Gay men’s chorus with more than 100 members ncmchorus.org FB: North Coast Men’s Chorus @ncmhorus info@ncmchorus.org PO Box 770664 Cleveland, Ohio 44107 216.556.0590 PHILANTHROPY/SERVICE Basement Beauties Community volunteer network FB: Basement Beauties c/o Twist Social Club 11633 Clifton Blvd Cleveland, Ohio 44102 Rock-n-Roll City Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Activists/fundraisers/drag nuns rocknrollcitysisters.org FB: Rock n Roll City Sisters thesisters@rocknrollcitysisters.org

Cleveland, Ohio 44115 216.226.0004 SOCIAL Asians & Friends Cleveland LGBT social group focused on Asian culture afcleveland.org FB: Asians & Friends Cleveland AFCleveland@aol.com PO Box 25095 Cleveland, Ohio 44125 Cleveland Couples Together Social group for committed LGBT couples clevelandcouplestogether.org PO Box 771102 Lakewood, Ohio 44107 G2H2 Cleveland Monthly events (it’s Gay Guys/Girls Happy Hour) g2h2.com FB: G2H2 Cleveland g2h2cle@gmail.com

Old Lesbians Organizing for Change Cleveland, Columbus “We will no longer accommodate ourselves to language that implies in any way that ‘old’ means inferior,” say the leaders of OLOC, a national network of lesbians 60 and older that confronts ageism and lesbophobia.

There are about 20 chapters in the country, including Cleveland and Columbus. OLOC groups offer a platform for activism as well as a support network for older lesbians.

POLITICS Cleveland Stonewall Democrats LGBT Democrats clevelandstonewalldems.org FB: Cleveland Stonewall Democrats @clevstondems president@ clevelandstonewalldems.org PO Box 91453 Cleveland, Ohio 44101 Log Cabin Republicans LGBT Republican organization logcabin.org FB: Log Cabin Republicans of Greater Cleveland @LogCabinGOP cleveland@logcabin.org PRIDE Cleveland Pride Parade and festival every June clevelandpride.org FB: Cleveland Pride @myCleveLGBTPride executiveboard@clevelandpride.org 2829 Euclid Ave

Pink Pistols Part of the national queer gun/shooting club pinkpistols.org FB: Pink Pistols : CLE, OH firstspeaker@pinkpistols.org

Lake Erie Volleyball Association 25 teams compete from January to March lakeerievolleyball.com FB: Lake Erie Volleyball Association @lakeerievolley levainformation@gmail.com 1265 W 106th St Cleveland, Ohio 44102 216.236.LEVA

Cleveland Bar Association LGBT and Allies Committee Attorneys, business professionals, law students clemetrobar.org/Committees/LGBT anthony.andricks@ ThompsonHine.com 1301 E 9th St, Second Level Cleveland, Ohio 44114 216.696.3525

North Coast Athletics Flag Football League Men and women of all skill levels northcoastfootball.com FB: Cleveland Rockers / North Coast Athletics Flag Football League info@northcoastfootball.com

PFLAG Cleveland Parents, friends and families support group pflagcleveland.org FB: PFLAG Cleveland @PFLAG_Cleveland mail@pflagcleveland.org 615 Prospect Rd Berea, Ohio 44017 216.556.1701

Cleveland Rockers North Coast flag football’s travel team FB: Cleveland Rockers / North Coast Athletics Flag Football League North Coast Bowling Association Friday night bowling from September to March ncbafriday.org FB: NCBA Friday League bwseric1@aol.com c/o Superior Bowl and Park 1500 Superior Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44114 North Coast Softball Teams compete from April through July northcoastsoftball.org FB: North Coast Softball @CoastSoftball commissioner@ northcoastsoftball.org PO Box 31001 Independence, Ohio 44131 Shooters Pool League Seasons run from October to March FB: Shooters Pool League Team Cleveland Umbrella group for Cleveland LGBT sports teams teamcle.org FB: Team CLE @TeamCleveland01 scott.swaggerty@teamcle.org 4618 W 156th St Cleveland, OH 44135

Queerland Discussion, debate, poetry and song FB: Queerland 216

Team Cleveland Tennis Membership includes group lessons teamclevelandtennis.org FB: Team Cleveland Tennis teamcletennis@gmail.com

SPORTS/RECREATION Cleveland Aquatic Team Twice-a-week practice sessions clevelandaquaticteam.com FB: Cleveland Aquatic Team info@clevelandaquaticteam.com

Western Reserve LGBT Ski Club of Cleveland and Akron All skill levels are welcomed FB: Western Reserve LGBT Ski Club of Cleveland and Akron wrskiclub@hotmail.com

Cleveland Out and About Hiking, canoeing, other outdoor recreation clevelandoutandabout.org FB: Cleveland Out and About mail@clevelandoutandabout.org PO Box 181174 Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118

SUPPORT Cleveland Gay Fathers Group Monthly meetings for gay, bi men clegayfathers@gmail.com c/o Pilgrim UCC Church 2592 W 14th St Cleveland, Ohio 44113

Veteran Pride Support Group Meets weekly at the VA center www.cleveland.va.gov/ patients/LGBT.asp FB: Cleveland VA Medical Center Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center 10701 East Blvd Cleveland, Ohio 44106 216.791.3800, x3408 TRANSGENDER TransFamily Meets on the second Saturday of each month transfamily.org FB: TransFamily @TransFamily c/o LGBT Community Center 6600 Detroit Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44102 216.691.4357 YOUTH/COLLEGE Dare 2 Care Raising awareness about bullying dare2careusa.org FB: Dare2Care @Dare2CareUSA info@dare2careUSA.org PO Box 22113 Beachwood, Ohio 44122 216.374.6007 Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network Local chapter of national gay-straight alliance glsen.org/chapters/neo FB: GLSEN Northeast Ohio @GLSENNEO info@glsennortheastohio.org PO Box 93513 Cleveland, Ohio 44101 216.556.0960

COLUMBUS

COMMUNITY CENTERS Stonewall Columbus Classes, programs, support groups for LGBT residents stonewallcolumbus.org FB: Stonewall Columbus info@stonewallcolumbus.org @stonewallcmh 1160 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43201 614.299.7764

Contact a GLSEN chapter or Kaleidoscope Youth Center for help starting a GSA in your school.

Kaleidoscope Youth Center Programming, advocacy and support for LGBT youth kycohio.org FB: Kaleidoscope Youth Center @KYCOhio siobhan@kycohio.org 1904 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43201 614.294.5437 BISEXUAL Bi Local Visibility and support for bi and pansexual people bilocal614.org FB: Bi Local bilocal614@gmail.com Columbus Bi Network Meets on the first Tuesday of every month at Stonewall FB: Columbus Bi Network @CbusBiNetwork cbus.bi.net@gmail.com c/o Stonewall Columbus 1160 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43201 614.299.7764 BUSINESS/WORKPLACE Network Columbus Outlook’s monthly LGBT networking event www.networkcolumbus.com FB: Network Columbus chris@outlookmedia.com c/o Outlook Ohio 815 N High St, Suite G Columbus, Ohio 43215 614.268.8525 CIVIL RIGHTS Human Rights CampaignColumbus Steering Committee The local chapter of the national civil rights group hrc.org/columbus FB: HRC Columbus @ColumbusHRC FAITH Dignity/Columbus An organization for LGBT Catholics dignitycolumbus.org PO Box 82001 Columbus, Ohio 43202 614.447.6546 GAY MEN Central Ohio Naturist Guy Alliance Adult male, nonsexual nudist organization congaline.org Columbus Ohio Prime Timers Social group for mature gay and bisexual men primetimersww.com/copt president@columbusohioprimetimers.com 1928 Dandridge Dr Columbus Ohio 43229 614.885.0846 HEALTH/SAFETY Columbus Public Health LGBTQ Health Initiative Addressing LGBTQ health disparities columbus.gov/sexual-health.aspx FB: Columbus Public Health

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The fight’s not over. Support your local HIV/AIDS agency.

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@ColumbusHealth health@columbus.gov 240 Parsons Ave, Second Floor Columbus, Ohio 43215 614.645.7772 HIV/AIDS AIDS Healthcare Foundation Pharmacy Located inside the Out of the Closet Thrift Store ahfpharmacy.blogspot.com FB: AHF Pharmacy Columbus @AHFpharmacy 1230 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43201 614.291.2670 AIDS Resource Center Ohio Medical Center and Pharmacy HIV treatment, care, counseling, support services arcohio.org FB: AIDS Resource Center Ohio (ARC Ohio) @ARCOhio joeldiaz@arcohio.org 1033 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43201 614.340.6777 AIDS Resource Center OhioClintonville Free, confidential testing Tuesdays and Wednesdays arcohio.org FB: AIDS Resource Center Ohio (ARC Ohio) @ARCOhio joeldiaz@arcohio.org 4400 N High St, Suite 300 Columbus, Ohio 43214 614.299.2437 Columbus Public Health Take Care Down There Clinic Free testing Monday-Thursday, 5p-8p columbus.gov/sexual-health.aspx FB: Columbus Public Health @ColumbusHealth health@columbus.gov 240 Parsons Ave, Second Floor Columbus, Ohio 43215 614.645.7772 Greater Columbus MPowerment Center HIV prevention in the black and Latino communities columbusmpowerment.org FB: Greater Columbus Mpowerment Center @ColsMpowerment tylertermeer@arcohio.org 1780 E Broad St Columbus, Ohio 43203 614.926.4132 Out of the Closet Thrift Store Funding services of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation outofthecloset.org FB: Out of the Closet-Columbus @OutoftheCloset 1230 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43201 614.291.2680 Project: Zero Ohio Raising money for local HIV/AIDS or-

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ganizations projectzeroohio.com FB: Project: Zero Ohio @ProjectZeroOhio projectzeroohio@gmail.com 751 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43201

Columbus @CapPrideBand PO Box 8147 Columbus, Ohio 43201 614.325.1590

Central Ohio Naturist Guy Alliance Columbus

PHILANTHROPY/SERVICE Gay for Good Members perform monthly service projects gayforgood.org FB: Gay for Good - Columbus, OH @ColumbusG4G g4ginfo@gayforgood.org The Legacy Fund of the Columbus Foundation Raises and distributes money for LGBT organizations thelegacyfund.org FB: The Legacy Fund of the Columbus Foundation smoore@ columbusfoundation.org 1234 E Broad St Columbus, Ohio 43205 614.251.4000

When they hosted a black-tie event in February, that’s all some members wore.

CONGA’s cookouts, camping trips and parties are conducted au naturel.

POLITICS Stonewall Democrats of Central Ohio LGBT Democrats sdco.co FB: Stonewall Democrats of Central Ohio @stonewalldemsco 545 E Town St Columbus, Ohio 43215

The Central Ohio Naturist Guy Alliance is an adult male social group - gay, bi and straight - rooted in the naturist movement of the 1960s and ’70s. “CONGA is about nudity and freedom,” the group states. It is not a sex group.

LESBIAN Hey Girl Hey Social group for women of color meets monthly heygirlheyoh@gmail.com c/o Stonewall Columbus 1160 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43201 614.299.7764 Old Lesbians Organizing for Change Supportive network for older lesbians oloc.org FB: Old Lesbians Organizing for Change jan@oloc.org c/o Stonewall Columbus 1160 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43201 614.299.7764 Rainbow Sisters Social group for women 40 and older FB: Rainbow Sisters of Central Ohio dorarowland@yahoo.com c/o Stonewall Columbus 1160 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43201 614.299.7764 Sistah Sinema Cinema by and for queer women of color sistahsinema.com FB: Sistah Sinema @SistahSinema info@sistahsinema.com c/o Stonewall Columbus 1160 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43201 425.954.6372 PERFORMANCE Capital Pride Band Central Ohio’s LGBT marching and concert band cappride.org FB: The Capital Pride Band of

Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus Full chorus and ensembles perform throughout the year columbusgaymenschorus.com FB: Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus @CbusGMC cgmc@ columbusgaymenschorus.com 51 W Jefferson Ave Columbus, Ohio 43215 614.228.2462 Columbus Women’s Chorus Feminist chorus founded in 1989 colswomenschorus.org FB: Columbus Women’s Chorus @CWCVoices board@colswomenschorus.org PO Box 141542 Columbus, Ohio 43214 614.636.3541 Evolution Theatre Company Columbus’ LGBTQA theater company evolutiontheatre.org FB: Evolution Theatre... a new species of theatre @ETC_Columbus info@evolutiontheatre.org PO Box 21072 Columbus, Ohio 43221 614.233.1124 Flaggots Ohio Central Ohio’s LGBT color guard flaggotsohio.org FB: Flaggots Ohio @FlaggotsOhio director@flaggotsohio.org 614.562.6288 Grrrls Rock Columbus Musical camp for girls and gender-variant youth grrrlsrockcolumbus.com FB: Grrrls Rock Columbus grrrlsrockcolumbus@gmail.com PO Box 82020 Columbus, Ohio 43202 513.254.1366

PRIDE Stonewall Columbus Pride The biggest Pride between NY and Chicago columbuspride.org FB: Columbus Pride Festival and Parade @cmhpride krothan@stonewallcolumbus.org c/o Stonewall Columbus 1160 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43201 614.299.7764 Columbus Urban Pride Celebrating diversity in the LGBT community columbusurbanpride.org FB: Columbus Urban Pride cbusurbanpride@gmail.com SOCIAL National Leather Association of Columbus BDSM/leather group for men and women nlacolumbus.com @nla_columbus nlacolumbus@nlacolumbus.com PO Box 2011 Columbus. Ohio 43216 614.404.7521 Stompers Country-Western dance group stompers.org FB: Columbus Stompers @ ColsStompers Stonewall Columbus Photography Club Members take photography trips and host exhibits FB: Stonewall Columbus Photo Group

c/o Stonewall Columbus 1160 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43201 614.299.7764

cmto1.org info@cmto1.org 1165 Tillicum Dr Columbus, Ohio 43085

Trident International Levi/leather social club for men and women tridentcolumbus.com FB: Trident International Columbus OH

Columbus Ohio Gay, Lesbian & Ally Hockey Association New league open to all skill levels columbusgayhockey.org FB: Columbus Ohio Gay Lesbian Ally Hockey Association @COAGLAHA

Trailblazers Group for LGBT people 50 and older stonewallcolumbus.org/ trailblazers FB: Stonewall Columbus Trailblazers lgum@stonewallcolumbus.org c/o Stonewall Columbus 1160 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43201 614.299.7764 SPORTS/RECREATION CMH Gay Bowling Wednesday and Sunday leagues cmhgaybowling.com Gene@CMHGayBowling.com 614.276.3185 Capital City Volleyball Fall and winter leagues for all skill levels capitalcityvolleyball.org FB: Capital City Volleyball columbusccv@gmail.com 614.329.3696

Gay Hockey Ohio/Ohio Mayhem Team plays in Columbus recreation league gayhockeyohio.com FB: Gay Hockey Ohio @GayHockeyOhio president@gayhockeyohio.com Gay Softball World Series 2015 Columbus will host the event Aug 17-22 gsws2015.org FB: 2015 Gay Softball World Series @GSWS2015 info@gsws2015.org LGBT Hiking Club Monthly hikes for all levels of fitness stonewallcolumbus.org/hikingclub FB: LGBT Hiking Club Stonewall Columbus lgum@stonewallcolumbus.org c/o Stonewall Columbus 1160 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43201 614.299.7764

CBus Hoops All levels from beginner to experienced cbushoops.com FB: CBus Hoops cbushoops@gmail.com

Ohio Splash LGBT swim club open to all skill levels ohiosplash.com FB: Ohio Splash

Columbus Coyotes Rugby Football Club LGBT and allies rugby team columbuscoyotes.com FB: Columbus Coyotes Rugby Football Club @CoyotesRFC columbuscoyotesrfc@gmail.com

Rainbow Golf League Plays every Friday in spring and summer rainbowgolf.org FB: Rainbow Golf League director@rainbowgolf.org 5428 Heathmoor St Columbus, Ohio 43235

Columbus Electronic Dart League League travels from bar to bar mycedl.com webmaster@myecdl.com 614.439.5833

Stonewall LGBT Runners Club Meets bi-monthly spring through fall FB: Runners Club Stonewall Columbus swcrunner_kelly@yahoo.com c/o Stonewall Columbus 1160 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43201 614.299.7764

Columbus Lesbian & Gay Softball Association 25 teams play in four divisions clgsa.com FB: Columbus Lesbian and Gay Softball Association (CLGSA) @CbusSoftball secretary@clgsa.com Columbus Lesbian Softball League Five teams play over seven weeks columbuslesbiansoftball.com FB: Columbus Lesbian Softball League info@columbuslesbiansoftball.com

Columbus Metropolitan Tennis Organization Summer leagues and winter tennis socials

LGBT athletes: Teams in Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus are always looking for new members.

SUPPORT Central Ohio LGBT Veterans Peer-to-peer support stonewallcolumbus.org/veterans c/o Stonewall Columbus 1160 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43201 614.930.2268 Family Pride Network of Central Ohio Connecting, supporting LGBT families familypridenetwork.org FB: Family Pride Network of Central Ohio

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@familyprideCO info@familypridenetwork.org 614.636.3233 PFLAG Columbus Parents, friends and families support group columbuspflag.org FB: PFLAG Columbus pflagcolumbus@gmail.com PO Box 10200 Columbus, Ohio 43201 614.313.9956 PolyColumbus Support, social group for polyamorous people polycolumbus.org FB: PolyColumbus polyCMHtwittermail@gmail.com @PolyCMH 118 Graceland Blvd, Suite 147 Columbus, Ohio 43214 YOUTH/COLLEGE Arts & College Preparatory Academy Charter school with large LGBT student population artcollegeprep.org FB: The Arts and College Preparatory Academy (ACPA) @GetACPA contact@artcollegeprep.org 4401 Hilton Corporate Dr Columbus, Ohio 43232 614.986.9974 Huckleberry House Shelter and services for runaway and at-risk youth huckhouse.org FB: Huckleberry House, Inc. @Huck_House rwesterfelt@huck-house.org 1421 Hamlet St Columbus, Ohio 43201 614.294.6109

FAITH Dignity Dayton LGBT Catholic group hosts a weekly Mass livingbeatitudes.org FB: Living Beatitudes: A Ministry of Dignity Dayton @LivingBeatitude c/o Christ Episcopal Church 20 W 1st St Dayton, Ohio 45402 937.260.0407 GAY MEN ABBA Mpowerment (Aspiring Beyond Belief & Adversity) HIV awareness for African-American men abbampowerment.yolasite.com FB: ABBA Mpowerment @ABBA_MPowerment dingram@arcohio.org 15 W 4th St, Suite 200 Dayton, Ohio 45402 937.461.2437, x2017 Miami Valley Bears & Leather Men Dayton-based social group

Lesbian Dayton

HIV treatment, counseling, support services arcohio.org FB: AIDS Resource Center Ohio (ARC Ohio) @ARCOhio joeldiaz@arcohio.org 1222 S Patterson Blvd Dayton, Ohio 45402 937.853.3650

FB: The Rubi Girls rubigirlsmovie@hotmail.com 2812 San Rae Dr, No. 1 Kettering, Ohio 45419 937.694.2196

AIDS Resource Center OhioKuhns Building HIV testing and prevention services arcohio.org 15 W 4th St, Suite 200 Dayton, Ohio 45402 937.461.2437

SPORTS/RECREATION Dayton Gay Euchre Registration starts in August daytoneuchre.com euchre@daytongayeuchre.com c/o The Right Corner 105 E 3rd St Dayton, Ohio 45402 937.228.2033

Miami Valley Positives for Positives Educating people about HIV/AIDS issues miamivalleyp4p.org FB: Miami Valley Positives 4 Positives @miamivalleyp4p info@miamivalleyp4p.org 937.279.0769

POLITICS Dayton Area Stonewall Democrats LGBT Democrats FB: Dayton Area Stonewall Democrats

Dayton Gay Volleyball Club Open volleyball every week daytongayvolleyballclub.com FB: Dayton Gay Volleyball daytongayvolleyball@gmail.com

Organized for women in the Miami Valley who identify as either lesbian or bisexual, Lesbian Dayton offers a social network through the gatherings it hosts in the community.

Membership is free through an email list. Every month, the network hosts two happy hours.

There are also two sub-groups called Dine Out Lesbian Dayton and Great Outdoors for hiking, golfing and other activities.

DAYTON

COMMUNITY CENTER Greater Dayton LGBT Center Hosts programs and events for Miami Valley daytonlgbtcenter.org Greater Dayton LGBT Center @GrDaytonLGBTCen info@daytonlgbtcenter.org PO Box 1203 Dayton, Ohio 45401 937.274.1776

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Youth First-Greater Dayton Weekly meetings for LGBT youth pflagdayton.org/youthfirst.html FB: Youth First of Greater Dayton YouthFirst@pflagdayton.org PO Box 3721 Dayton, Ohio 45401 937.640.3333

DENISON UNIVERSITY SOCIAL Outlook Social, educational group meets every Thursday orgsync.com/10377/chapter FB: Denison University Outlook! @DU_Outlook outlook@denison.edu

FINDLAY

SUPPORT Spectrum of Findlay Bringing together Findlay’s LGBT community findlayspectrum.org FB: Findlay Spectrum @FinSpec findlayspectrum@yahoo.com info@findlayspectrum.org 1910 Candlewick Dr Findlay, Ohio 45840

JACKSON

COLUMBUS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

SUPPORT Columbus State Community College Pride LGBT and allies student group FB: CSCC Pride @CSCCPride 550 E Spring St Columbus, Ohio 43215 614.287.2815 614.287.2327

YOUTH/COLLEGE Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network Local chapter of national gay-straight alliance glsen.org/chapters/dayton FB: GLSEN Greater Dayton @GLSENDayton Dayton@chapters.glsen.org PO Box 951 Miamisburg, Ohio 45343 937.545.1953

FB: Miami Valley Bears & Leather Men Miami Valley Prime Timers Social group for mature gay and bisexual men primetimersww.com/mvopt PO Box 750831 Dayton, Ohio 45475 937.331.8902 Mu Crew MPowerment Center Social, HIV education group for men 18-29 mucrew.hb2web.net FB: The Mu Crew @TheMuCrew themucrew@gmail.com 15 W 4th St, Suite 200 Dayton, Ohio 45402 937.461.2437, x2015 HIV/AIDS AIDS Resource Center Ohio Medical Center and Pharmacy

LESBIAN Lesbian Dayton Happy hours and other social activities lesbiandayton.com FB: Lesbian Dayton @LesbianDayton info@lesbiandayton.com PERFORMANCE Dayton Gay Men’s Chorus Raising awareness through music daytongaymenschorus.org FB: Dayton Gay Men’s Chorus @DaytonGMC info@daytongaymenschorus.org PO Box 642 Dayton, Ohio 45401 937.530.0642 PHILANTHROPY The Rubi Girls Drag troupe raises money for HIV research rubigirls.com

Rainbow Bowling League Thursday night league FB: Dayton Rainbow League SUPPORT PFLAG Dayton Parents, friends and families support group pflagdayton.org FB: PFLAG Dayton @PFLAGDayton daytonpflag@yahoo.com PO Box 3721 Dayton, Ohio 45401 937.640.3333 TRANSGENDER Gatlyn Dame Group Awareness, support and education gatlyndamegroup.com FB: Gatlyn Dame Group, Inc. gatlyndamegroup@gmail.com 513.571.1874

HIV/AIDS AIDS Resource Center Ohio HIV testing and prevention resources arcohio.org FB: AIDS Resource Center Ohio (ARC Ohio) @ARCOhio joeldiaz@arcohio.org 200 E Main St Jackson, Ohio 45640 740.331.9200

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY CENTER LGBTQ Student Center Resources, support for LGBTQ students and allies kent.edu/lgbtq lgbtqsc@kent.edu 024 Kent Student Center Kent, Ohio 44242 330.672.8580 GAY MEN Delta Lambda Phi, Alpha Psi (AY) Chapter Fraternity for gay, bi and progressive men dlp.org/alphapsi

FB: Delta Lambda Phi Alpha Psi Chapter @DLP_Alpha_Psi SUPPORT Pride! Kent “Social acceptance and equal rights for all people” kent.edu/csi/pride-kent FB: Pride! Kent @PRIDEKent bsteph13@kent.edu

LIMA

HIV/AIDS AIDS Resource Center Ohio HIV testing and prevention resources arcohio.org FB: AIDS Resource Center Ohio (ARC Ohio) @ARCOhio joeldiaz@arcohio.org 658 W Market St, Suite 200 Lima, Ohio 45801 419.222.0827 SUPPORT Common Ground Lima Advocates for Allen County’s LGBT community FB: Common Ground PFLAG Lima Parents, friends and families support group pflaglima.org FB: Pflag Lima PO Box 5571 Lima, Ohio 45802 419.581.6065 Safe Spaces LGBT community support group pvff.org/support/LGTB.php c/o Partnership for Violence Free Families 658 W Market St, Suite 212 Lima, Ohio 45801 419.549.8530

MANSFIELD

HIV/AIDS AIDS Resource Center Ohio HIV testing and prevention resources arcohio.org FB: AIDS Resource Center Ohio (ARC Ohio) @ARCOhio joeldiaz@arcohio.org 410 Park Ave W, Suite 1 Mansfield, Ohio 44906 419.525.2437

MEDINA

SUPPORT Medina County Gay Straight Alliance Meets monthly at the Medina Library medinacountygaystraightalliance. webs.com medinacountygsa@gmail.com OutSupport Local LGBT and ally support group outsupport.org FB: Out Support - Medina Ohio LGBTQGroupMedinaOhio@gmail.com

330.241.1281

If you don’t see a transgender group in your community, contact one of the statewide groups for help.

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MIAMI UNIVERSITY

SOCIAL Spectrum LGBTQ association of Miami University spectrummiami.wordpress.com/ FB: Spectrum Miami University @SpectrumMU spectrum.miamioh@gmail.com 3037 Armstrong Student Center 550 E Spring St Oxford, Ohio 45056 SUPPORT Miami University GLBTQ Services Programming, support and resources miamioh.edu/glbtq FB: Miami University GLBTQ Services @GLBTQatMU Nelson40@MiamiOH.edu 2030 Armstrong Student Center 550 E Spring St Oxford, Ohio 45056 513.529.6504

NEWARK

HIV/AIDS AIDS Resource Center Ohio HIV testing and prevention resources arcohio.org FB: AIDS Resource Center Ohio (ARC Ohio) @ARCOhio joeldiaz@arcohio.org 195 Union St, Suite B-1 Newark, Ohio 43055 740.349.7066, x207

SOCIAL LGBTQ Book Club Meets monthly to discuss LGBT literature lickingcountylibrary.blogspot.com c/o Newark Library 101 W Main St Newark, Ohio 43055 740.349.5561

OBERLIN COLLEGE

COMMUNITY CENTER Oberlin College Multicultural Resource Center Encouraging inclusion and diversity new.oberlin.edu/office/ multicultural-resource-center/ mrc@oberlin.edu Wilder 208-105 135 W Lorain St Oberlin, Ohio 44074 440.775.8802 HISTORY Oberlin College LGBT Community History Project Collection of students’ documents and histories oberlinlgbt.org

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY CENTER Ohio State University Multicultural Center Resource for LGBT and other campus minorities

Newark LGBTQ Book Club

mcc.osu.edu FB: Multicultural Center at The Ohio State University @MCC_OSU sl-mccinfo@osu.edu Ohio Union Suite 1000, 1739 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43210 614.688.8449 BISEXUAL comBIne Campus group for bisexual, pansexual people combine.org.ohio-state.edu FB: Combine combineosu@gmail.com EDUCATION Lead OUT Loud Leadership training for LGBTQ students mcc.osu.edu wellman.63@osu.edu c/o OSU Multicultural Center Ohio Union Suite 1000, 1739 N High St Columbus, Ohio 43210 614.688.8449 GAY MEN Sigma Phi Beta Fraternity for gay, bi, trans men www.sigmaphibeta.org/ohiostate/ Sigma Phi Beta | The Ohio State University @SigmaPhiBetaOSU infor@sigmaphibeta.org SUPPORT Fine By Me Promotes understanding of the LGBT community finebyme.osu.edu FB: Fine By Me OSU @FineByMeOSU GradQueers LGBT and allied grad students gradqueers.org.ohio-state.edu FB: GradQueers gradqueers@osu.edu Jewish Queers and Allies Student and ally group osuhillel.org FB: Jewish Queers and Allies Lambda LGBT group within the Greek community @LambdaOSU Shades OSU Organization for LGBT students of color shadesosu.wordpress.com FB: Shades Buckeye Chapter shades.osu@gmail.com

Librarian Grace Nuth heads Newark Public Library’s LGBTQ book club, which formed in 2013. The group, which is open to all, chooses novels that impact its members’ lives.

Members meet on the last Thursday of every month at the Emerson Miller Library, 990 W Main St, in Newark.

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COMMUNITY CENTER Ohio University LGBT Center Educational and social events for students ohio.edu/lgbt FB: Ohio University LGBT Center @OULGBTcenter

lgbt@ohio.edu 354 Baker University Center Athens, Ohio 45701 740.593.0239 SUPPORT Ally OU student group meets weekly allyohiou.tumblr.com FB: Ally: Ohio University @ALLYOhioU 330.631.7388

OHIO UNIVERSITY ZANESVILLE

SUPPORT OU Zanesville/ Zane State College LGBTA Alliance Raising awareness and acceptance ohio.edu/zanesville/currentstudents/clubsandgroups.cfm FB: LGBTA Alliance (Zane State College and OU Zanesville) ekline@zanestate.edu whitea@ohio.edu

OWENS COMMUNITY COLLEGE

SOCIAL Owens Community College Gay Straight Alliance Student, employee and alumni group FB: Owens Gsa owensgaystraightalliance@gmail.com

OXFORD

SUPPORT Oxford Area PFLAG Parents, friends and families support group oxfordareapflag.org FB: Oxford Area PFLAG oxfordareapflag@gmail.com 513.523.8100

SANDUSKY

SUPPORT PFLAG Sandusky/Firelands Parents, friends and families support group FB: PFLAG Sandusky, Ohio PO Box 143 Sandusky, Ohio 44871 419.433.6755

SPRINGFIELD

CIVIL RIGHTS Equality Springfield Promoting broader awareness of LGBT issues equality-springfield.org FB: Equality Springfield president@equality-springfield.org PO Box 506 Springfield, Ohio 45501 Youth First-Springfield 14- to 21-year-olds meet weekly revmccormick@yahoo.com c/o Northminster Presbyterian Church 400 Villa Rd

Springfield, Ohio 45503 Springfield Area Youth Invested in Tolerance FB: Supporting Our Youth say_it_spfld@yahoo.com

TOLEDO

COMMUNITY CENTER Pride Center 419 Community gathering place FB: PRIDE Center 419 2413 Collingwood Blvd Toledo, Ohio 43620 CIVIL RIGHTS Equality Toledo Working to end anti-LGBT discrimination equalitytoledo.org FB: Equality Toledo @EqualityToledo info@equalitytoledo.org PO Box 2659 Toledo, Ohio 43606 419.407.6225 GAY MEN Men’s Information and Social Club Meets weekly for coffee, talk 419.475.4922 Toledo MPowerment Group for gay and bisexual men, 18-29 toledompowerment.arcohio.org FB: Toledo MPowerment @419Mpowerment matthewrodnicki@arcohio.org c/o ARC Ohio 3450 W Central Ave, Suite 210 Toledo, Ohio 43606 419.241.9444, x413 HEALTH/SAFETY Safe Schools Project Bullying prevention and awareness program equalitytoledo.org/projects.php c/o Equality Toledo PO Box 2659 Toledo, Ohio 43606 419.407.6225 HISTORY Steinem’s Sisters Feminist library and archive peoplecalledwomen.com/ steinems-sisters FB: Steinem’s Sisters pcwtoledo@yahoo.com 6060 Renaissance Pl, Suite F Toledo, Ohio 43623 419.469.8983 Toledo Area LGBT Historical Archives Preserving Toledo’s LGBT past FB: Toledo Area LGBT Historical Archives Lynnfan1@aol.com 419.470.3937 HIV/AIDS AIDS Resource Center Ohio HIV testing and prevention resources arcohio.org FB: AIDS Resource Center Ohio (ARC Ohio) @ARCOhioToledo

Toledo’s LGBT community invites you to Toledo Pride, Aug 28-30.

joeldiaz@arcohio.org 3450 W Central Ave, Suite 210 Toledo, Ohio 43606 419.241.9444 University of Toledo Medical Center Ryan White Program HIV/AIDS testing and services uthealth.utoledo.edu/ ryanwhiteprogram FB: UT Medical Center Ryan White Program 3120 Glendale Ave Ruppert Health Center Toledo, Ohio 43614 419.383.3741 LESBIAN Lavender Triangle Social group for women FB: Lavender Triangle Toledo People Called Women Feminist bookstore also hosts meetings, social events peoplecalledwomen.com FB: People Called Women pcwtoledo@yahoo.com 6060 Renaissance Pl, Suite F Toledo, Ohio 43623 419.469.8983 POLITICS Log Cabin Republicans LGBT Republican organization logcabin.org/chapter/ ohio-northwest @LogCabinGOP nwohio@logcabin.org PO Box 118050 Toledo, Ohio 43611 PRIDE Toledo Pride Coming Aug 28-30, 2015 toledopride.com FB: Toledo Pride @toledopride info@toledopride.com 2413 Collingwood Blvd Toledo, Ohio 43620 419.705.6748 SOCIAL Pink Pistols Part of the national queer gun/shooting club pinkpistols.org FB: Pink Pistols of Toledo firstspeaker@pinkpistols.org SPORTS/RECREATION Euchre Club of Toledo Mostly LGBT group meets Saturdays at Mojo FB: Euchre Club of Toledo c/o Mojo’s 115 N Erie St. Toledo, Ohio 43604 567.315.8333 SUPPORT PFLAG Toledo Parents, friends and families support group pflagtoledo.org FB: PFLAG Toledo info@PFLAGToledo.org 4623 Ottawa Trail Toledo, Ohio 43611 419.386.7830

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Toledo Rainbow Families Support group for LGBT parents FB: Toledo Rainbow Families 419.410.6111 TRANSGENDER Toledo Area Transgender Support Group Meets on the fourth Sunday of every month FB: TATS: Toledo Area Transgender Support c/o Pride Center 419 2413 Collingwood Blvd Toledo, Ohio 43620 419.619.6810 419.356.2654 419.699.4071 YOUTH/COLLEGE Harvey House of Northwest Ohio Effort to start LGBT youth shelter harveyhousenwo.com FB: Harvey House of Northwest Ohio harveyhousenwo@gmail.com Promise House Project started for LGBT homeless youth FB: The Promise House Project @PromiseHouseTol Rainbow Area Youth Weekly meetings for LGBT youth, 13-19 raytoledo.org toledoray012@gmail.com c/o Trinity Episcopal Church 316 Adams St Toledo, Ohio 43604 419.742.2362

Gay-Straight Law Alliance Law school group for students, staff, alumni FB: Akron Gay-Straight Law Alliance

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

COMMUNITY CENTER University of Cincinnati LGBTQ Center Promotes understanding, acceptance and awareness uc.edu/lgbtq FB: University of Cincinnati LGBTQ Center @UC_LGBTQCenter smiln@ucmail.uc.edu 565 Steger Student Life Center PO Box 210173 Cincinnati, Ohio 45220 513.556.4329 SOCIAL UC Colors of Pride Social, support group for queer people of color FB: Colors of Pride GenderBloc University of Cincinnati trans activist group genderbloc.tumblr.com FB: GenderBloc @GenderBloc UC Alliance University of Cincinnati LBGT and allies group FB: UC Alliance @Alliance_UC UCAllianceCincinnati@gmail.com

Toledo Rainbow Families Toledo Rainbow Families is a support group for LGBT parents and their children. The group organizes events aimed at building a network of people and giving kids the opportunity to form a support network with each other.

UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SOCIAL LGBT Union University of Akron LGBT student group uakronstudentlife.orgsync.com/ org/lgbtu FB: Akron LGBTU @LGBTU lgbtu@uakron.edu c/o Center for Service and Leadership 302 Buchtel Common Akron, Ohio 44325 330.826.1429

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SUPPORT Clark/Champaign County PFLAG Parents, friends and families support group urbanaareapflag.org FB: UrbanaAreaPflag info@urbanaareapflag.org 221 S Dugan Rd Urbana, Ohio 43078 937.653.4960

WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY

COMMUNITY CENTER GLBT & Ally Center for Diversity Open safe zone for students, faculty and staff wittenberg.edu 641 Faculty Court W Ward Street Springfield, Ohio 45503 937.327.9210 SOCIAL Wittenberg University Gay/Straight Alliance LGBT and ally student group FB: Wittenberg University Gay-Straight Alliance gsa-information@wittenberg.edu c/o GLBT & Ally Center For Diversity 641 Faculty Court W. Ward Street Springfield, Ohio 45503 937.327.9210

WOOSTER

SUPPORT PFLAG Wooster Parents, friends and families support group FB: Wooster Pflag woosterpflag@yahoo.com 3186 Burbank Rd Wooster, Ohio 44691 330.264.7396

WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY

Events include trips to parks, museums and other local attractions.

Young, Gay & Proud Group for men, ages 13-25 FB: YGP Toledo

URBANA

UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO

GAY MEN Delta Lambda Phi, Beta Omicron Chapter Fraternity for gay, bi and progressive men dlp.org/betaomicron FB: Delta Lambda Phi Beta Omicron Chapter SOCIAL Spectrum - University of Toledo Safe and inviting community for LGBTQA students FB: Spectrum UT @spectrumut 2801 W Bancroft St Toledo, Ohio 43606 419.530.7975

COMMUNITY CENTER Wright State University GLBTQA Resource Room For students, faculty, staff and alumni wright.edu/glbtqa FB: Wright State University G.L.B.T.Q.A. Resource Room rick.danals@wright.edu 016 Student Union 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy Dayton, Ohio 45435 937.775.5533 SOCIAL Wright State University Rainbow Alliance Education, social activities, outreach and advocacy orgsync.com/1357/chapter FB: Wright State University Rainbow Alliance @Rainbow Alliance rick.danals@wright.edu 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy 29D Student Union

Dayton, Ohio 45435 937.775.5565

mvstonewall.com FB: Mahoning Valley Stonewall Democrats’ Club mvstonewall@yahoo.com

SOCIAL Xavier University LGBTQ Alliance Welcomed, encouraged on the Catholic college campus xavier.edu/alliance FB: Xavier LGBTQ Alliance @xuLGBTQalliance yandell@xavier.edu

PRIDE Pride Youngstown Annual Pride festival takes place each June prideyoungstown.com FB: Youngstown Pride Festival info@prideyoungstown.org PO Box 2891 Youngstown, Ohio 44511 330.799.1240

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YOUNGSTOWN

COMMUNITY CENTER Pride Center of Greater Youngstown Educate and reduce prejudice and discrimination youngstownpridecenter.org FB: The Pride Center 1523 Poland Ave Youngstown, Ohio 44502 330.774.5718 GAY MEN Steel Valley Bears Youngstown-based bears and admirers svbears.org FB: Steel Valley Bears Mens Club @SteelValleyBear HEALTH/SAFETY Help Hotline Crisis Center 24-hour help and support helphotline.org FB: Help Hotline Crisis Center hhcc@helphotline.org Mahoning: 211 or 330.747.2696 Trumbull: 211 or 330.393.1565 Columbiana: 330.424.7767 or 1.800.427.3606 Ashtabula: 1.800.577.7849 TDD: 330.744.0579 Youngstown Health District STD Clinic Operates STD clinic on Tuesdays and Fridays ychd.com 345 Oak Hill Ave Youngstown, Ohio 44502 330.743.3333, x262 HIV/AIDS Compass Family & Community Services Mahoning Valley HIV/AIDS service provider compassfamily.org smiller@compassfamily.org 535 Marmion Ave Youngstown, Ohio 44502 330.782.5664 PERFORMANCE YOUnify Theatre Company Theater group for LGBT youth younifytheatre.org FB: YOUnify Theatre Company Kris@YOUnifytheatre.org 16 Wick Ave Youngstown, Ohio 44503

SOCIAL Youngstown Exiles Mahoning Valley’s leather/Levis club yexiles.com FB: Youngstown Exiles yexiles@yahoo.com SUPPORT PFLAG Youngstown Parents, friends and families support group youngstownpflag.org FB: Youngstown Area PFLAG youngstownareapflag@gmail.com 1239 Grant St SE Youngstown, Ohio 44483 330.747.2696 TRANSGENDER Jane Street Foundation Acceptance, love, support for trans* and queer people janestfoundation.org FB: Jane Street Foundation @JaneStreetFDN info@janestfoundation.org 2470 Eastbrook Rd New Castle, PA 16105 724.510.7354 Trans Valley Meets on the third Monday every month transfamily.org/other-ne-ohio-

groups/trans-valley FB: Mahoning TransValley c/o Mahoning Valley Pride Center 1523 Poland Ave Youngstown, Ohio 44502 Yo Trans For trans* people in and around Youngstown FB: Yo Trans

YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY SOCIAL YSUnity Youngstown State University LGBT group ysunity.webs.com FB: YSUnity @ysunity YSUnity@gmail.com c/o YSU Student Activities 1 University Plaza Youngstown, Ohio 44555 330.941.3597

ZANE STATE COLLEGE SUPPORT OU Zanesville/ Zane State College LGBTA Alliance Raising awareness and acceptance ohio.edu/zanesville/currentstudents/clubsandgroups.cfm FB: LGBTA Alliance (Zane State College and OU Zanesville) ekline@zanestate.edu whitea@ohio.edu

GET LISTED! Have a resource that needs to be in our guide or have an update for a current listing? Send to Bob: bvitale@outlookmedia.com.

YSUnity Youngstown For Coming Out Week last fall, Youngstown State University’s LGBTQIA student group gave people the chance to literally come out - of a big closet door.

YSUnity hosts a diversity prom, an LGBT informational fair, social and educational events.

It calls itself the most active non-Greek group on campus, but its work extends into the Youngstown community as well.

YSUnity is an active partner in Youngstown Pride and at the Youngstown Pride Center.

POLITICS Mahoning Valley Stonewall Democrats LGBT Democrats

Thank you to all the organizations that do so much for our community.

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UNITED WE STAND Why Black Lives Matter to LGBT Americans

by James Blackmon

As I write this on Independence Day weekend, America finds itself recovering from the aftermath of two landmark Supreme Court decisions and a horrible tragedy in a South Carolina church that has facilitated an end to a 154-year-old tradition across the South.

On the evening of June 17, Dylann Roof shot and killed nine worshippers at a prayer meeting at the historic Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC. The murders followed suspicious killings of unarmed black children and men at the hands of police, including 2014 fatal shootings in a Walmart in Beavercreek and at a public park in Cleveland.

In most of these cases - including Beavercreek - police involved were either never indicted or found not guilty, resulting in a feeling among many black Americans that our lives don’t matter.

(Cleveland prosecutors are still reviewing evidence.)

As a black American born in the late

1960s in the South, I understand this feeling all too well. But as a gay American who has had to endure years of religious and political anti-gay rhetoric and legislation, I, like so many other LGBT Americans, feel that our lives don’t matter, either.

It occurred to me that this church shooting is not just about being black. It’s about being hated. It’s about generations of cultural and institutional discrimination. It’s about ignorance and arrogance and living in a country that historically refuses to honor and protect ALL of its citizens unless forced to do so.

Then on June 26, the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage bans were unconstitutional, marriage equality came to all 50 states. We won! Unbelievable!

I was so happy, and I wanted to celebrate the ruling in my column somehow. But immediately after the decision was announced, the fallout began. Rightwing politicians denounced the ruling as judicial tyranny and an attack on states’ rights. Several clerks quit their jobs, and some counties stopped issuing marriage licenses altogether.

United, we will stand.

Divided, we don’t just fall.

We fail.

That makes incidents like this church shooting an LGBT problem, too. If nine LGBT Americans had been targeted and murdered at an MCC or other affirming church, or at a Pride festival, in a gay bar, or in one of our communities like West Hollywood or Boystown or even the Short North, would anybody have even cared?

So I was all set to write about how we as LGBT Americans should be just as affected and outraged by this hate

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crime as if we were members of the Emmanuel AME Church. After all, hate is hate. And wrapped in the armor of biblical ignorance, there are people out there who’d feel justified by God to kill us just because of who we are, too.

Although most of that initial outrage has subsided, truth is, feelings and attitudes cannot be legislated. It’s been 154 years since the Confederate flag was created, and it’s taken just as long for that symbol of oppression and discrimination to finally be removed from statehouses across the South.

And although black Americans have been free for 150 years and Jim Crow ended 50 years ago, we’re still so hated and devalued in this country that a 21year-old white racist felt empowered enough to murder nine black parishioners at church.

So I’m back where I started. LGBT Americans are just as hated and devalued.

Even more so to some, because we’re an “abomination to God.” So why should white, non-religious LGBT folk care about this church shooting?

Because until we all are free, we are none of us free. Have you seen the 2014 UK comedy, Pride? It’s based on a true story about gay activists working to help miners during a strike in 1984. It’s a wonderful film about solidarity and unity in the face of unfair treatment.

It suggests that we have far more in common than not, if we only care to look.

No movement has ever been successful without allies. We need each other if we are ever going to achieve true equality in America.

United, we will stand. Divided, we don’t just fall. We fail.

James Blackmon is musician, actor, director and former owner of James Club 88 in Columbus. You can follow him on Twitter at @MrJamesBlackmon. James’ next column will run in Outlook in October.

A state lawmaker has introduced a resolution urging Ohio businesses to stop selling Confederate flags.

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The Busy Life of MICHAEL GLATZE ‘Ex’-Gay Activist Says He’s Sorry But Keeps Causing Harm

by Mickey Weems

Are there limits to forgiveness?

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lowed because it could promote personal growth.

In recent years, Glatze has mellowed somewhat. But as late as February 2014, he gave an interview with an antiGay counselor that showed he was not yet done with hate speech:

I Am Michael is the story of an LGBT activist who betrayed his own. Michael Glatze was a champion of LGBT rights.

He worked on two magazines, XY and GYA, specifically for LGBT youth. He railed against homophobic Christians, but “I looked squarely at homosexuality, and eventually God then he had a health issue that inspired him to run drew me to the awareness that homosexual activity was a straightaway into a stained-glass closet. sin. It was at that point of awareness that I wrote, ‘Homosexuality is death, and I choose life.’”

According to Glatze, however, there was no closet in which he needed to hide. Being Gay, he said, was a false identity. But then he changed his mind again. That same month, He went to bible school in a Godforsaken corner of Glatze issued a public apology to the LGBT community: Wyoming and found a woman who was willing to marry him.

“I want to say that I am sorry for the way that Jesus has been represented through some of my actions in recent That was not all. Glatze, at 32 (he’s now 40), became the years, as ‘a hateful bigot who hates gays.’ That is not the very thing he had warned Gay youth about. He cautioned heart of the Lord Jesus Christ. ... I am personally sorry for kids not to fall into the trap of homosexuality, and he used the pain that any of my words, or actions, may have Jesus as a shield while he threw stones at the people he caused any of you.” formerly championed.

Spouting shabby theology, then that same month issuing But that doesn’t mean he’s a bad person. a piously worded apology for harm done, does not sound like an honest attempt to discover one’s true self, unless “He’s one of the nicest people you could meet,” said Lau- one’s true self is a devout asshole who craves the media ren Selig, executive producer of I Am Michael. “He’s just spotlight. searching for who he is. He’s not out to hurt anybody.”

Just before I Am Michael premiered, Michael and Rebekah Zachary Quinto, the out actor who plays Glatze’s boyfriend Glatze were interviewed by Gay blogger Openly Jake. “If in the film, said, “It’s an authentic path that he’s on.” there are amends to be made, [I will] make those amends.

And yet not offend anyone as much as possible on either I Am Michael, which premiered at the Sundance Film Fes- side.” tival in January, features a star-studded cast and a threesome between Quinto, James Franco (who plays Glatze) This recent, more moderate, version of Michael Glatze does and Charlie Carver. Gay men across America have seen not sound like an asshole, devout or otherwise. Neverthethe film for that scene alone, which Carver described as less, he does indeed have amends to make. He should “hot as hell.” begin by offending all kinds of people on the other side, by stating the obvious: It is un-Christlike to say that one canThe film was produced with a strong sense of integrity and not be Christian and Gay. unblinking honesty. Selig, Franco and writer-director Justin Kelly take pains not to mythologize its protagonist. Glatze’s Are there limits to forgiveness? There need not be. But story is messy, and I Am Michael aims to show it that way, there are limits to how much bullshit we should take from making him neither villain nor hero, just a man trying to anyone. find his true self.

Even the nicest guy you could meet.

Nevertheless, Glatze caused tremendous damage to our Mickey Weems is a writer, educator and creator of community on his way to self-discovery. He spoke against us over the years since his re-closeting, then he presented the Qualia Encyclopedia of Gay Folklife. You can follow him at mickeyweems.com or qualiafolk.com, or himself as a martyr being persecuted by hateful Gays. He email him at mickeyweems@yahoo.com. His next was quoted as saying that anti-Gay bullying should be alcolumn will run in Outlook in October.

We’re on the lookout for Ohio screenings of I Am Michael.

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Support Systems Disappear for Transgender People

by Brynn Tannehill

I was doing my annual company-required, computer-based training on suicide-prevention today. The slideshow had a list of “Suicide Protective Factors” listed, and I realized something about it.

These “preventative factors” are rarely available to transgender people. Here’s the list and my own perspective on why transgender people rarely have these safety nets in place.

Optimism About Your Future When you’re dealing with gender issues, it’s tough to see a happy ending. If you do nothing, you’re still stuck unless you can go back to a state of denial and cognitive dissonance.

If you move forward, you risk losing everything: your job, family, friends, children, spouse, savings and potentially ever having any sort of romantic relationship ever again.

And even then, you still might now be passable and have to live with the labels that accompany it. Where do you go from there?

Strong Social Support From Family, Friends and Co-Workers When you come out, even those closest to you often run for the hills. Co-workers? About the best you can hope for is awkward silence.

I’m one of the lucky ones; my wife actually stuck around, even though I wasn’t sure if she would. Socially, there’s usually very little support out there for us, even from people who we were closest to before.

Belief That Your Life Has Purpose and Meaning The vast majority of religions regard being transgender and dealing with it some way other than complete repression and denial as outlookohio.com

a one-way ticket to hell. Typically, “life has a meaning” implies some cosmic import, a bigger plan or purpose than simply being an ape with opposable thumbs. Escaping traditional theology is hard since most people are wired for it, and society rewards being within the mainstream.

Finding a religious group or congregation that actively embraces you, regardless of how you identify your gender, is difficult. Es-

In my case, it’s a 50-minute drive to go see the friends I have who are working on transitioning or have transitioned. Our interaction tends to be web-based, since doing it in person is difficult.

Willingness to Seek Help/ Willingness to Talk Seeking help might ultimately be good for you, but it is very hard to do.

Very little within our culture encourages closeted transgender people to get help. Not our religion, not our families, our work or our friends.

caping the browbeating of traditional religions via agnosticism or atheism may be the simplest solution, but it also precludes a belief in a higher meaning or purpose.

Feeling Like You Belong to a Group Another tough one. There are so few transgender people out there that you might only find two dozen or so even in a good-sized city.

Even when you do locate these people, finding enough commonality amongst yourselves besides GID to form a social group is difficult. Mix in other groups that don’t really experiene GID (cross dressers, drag queens, etc) and it becomes even more difficult to sift out who is there for you socially.

First off, admitting to another person you are transgender has a social stigma equivalent to admitting you are a 35year-old bed-wetter. Just by admitting your problem, you lose a lot of the mental stability you enjoyed by being in a state of denial, so there is an immediate consequence to your willingness to talk.

Seeking help from family and friends is difficult, because even if they are sympathetic and supportive, they usually have a lack of familiarity with GID-related issues. Even finding a therapist with experience in the field can be an adventure.

Effective Coping and Problem-Solving Skills Typically, for someone who is well past their college years (as I am), the most consistent

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and effective coping skills you have developed in life are denial and cognitive dissonance. These habits are hard to break and very much a case of: when you look into the abyss, the abyss looks into you.

Cultural Norms That Encourage People to Seek Help Very little within our culture encourages closeted transgender people to get help. Not our religion, our families, our work or our friends.

The most common perception is that if we seek help, it is done for selfish reasons.

“Can’t you just pretend to be normal for the sake of your wife/kids/family/immortal soul?”

Most people in our lives would be much happier if we stayed safely locked in the closet.

Once we’re out to someone - even pre-transition - their perceptions are irreparably altered, and very rarely for the better.

All of this tells me exactly why I typically see studies asserting that more than 40 percent of all transgender people attempt suicide.

It’s a highwire act with no net, and someone greased the trapeze.

Need help? Visit The Trevor Project at therevorproject.org or call 1.866.488.7386.

You can also call 1.800.273.8255 for the suicidepreventionlifeline.org. In this month’s Outlook, transgender support and social groups are listed under their home cities.

Brynn Tannehill is a former naval aviator and Ohio resident who now lives in Virgina. She writes for The Bilerico Project, The Huffington Post and The Good Men Project. Find her on Twitter at @BrynnTannehill. Her next column will appear in Outlook in October.

The young trans people pictured above have committed suicide over the last eight months.

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by Brooke Cartus

YAY, MARRIAGE EQUALITY! YAY, EQUAL RIGHTS! YAY, NOTORIOUS RBG! This last month, the LGBTQ community has been all atwitter - and I don’t mean social media. Couples are getting engaged and married left and right! Media-sponsored weddings and celebrations are front-page news, and discussions about the next steps for LGBTQ advocacy are inspiring new unified fronts on issues like trans civil rights, queer youth homelessness and LGBT anti-discrimination legislation.

But what is a commitmentphobe to do?

Solution #1: Go Back to Dating People of the Opposite Sex

Straight couples have been cohabitating for years without getting married. Sure, they have some pressure from family to tie the knot, but nowhere near the amount of pressure that long-term gay couples are feeling right now.

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Sure, the US finally has marriage equality.

Yeah, we have a long way to go to achieve full equality for so many in the LGBTQ spectrum.

But as we celebrate our country’s progress, it’s important and sobering to remember that in many countries, homosexuality is still illegal.

Remember that girl you tried to make it with in high school but just couldn’t be- Want to avoid gay marriage? MOVE ANYcause you’re super gay? Give her a call!

WHERE THAT DOESN’T ALLOW HOMOSEXUALShe probably is recently divorced from her ITY. Mauritania, Sudan, Iran, Saudi Arabia and college sweetheart anyway and doesn’t Yemen punish with the death penalty. So rewant to get married ever member as we fight for more again. Problem solved. civil rights under our American government, that we have made Solution #2: more progress than so Move to many other countries.

Canada

Maybe you just aren’t a huge fan of marriage in general. Maybe you’ve had a bad experience being married in the past to someone else, or maybe you just want to date someone without having a conversaAll the conservative tion about marriage on the third date. (If you’re a lesbian, that third option is impos- blowhards threatened to move to Canada to avoid marriage equality. Turns out the sible so don’t even try it.) joke is on them! Canada has had marriage equality for 10 YEARS! So if you are getting skittish and cannot avoid the ever-looming topic of white pantsuits and same-sex cake toppers from It’s old news in Canada, so no one will try to force you down the aisle. In fact, no one Etsy, let me give you some easy tips for will force you to do anything, because avoiding the marriage equality train as it Canadians are a laid back folk. passes the bedazzled and flower-embroidered station.

Plus, you could really get your maple You know where marriage has been old hat syrup game on point for brunch parties. for a while now? STRAIGHT RELATIONSHIPS. Think of all the perks.

You have a chance to really make your mom (and let’s face it... my mom) happy with this solution.

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Solution #3: Move to Any One of the Dozens of Countries Where Homosexuality is Illegal

OK, sorry. That got a little dark for a minute. Back to the humor.

Ummmm. Nevermind.

YAY MARRIAGE EQUALITY! OK, so some of these were jokes. Let’s face it, they all were.

I have to say that I am genuinely thrilled for so many couples who were denied the fundamental right of marriage who now have the right to pursue their dream.

This opens the door for so many more issues that the LGBTQ community has ignored to fight for marriage. We’ve funneled billions of dollars into campaigning, from grassroots movements to giant lobbying groups. And democracy worked, which is a really awesome feeling.

Hopefully we can continue to use this momentum for myriad other crucial causes the community faces.

Solution #4: Become a Feminist

That being said, I really can’t handle getting another Save the Date in the mail. Here’s to all the couples who didn’t invite me: I’m a loud, raucous wedding guest who will probably hit on the officiant.

Feminism and the LGBTQ rights movement have been overlapping for decades, now’s the time to say: DOWN WITH THE PATRIARCHY!

What can I say? I have a type.

Marriage is an arcane rite used by men to sell their daughters for livestock! Remember what a dowry is? Yeah! I don’t want to be part of the system constantly oppressing women!

Oh, wait? I get a federal tax break if I get married?

Brooke Cartus is a Chapstick lesbian who graduated from law school at Ohio State University this summer. To hear about the latest in LGBT news, diet tips and fashion trends involving cargo shorts, check out her blog, Size L for Lady, at brookecartus.com/category/blog. Brooke’s next Outlook column will run in October.

Don’t worry Wall Street or Bossy Grrl, you’re not the bar Brooke is trying to pass.

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REMEMBERING THE GAMES Cleveland, Akron Events Celebrate GG9 Anniversary It isn’t the $38.8 million people spent on hotel rooms and taxis and T-shirts and cocktails that has them smiling still in Cleveland and Akron.

It isn’t the fact that the smallest market ever to host the international Gay Games turned the biggest profit and used the money to help LGBT groups in both cities.

It’s comments like this, left on the Games’ Facebook page after everyone went home from the eight-day event in August 2014, that are keeping the torch lit in Northeast Ohio: All the people in Cleveland and Akron have been great!

Cleveland, I’m way in like with you. One more visit and it might be love. Thank you!

Cleveland is a city with arms always wide open.

Events this month in both cities will rekindle the Gay Games magic.

Flair Fest

Two days of events in Akron are scheduled as part of Flair Fest, billed as an LGBT festival to celebrate and commemorate the Games. The festival is on Main Street, Downtown, with food, vendors and more from 11a-6p. Other activities include: • Golf and cocktails mix at Links and Drinks, an afternoon event on Friday, Aug 14. It’s sponsored by the Akron/Summit Convention and Visitors Bureau. 1p-6p @ Mud Run Golf Course & Driving Range, 2000 S Hawkins Ave, Akron, 44314; $40 ($160 for a foursome, and $25 for just the cocktail party).

• Self-described as the world’s best ABBA tribute band, outlookohio.com

ABBAmania will perform a free show on Friday, Aug 14. 7p @ Lock 3, 200 S Main St, Akron, 44308.

• The Summit Pride Ride 10K, scheduled for Saturday, Aug 15, is a bike ride from Lock 3 to the Akron zoo and back. It benefits CANAPI, the LGBT community group and HIV/AIDS services provider. There will be contests for best-decorated bike and the best animal costume. 10a @ Lock 3, 200 S Main St, Akron, 44308; $20 registration online (visit FB: Akron Flair Fest for a link) or call 330.252.1559. The deadline to register is Friday, Aug 7.

• Platinum pop and dance artist Taylor Dayne will perform on Saturday, Aug 15. Opening acts are Glee alum Alex Newell, who performed at the Gay Games opening ceremonies last year at Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena, and Akron-born singer/songwriter Rachel Roberts. 6:30p @ Lock 3, 200 S Main St, Akron, 44308; $10 tickets available only at the gate.

Game Change Conference

The professional development conference that began last year is back on Thursday, Aug 13, with sessions about safe schools, becoming an LGBTQ ally, anti-discrimination laws, sexual and gender minorities, workplace inclusion, and more. 8a-4p @ the University of Akron Student Union, 303 Carroll St, Akron, 44325; $30. Visit canapi.org for more info.

Cleveland Cruise

Another favorite from the 2014 Games is back for an encore. The LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland and the Horseshoe Casino will host a Lake Erie Skyline Cruise on Friday, Aug 14. There’s also an after-party at the casino.

9p-midnight @ East 9th Street Pier, 825 E 9th St, Cleveland, 44114; $30. Visit lgbtcleveland.org to reserve tickets.

Cleveland, we’re in like with you, too.

Cleveland Pride 2.0 Set for Aug 8 Cleveland Pride, a casualty of one of the wettest Junes on record, has been rescheduled for Saturday, Aug 8 at Voinovich Park.

Fundraising efforts by community groups and on GoFundMe are aimed at making up a $30,000 shortfall. Organizers say insurance hasn’t reimbursed all the costs of the event that was canceled in late June.

But the consensus in Cleveland: This is too historic a year not to celebrate.

The parade is back on - it’s scheduled for noon on Aug 8 - and will follow the same route from Superior Avenue and W 3rd Street to W Lakeside Avenue to E 9th Street to Voinovich Park.

The festival will take place from noon-8p.

Belinda Carlisle, who was scheduled as the headliner for June 27, won’t be performing on Aug 8.

Storms that day made conditions unsafe for the parade and festival, but Pride Board President Todd Saporito said organizers began working immediately to reschedule. Party on the Edge, a charity event that had been scheduled for Aug 9, canceled so Pride could take the weekend. august 2015

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by Romeo San Vicente

Straight (?) From the ’80s: It’s a Sequel for ‘Top Gun’

Trans Filmmaker Debuts With Lesbian Musical, ‘Alto’

Remember back in the day when everybody was like, “Oh, Tom Cruise is gay,” but then it turned out he was just weirdly sci-fi religious?

There are times when it seems as if you can count the number of trans filmmakers on one hand, and that’s not really an exaggeration.

So when a new trans director pops up with finished product ready to screen for an audience, that’s news.

Photo: Larry D. Moore Welcome, then, Alto, the debut feature from Mikki del Monico, which recently had its premiere at San Francisco’s Frameline, the venerable international LGBTQ film festival.

He might not be gay, but he did star in one of the strangest, gayest films of the 1980s. It was a rightwing, Reaganesque military fantasy that was somehow dunked ride-my-tail-anytime-first in the deep end of homoerotic signifiers. That’s right, we’re talking about Top Gun, the queerest cultural object of its decade, this side of Torch Song Trilogy.

(If you don’t believe me, watch for yourself. It’s currently cycling through Netflix.)

Well, guess what? Maverick is coming back to the shirtless beach volleyball court of public adoration in what is right now known as Top Gun 2.

David Ellison, CEO of the production company Skydance, revealed at a recent press junket that a shooting script is in development and that Cruise is interested. Which means it might not happen at all.

Or it might be ready for Christmas 2016. Or 2019. We don’t know.

But we do believe in the lesbian superpower of Kelly McGillis, and that alone, in a perfect world, would make it so.

Katy Perry as Cher Horowitz?

‘Clueless’ Musical Possible When Cher Horowitz leaves Beverly Hills, her next logical stop is, of course, Broadway.

And it will be that next stop if Clueless director Amy Heckerling has her way. Heckerling has been kicking around the idea of a Clueless musical for a while. She already has written the book for it and is currently pushing even harder for a Broadway stage adaptation (of the film that she already adapted from Jane Austen’s Emma).

The director envisions the musical as a jukebox project - we’re guessing with period ’90s pop nuggets - rather than one with original songs. And since the critically acclaimed comedy has aged very well over the last 20 years (yep, you are totally old now), there’s no reason why this thing couldn’t be a monster hit.

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Nothing’s official at all, but Katy Perry is reportedly interested in taking part. This casting move would, of course, make Cher a 30-year-old high school student, but the 90210 zip code already has seen a few of those kicking around its pop-culture campuses. So, why not?

Top Gun, no. Clueless, yes.

Starring Diana DeGarmo (American Idol Season 3, whose musical theater career has kept her busy ever since), Alto is a lesbian rom-com musical set in the world of organized crime. And no, that’s not a typo.

The shoestring budget indie will be making the film festival rounds as the months roll on. Keep your eyes peeled for this one.

All-Star Cast of ‘Genius’ Will Generate Oscar Buzz You might not recognize the name A. Scott Berg, but he’s a gay writer who’s won both a Pulitzer and the National Book Award.

He’s also responsible for the story that became Barry Sandler’s screenplay for the classic gay drama Making Love. Now his 1978 biography, Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, about the literary editor of novelists Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe, is a film.

The directorial debut of English actor Michael Grandage, Genius boasts a script by John Logan (The Aviator, who’s also co-producing alongside Berg) and an awards-season-ready cast.

Colin Firth plays Perkins, and the film co-stars Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Guy Pearce, Dominic West and Laura Linney. In other words, it’s the kind of period picture you’ll see over Christmas, place bets on during the Oscar telecast, spend time wishing you could live in the vintage clothes the actors are sporting, and feel smarter for having seen it.

It’s called Genius, after all.

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I had no one to talk to about my feelings of being gay at 10 years old. I was 20-something when I came out to my mom. I think moms always know.

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A Different Country Ty Herndon Wants LGBT Kids to Feel as Loved as He Has

by Gregg Shapiro Country singer Ty Herndon, who began topping the country music charts nearly 20 years ago, came out publicly as a gay man a week before Thanksgiving in 2014. That’s something for which country music fans, gay and straight, can be thankful.

A country chart-topper in the 1990s, Herndon’s hits include “What Matters Most,” “Living in a Moment,” “It Must Be Love” and “Loved Too Much.” Now an out and proud gay man of 53 with a partner of five years named Matty, Herndon is one of the LGBT artists in Nashville working to make the country music capital a safe and productive place for queer musicians and queer followers of the genre.

Herndon will perform in Columbus on Monday, Aug 17 as the headliner for the opening ceremonies of the 2015 Gay Softball World Series. (See Page 12 for more.)

Gregg Shapiro: Your coming-out story ran on People.com, and you were discussed on CBS’s The Talk, CNN and interviewed on Entertainment Tonight. How has the experience been?

Ty Herndon: I feel so incredibly blessed. I have struggled with being gay my entire career and life. Of course, I’ve had so much support from my friends and close family that supported me, that knew I was gay. But it’s been so freeing for the fans to know, the fans in country music, especially. They have really been supportive and awesome. ...

artists, such as Brandy Clark or Chely Wright, before making your decision to come out?

TH: Chely Wright and I have been friends for many years.

Our paths are so similar in country music. We went to great lengths to hide the fact that we were gay. Five or so years ago when Chely came out, I was so incredibly blown away by her bravery and courage.

About six months later, we started talking about it. I didn’t want her to be alone out there. It took a while for me to get my courage up, just to wrap my brain around it.

I was really fearful about being able to continue working and doing my job, working 200 tour dates a year.

That was my main fear. If I don’t get to continue to do my job that I love, my passion, I don’t know what I’d do.

Through Chely, I was able to get educated about all of the fans out there and the new landscape of what my life would be like. I became very comfortable with the fact that I wasn’t going to let who I authentically am stop me from making the music I love. God gave me great courage, and Chely was my Godsister through all of it, and we did it together.

It’s blown my mind, to be honest with you. I feel extremely happy. And I feel extremely excited about the future, because, really, at the end of the day I just want to be authentic and continue to make great music. That’s what I was what put on this planet to do.

That’s my gift. I’m singing better than I ever have.

GS: Billy Gilman, who also came out on Nov 20, credits you for helping him with the coming-out process. What does that mean to you?

TH: I have known Billy since he was 12. We were on the same record label, Epic/Sony. I had had a few hit records when they signed Billy. He has been like a kid brother over the years. We had lost contact, and all of a sudden he’s 26 years old.

GS: Did you consult with other out country

Last year, he reached out to me, and we

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started talking about his sexuality. I began mentoring him a small amount because I was also mentoring myself - actually Chely was mentoring me. I was trying to pay

it forward. It’s a big decision to take that step. I was really happy he chose to do that two hours after I did.

That we could take this journey together and be a support system is pretty awesome. Between Billy and Chely and me, who knows, maybe we’ll do us a little world tour next year.

GS: That would be great. Do you see this as a potential domino effect or more of an anomaly in country music and Nashville?

TH: I think country music’s growing up.

Nashville, in general, is growing up a lot now. Country is so big now, they’re on the world stage. If you’re going to be on the world stage, you have to be able to have a different mentality. I credit Nashville a lot now. They’re moving forward at a great pace.

I know one of the things I would love to see happen, and Chely would too, is starting a better coalition here in Nashville of affirmative hearts so we can get an LGBT center open, that we can see Pride and GLSEN come to town.

All of these kids in these Southern states that we’re surrounded by in Nashville, when

Ty Herndon will sing at Columbus Commons on Monday, Aug 17.

they’re kicked out of their homes and the churches, ... [need] a place to go, [so] that suicide is not an alternative, that they know that they can come and find love and acceptance.

GS: You mentioned people being kicked out of their homes and churches. How much influence did your religious background have in the process?

TH: I grew up in a great church, with a lot of affirming people. I never had to worry about being kicked out of anything. I grew up in bluegrass and gospel and country music. I had this amazing grandmother who had her own radio show on WPRN in Alabama. I have these strong women in my family. My grandmother was broadcasting live from the senior citizens’ center at 90 years old, talking about controversial things. She was awesome. You didn’t mess with Grandma Myrtle.

But I had no one to talk to about my feelings of being gay at 10 years old. I was 20-something when I came out to my mom. I think moms always know. My mother was more concerned about the profession I had chosen to be in. Her main concern was that I live an authentic, good life and that I was healthy.

Of course, I went down some roads and that was not the case. She was right to worry about that. But to answer your question, I grew up with a very loving God in my life, and that’s something I want to pass on to these kids that don’t have that.

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Doin’ It and Doin’ It and Doin’ It Well You might have seen a few magazines publishing sex issues lately, and perhaps you’ve taken a sex survey recently yourself.

But as you can imagine, an LGBT sex survey, while touching on some of the same questions as more mainstream publications, is in a league of its own.

As a community, it seems we’re more comfortable with our sexuality. Or maybe it’s because people like Pat Robertson are constantly talking about it?

Do us a favor and visit outlookcolumbus.com to take our survey. Or fill out the survey below and mail it to us at: Outlook Ohio 815 N High St, Suite G Columbus, Ohio 43215 We’ll publish the results in our sex issue - it’ll be a good one, we promise - in October.

Age ________

What city do you live in? ____________________________ I identify my gender as: (check all that apply) ___ Female ___ Male ___ Agender ___ Androgynous ___ Bigender ___ Cis man ___ Cis woman ___ Genderfluid ___ Genderqueer ___ Gender non-conforming ___ Intersex ___ Non-binary ___ Pangender ___ Transfeminine ___ Transgender ___ Transmasculine 48

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___ Transsexual ___ Trans man ___ Trans woman ___ Two spirit ___ Other/fill in the blank _____________________

I identify my sexual orientation as: (check all that apply) ___ Lesbian ___ Gay ___ Bisexual ___ Asexual ___ Straight ___ Heteroflexible ___ Homoflexible ___ Pansexual ___ Queer ___ Questioning ___ Other/fill in the blank _____________________ Relationship status: (check all that apply) ___ Single ___ In a relationship ___ Married ___ Divorced ___ Separated ___ Widowed ___ It’s complicated ___ Open relationship ___ In a civil union ___ In a domestic partnership ___ Engaged ___ Triad ___ Polyamorous ___ Other/fill in the blank _____________________ Fetishes/kinks in which you regularly participate: (check all that apply) ___ Asphyxiation ___ BDSM ___ Docking ___ Double penetration ___ Fisting ___ Glory holes ___ Leather ___ Nipple play ___ Orgies ___ Pegging

___ Piercings ___ Public sex ___ Puppy play ___ Role play ___ S&M ___ Scat ___ Sounding ___ Strap-on ___ Threesomes ___ Watersports ___ Other/fill in the blank _____________________

Fetishes/kinks you tried but did not like: (check all that apply) ___ Asphyxiation ___ BDSM ___ Docking ___ Double penetration ___ Fisting ___ Glory holes ___ Leather ___ Nipple play ___ Orgies ___ Pegging ___ Piercings ___ Public sex ___ Puppy play ___ Role play ___ S&M ___ Scat ___ Sounding ___ Strap-on ___ Threesomes ___ Watersports ___ Other/fill in the blank _____________________ Do you have a safe word?

Yes No If yes, what is it? _____________________

Dating/hook-up sites you use: (check all that apply) ___ Adam 4 Adam ___ Ashley Madison ___ Badoo ___ Bear 411 ___ Black People Meet ___ Black Planet ___ Chemistry.com

FYI: “Fill in the blank” is not a new kink.

___ Christian Mingle ___ Coffee Meets Bagel ___ Craigslist ___ Date Hookup ___ Dattch ___ Down ___ EHarmony ___ Facebook ___ GirlFriendsMeet.com ___ Grindr ___ Growlr ___ Her ___ HowAboutWe ___ JDate ___ Jacked ___ LinkedIn ___ Manhunt ___ Match.com ___ OKCupid ___ OurTime ___ Plenty of Fish ___ Pure ___ Scruff ___ Skout ___ Speed Date ___ Squirt ___ Tinder ___ Zoosk ___ Other/fill in the blank _____________________

If in a relationship, how long have you been with your current partner? __________ Are you monogamous?

Yes No

Do you believe monogamy is natural?

Yes No How you ever cheated on a partner? Yes No

Have you been cheated on by a partner? Yes No Have you ever been with someone who is cheating?

Yes No

Do you care if the person you are with is cheating on their partner? Yes No

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What constitutes cheating? (check all that apply) ___ Chatting online ___ Flirting online ___ Flirting in person ___ Platonic meetup ___ Cybersex/sexting ___ Masturbating ___ Kissing ___ Fondling ___ Oral sex ___ Anal penetration ___ Vaginal penetration ___ Partner doesn’t know ___ Even if partner knows

Do you think it’s worse for your partner to flirt with someone else in person or online? ___ In person ___ Online ___ Both equally bad ___ Neither is bad What do you consider “sex?” ___ Using hands ___ Oral sex ___ Anal sex ___ Vaginal sex ___ Getting naked ___ Mutual masturbation ___ Other/fill in the blank _____________________

How many sex partners have you had? ___ None (virgin) ___ 1 ___ 2-10 ___ 11-20 ___ 21-50 ___ 51-100 ___ 100+ ___ I lost count

How often do you masturbate? ___ Never ___ Not very often ___ Once a week ___ Once a day ___ A few times a day Have you been tested for STIs/HIV? Yes No

How often do you get tested? _____________________

What is your HIV status? + –– don’t know outlookohio.com

Have you ever been diagnosed with an STI? Yes No

Are you on PrEP? Yes No

If not, why? ___ Cost ___ Availability ___ Risks/Side Effects ___ Already HIV+ ___ Condoms work fine alone ___ Don’t like to take meds ___ Regimen ___ Don’t know what it is ___ Other/fill in the blank _____________________

What’s the weirdest thing someone’s asked you to do during sex?

____________________________ ____________________________ _______________________

Would you date someone who is in the closet?

Yes No

Is it more acceptable to engage in sexual relations with someone: ___ Who is married to someone of your gender? ___ Who is married to someone of your opposite gender? ___ Either ___ Neither is accetable Do you enjoy sex under the influence of drugs or alcohol?

Yes No If yes, check all that apply: ___ Alcohol ___ Cocaine ___ Crystal Meth ___ Ecstacy ___ GHB ___ Heroin ___ Marijuana ___ Poppers ___ Other/fill in the blank _____________________

At what time of the day are you most horny? ___ Morning ___ Midday ___ Night ___ All day, everyday

How old were you when you lost your virginity? _____

Have you ever broken up with someone because the sex was bad? Yes No We saved the best question for last, didn’t we?

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by HIV/AIDS say it best: “Camp Sunrise ... is a place where the worries of the world do not touch a little piece of heaven that we get to live in, even if only for a week.” Registration is closed for this year’s camp, but visit the website to see how you can help.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 Party in Plaid & Paisley @ Cincinnati Masonic Center, 317 E 5th St, Cincinnati, 45202; 513.761.1480; caracole.org: The cocktail party, dinner, dance and fashion show are an annual fundraiser for Caracole, the HIV/AIDS service organization serving Southwest Ohio. Wear plaid and/or paisley! 6:30p; $75.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 5 LGBT Cultural Competency & Business Development Seminar @ Negative Space Art Gallery, Asian Town Center, 3820 Superior Ave, Second Floor, Cleveland, 44114; 1.888.PLEXUS9; thinkplexus.org: Plexus, the LGBT Chamber of Commerce, will host a seminar for businesses interested in making themselves more inclusive for LGBT employees and customers. 3p-5p; $15 (free for members).

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 Bears in the Woods @ Freedom Valley Campground, 1875 US 250 S, New London, 44851; arktosbears.org: TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 Idina Menzel @ PNC Pavilion at Registration includes weekend campRiverbend Music Center, 6295 Kellogg ground access, meals and drinks, inCINCINNATI / SOUTHWEST Ave, Cincinnati, 45230; cluding beer. Activities include a Mr. 513.232.6220; riverbend.org: The Bear and Cub contest, a foam party, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 singer who made Maureen from Rent beer and wine tastings, and more.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2 and Elphaba from Wicked famous $135 registration.

Up at Bat: Warhol and Baseball @ will undoubtedly belt out “Let It Go” Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden from Disney’s Frozen. Sure, JUST when MONDAY, AUGUST 10 Park Dr, Cincinnati, 45202; you finally got it out of your head.

Akron Film+Pride Screening: Test 513.721.2787; cincinnatiartmuShe’s also performing in Columbus on @ the Nightlight Cinema, 30 S High seum.org: View the artwork of Pete Rose that the Cincinnati Art Museum Aug 19 and Cleveland on Aug 21. 8p; St, Akron, 44308; 330.252.1559; canapi.org: The LGBT film series concommissioned from Warhol in 1985. $24-$121.50. tinues with the 2013 drama about a 11a-5p. young dancer whose talent and deterSUNDAY, AUGUST 23 mination is tested onstage, as offHairspray @ Covedale Center for the Miss Queen City Pageant @ The Cabaret, 1122 Walnut St, Cincinnati, stage he confronts another kind of Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Ave, 45211; 513.202.4052; isqccbe.org: A test in the early days of the AIDS Cincinnati, 45238; 513.241.6550; cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com: lot of queens in the Queen City will be crisis. 7p; $10. aiming for this title. All proceeds from The musical adaptation of John WaTHURSDAY, AUGUST 13 ters’ cult classic film is presented by the pageant benefit the charities of the International Sovereign Queen I Am What I Am: Gays, Lesbians and Cincinnati Young People’s Theatre.

Saturday, 8p; Sunday, 2p and 7:30p; City Court of the Buckeye Empire. 7p. the American Musical @ Alma Theater, 14591 Superior Rd, Cleveland $12-$16.

Heights, 44118; 216.371.3000; musicaltheaterproject.org: This multiSATURDAY, AUGUST 1 media concert - first produced for the SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 2014 Gay Games - celebrates the Diversity in Baseball @ National Undeep bond between LGBT people and derground Railroad Freedom Center, musical theater with video clips, still 50 E Freedom Way, Cincinnati, 45202; images and live performances. 7p; 513.333.7739; freedom center.org: $30 ($28 in advance).

Baseball’s story is told through a lens where ethnic, gender and racial barriTHURSDAY, AUGUST 20 ers are broken down. 11a-5p$10Rainbow Reception @ Case Western $14.

Reserve University LGBT Center, CLEVELAND-AKRON / Tinkham Veale University Center, NORTHEAST SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 11038 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland, Suicide Is a Drag Fundraiser @ the 44106; 216.368.5428; case.edu/lgbt: SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 American Sign Museum, 1330 MonMIST Fundraiser @ Lake City Tavern, The LGBT Center hosts a welcomemouth St, Cincinnati, 45251; back reception. 4p-5:30p.

513.225.7877; afsp.donordrive.com: 786 Front St, Berea, 44017; northcoastsoftball.org: MIST is the Midwest The raffle and drag show, hosted by Invitational Softball Tournament, Plexus Network Night @ Merwin’s the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Greater Cincinnati and the scheduled in Cleveland for Sept 4-6. Wharf, 1785 Merwin Ave, Cleveland, American Foundation for Suicide Pre- Each drink purchased from MIST bar- 44113; 1.888.PLEXUS9; tenders will get players and their thinkplexus.org: The LGBT business vention, will raise money for suicide guests an entry into a raffle for a free group hosts its monthly social gatherprevention efforts in the LGBT comteam registration. 2p. ing on the Cuyahoga Riverfront. 6pmunity. 8p; $10 ($8 in advance).

8p; $10 (free for members).

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2 SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 Mr. & Miss Gay Black Ohio @ InterFRIDAY, AUGUST 21 SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 Idina Menzel @ Blossom Music Cen21st Annual Camp Sunrise @ Camp belt, 70 N Howard St, Akron, 44310; 330.253.5700; interbelt.com: Compe- ter, 1145 Steels Corners Rd, CuyaJoy, 10117 Old 3C Hwy, PO Box 157, tition is in five categories: interview, hoga Falls, 44223; 330.920.8040; Clarksville, 45113; 614.444.1683; presentation, sportswear/swimwear, theblossommusiccenter.com: The sunrisekids.org: The words of a participant in the camp for kids affected formalwear/evening gown and talent. singer who made Maureen from Rent 9:30p (registration starts at 1:30p). and Elphaba from Wicked famous

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will undoubtedly belt out “Let It Go” from Disney’s Frozen. Sure, JUST when you finally got it out of your head.

She’s also performing in Cincinnati on Aug 18 and Columbus on Aug 19.

8p; $33.50-$131.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22 2015 HRC Cleveland Dinner @ Cleveland Convention Center, 300 Lakeside Ave E, Cleveland, 44114; FB: Human Rights Campaign Cleveland: HRC’s annual black-tie gala raises money for the national civil-rights group’s work in Washington. 5p VIP reception, 6p reception and silent auction, 7p dinner and program; $225-$275.

Columbus Insight Center, 4161 N High St, Columbus, 43214; polycolumbus.org: PolyColumbus hosts a one-day workshop with topics such as the Joys of Polyamory, Building a Foundation, and Jealousy and Compersion. 9:30a-3p; $30.

Rugby 101 @ Scioto Audubon Metro Park, 400 W Whittier St, Columbus, 43215; columbuscoyotes.com: The Columbus Coyotes, part of the International Gay Rugby association, host an introduction to their sport for people interested in joining the team.

10:30a.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 Pride Night at the Clippers @ HuntThose Seven Little Words (I Love ington Park, 330 Huntington Park You So You’re Probably Gay) @ Near Lane, Columbus, 43215; West Theater, 6702 Detroit Ave, 614.268.8525, x1; outlookohio.com: Cleveland, 44102; 216.556.0590; Let’s try this again. Our first Pride ncmchorus.org: Cleveland native Night with the Columbus Clippers Greta Rothman’s autobiographical was rained out, so your tickets for musical is the story of a girl with an that game - and the pregame buffet uncanny knack of falling for gay men. are still good. If you can’t make it, Her performance benefits the North call Chris Hayes to get on a list of Coast Men’s Chorus. 8p (cocktails at people buying and selling tickets.

7p); $25.

4:30p (buffet), 6:05 (game); xxx.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 Cleveland Bears Annual Picnic @ Edgewater Park (upper level), Cleveland, 44102; clevelandbears.org: Hot dogs, burgers, buns and picnicware are provided; bring a dish to share, non-alcoholic beverages and chairs.

(Rain date is Sunday, Aug 30.) 1p-5p.

MONDAY, AUGUST 31 Saucy Jack & the Space Vixens @ 6200 Pearl Rd, Parma Heights, 44130; 216.621.0766, x2915; aidstaskforce.org: It’s a space-age murder mystery and a tale of crime-fighters who liberate the galaxy through the power of disco, glitter boots and fashion. The performance benefits the AIDS Task Force of Greater Cleveland. 8p; $25.

COLUMBUS / CENTRAL

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 Kaleidoscope Youth Center’s Backto-School Bar-B-Queer @ Jeffrey Park Shelter House, 165 N Parkview Ave, Bexley, 43209; 614.294.5437; kycohio.org: The center for LGBTQ young people celebrates the end of summer with food, music, prizes and more. There’s a shelter at the park, so the gathering will take place rain or shine. (RSVP via Facebook.) 4p-7p.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 Polyamory Plain & Simple @

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12 Network Columbus @ Phenix Banquet Center and Event Venue, 2101 Noe Bixby Rd, Columbus, 43232; FB: networkcolumbus: Outlook’s monthly casual business networking happy hour social geared for the LGBT and ally community. Free food and cash bar. Speakers at 7p. 6p-8p; free.

nahoe, Blanche, Betty Cracker, Flaggots Ohio, Demonica Hunter, Joe, Ashley O’Shea and Tula Tubesucker.

Saturday at 8p, Sunday at 7p; ticket info TBA. MONDAY, AUGUST 17 SATURDAY, AUGUST 22 2015 Gay Softball World Series @ locations Downtown, in the Brewery District and Short North. See Page 12 for a complete listing of events.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 Pride Night at the Clippers 2 – GSWS Edition with Billy Bean @ Huntington Park, 330 Huntington Park Lane, Columbus, 43215; 614.268.8525, x1; outlookohio.com: Why have one Pride Night at the Clippers when you can have two?! This time we are taking over left field, the picnic area and the left field bar! No buffet, just the game and 1,000 gays from out of town. 7:05p; $10.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19 Idina Menzel @ Palace Theatre, 34 W Broad St, Columbus, 43215; capa.com: The singer who made Maureen from Rent and Elphaba from Wicked famous will undoubtedly belt out “Let It Go” from Disney’s Frozen. Sure, JUST when you finally got it out of your head. She’s also performing in Cincinnati on Aug 18 and Cleveland on Aug 21. 8p; $47.50$125.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 21 Screen on the Green: Wizard of Oz @ Goodale Park, 120 W Goodale St, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14 Columbus, 43215; 614.228.2912; SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 Virginia West’s Greatest Show on shortnorthcivic.org: If the entire audiEarth @ Axis, 775 N High St, Colum- ence doesn’t join Judy for “Over the bus, 43215; 614.291.4008; Rainbow, we will be disappointed. axisonhigh.com: January 2014 OutThe Short North Civic Association’s look covergirl Virginia West invites you free outdoor movie series takes place into the wild and mysterious world of on a 30-foot screen. Bring blankets or the circus sideshow. Performers for lawn chairs; there will be food trucks her extravaganza include Nina West, at the park. 8p.

Krystal Something Something, Freesia Balls, Candi Panties, Jamz Dean and SATURDAY, AUGUST 22 more. Aug 14, 15, 23, 28 and 30 at Pop Goes the Retro @ Club Diver8p, as well as Saturday, Aug 29 at 5p sity, 863 S High St, Columbus, 43206; and 9p; $12-$15, or $60-$75 for ta- 614.224.4050; FB: Club Diversity: bles.

Steve Salyer hosts a show that promises “music, memories and mayhem.” 9p, with cocktails at 8p.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 LGBTQ Hiking Club Outing @ John Bryan State Park, 3790 State Route SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 370, Yellow Springs, 45387; Ohio State University Student In614.930.2265; volvement Fair @ OSU Oval, Columstonewallcolumbus.org/hikingclub: bus, 43210; 614.292.7924; Stonewall Columbus schedules hikes ohiounion.osu.edu: During OSU’s welevery month on trails that accommo- come week, more than 700 student date all levels of fitness. 10:30a. organizations and academic departments will be on hand to introduce themselves to students. There are SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 more than a dozen LGBTQ student SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 Mary Ann Brandt’s Back to School groups on campus. 5p-8p.

Special: Vocabulary @ Wall Street, 144 N Wall St, Columbus, 43215; TUESDAY, AUGUST 25 614.464.2800; FB: Wall Street Night LGBTQ Welcome Back Mix & Mingle Club: Mary Ann’s annual show in@ the Ohio State University Multiculcludes performances by Andrea Betural Center, Ohio Union Suite 1000,

See Page 41 for details about Cleveland Pride and Gay Games anniversary events.

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1739 N High St, Columbus, 43210; 614-688-8449; mcc.osu.edu: New and returning OSU students can meet each other, as well as some of the queer and queer-friendly groups on campus and in Columbus. 4p-6p.

tering, 45429; 937.296.3300; fraze.com: Your favorite gay saxophonist, Dave Koz, will play an outdoor show with special guests Kenny Lattimore, Euge Groove and Peter White. 7p; $30-$130.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 27 Julie Goldman Live in Columbus @ Wall Street, 144 N Wall St, Columbus, 43215; 614.464.2800; FB: Wall Street Night Club: You know her from Logo’s Big Gay Sketch Show and her new BRAVO show, The Couch. The lesbian comic is performing here one night only. 7p; $7-$10 advance, or $40-$90 for tables.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 11 PFLAG Dayton Annual Picnic @ Harmony Creek Church, Harmony Creek Church, 5280 Bigger Rd, Kettering, 45440; 937.640.3333; pflagdayton.org: City Barbeque is on the menu; bring a salad or side dish to share. The picnic will take place rain or shine. 6:30p.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 Columbus Metropolitan Tennis Organization Tournament @ Players Club, 3333 Mill Meadow Dr, Hilliard, 43026; cmto1.org: Registration begins Aug 1 for the annual tournament hosted by the LGBT tennis group.

Email Mark.Buckingham@columbusradiogroup.com for details.

MONDAY, AUGUST 31 Gay Bowling Organizational Meeting @ HP Lanes, 2012 Innis Rd, Columbus, 43224; 614.582.4296; FB: NRFPT Bowling: The Not Ready for Primetime League (four to a team) will start a new 28-week season on Monday, Sept 14. The meeting is for new players as well. 8p.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 The Rubi Girls: Celebrating 30 Years @ Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, 45405; 937-2234278; daytonartinstitute.org: The local drag troupe that has raised more than $1 million for HIV/AIDS-related causes celebrates its anniversary (pearls are the traditional gift, FYI) with cocktails, a show and a party. 6:30p-11p; $50 ($100 for VIP).

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5 Harry Connick Jr @ Fraze Pavilion, 695 Lincoln Park Blvd, Kettering, 45429; 937.296.3300; fraze.com: Grace Adler’s husband, Leo, will perform favorites like “It Had to Be You” and “A Wink and a Smile” and other songs from popular Meg Ryan romantic comedies. He will also perform in Toledo on Aug 4. 8p; tickets start at $45.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 Dave Koz & Rick Braun @ Fraze Pavilion, 695 Lincoln Park Blvd, Ketoutlookohio.com

FRIDAY, AUGUST 14 Lesbian Dayton Happy Hour @ Red Carpet Tavern, 3301 Wayne Ave, Dayton, 45420; lesbiandayton.com: The women’s social group hosts monthly gatherings at different locations. 7p9:30p.

Ohio Lgbt Nightlife Roundup

grace Dayton - well, Kettering - for a stop on her Coming Home tour. 8p; $45-$295.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 Drag Queen Bingo @ Legends, 117 N Erie St, Toledo, 43604; 567.315.8333; legendsbartoledo.com: Queen Eclipse Galyxy hosts the event to benefit Harvey House of Northwest Ohio, an effort to start a shelter for at-risk LGBT youth. Entry includes your first bingo card; extras are $5 each. 7p; $7.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4 Harry Connick, Jr @ Toledo Zoo Amphitheater, 2700 Broadway, Toledo, 43609; 419.385.4040; toledozoo.org: Grace Adler’s husband, Leo, will perform favorites like “It Had to Be You” and “A Wink and a Smile” and other songs from popular Meg Ryan romantic comedies. He will also perform in Dayton on Aug 5. 7:30p; $37.50-$99.50.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 Miami Valley Prime Timers Annual Pig Roast @ Possum Creek Metro Park’s Prairie Dock Shelter, 4790 Frytown Rd, Moraine, 45418; 937.331.8902; primetimersww.com/mvopt: The annual pig roast hosted by Dayton’s chapter of the social organization for mature gay and bi men draws people from around Ohio, as well as other states and Canada. Organizers sug- SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 gest you pre-register on the club web- Findlay Pride Picnic @ Riverside site. 2p-dusk; $20 ($15 in advance). Park, 231 McManness Ave, Findlay, 45840; FB: Findlay Spectrum: This year’s annual Pride gathering, hosted MONDAY, AUGUST 17 Supporting the Sexual Spectrum

by Findlay Spectrum, will include a Seminar @ Dayton Health Center, silent baked-goods auction and ac224 N Wilkinson St, tivities for the kids. It’ll take place Dayton, 45402; 937.226.0780; rain or shine, because organizers ppswo.org: Planned Parenthood of have reserved a shelter just in case.

Southwest Ohio will host this one-day Check Facebook for the time. workshop (and another in Springfield on Friday, Aug 28) for professionals FRIDAY, AUGUST 21 who want to do better in their support SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 of LGBTQ youth. 9a-4:30p; $75.

HIV/AIDS Healing Weekend @ Widewater Retreat & Ministry Center, 4050 County Road 424, Liberty Center, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 43532; 419.798.6249; westoSATURDAY, AUGUST 29 Ladyfest Dayton @ Yellow Cab Tavhioumc.org: The West Ohio AIDS Task ern, 700 E 4th St, Dayton, 45402; Force and West Ohio Conference of 937.203.8175; ladyfestdayton.org: the United Methodist Church host a The celebration of women in the arts weekend of learning, discussion and includes Good English, Jess Lamb, worship for people with HIV/AIDS, Playfully Yours, Kelly Zullo, Emma and their partners, friends, families and the Ruffians, and many more. Procaregivers. Email registration coordiceeds will benefit We Care Arts, an or- nator Brian Montgomery at ganization helping people with healingweekendumc@gmail.com for disabilities learn independence and info. $50. self-esteem through art projects. Friday, 6p-2a; Saturday, 3p; 2a; $7 for a FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 day pass or $12 for a two-day pass.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 Children ages 12 and under are adToledo Pride @ Promenade Park, mitted for free.

250 Water St, Toledo, 43604; 419.705.6748 toledopride.com: See Page 14 for all SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 Kristin Chenoweth @ Fraze Pavilion, the details about the sixth annual 695 Lincoln Park Blvd, Kettering, Toledo Pride festival and parade.

45429; 937.296.3300; fraze.com: While Elphaba will hit Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland, Glinda will

Adams Street 77 N Adams St Akron, 44305 330.434.9794 adamsstreetbar.com FB: Adams Street Bar Cocktails 1009 S Main St Akron, 44311 330.376.2625 FB: Cocktails Akron

Interbelt 70 N Howard St Akron, 44310 330.253.5700 interbelt.com FB: Interbelt Nite Club Square 820 W Market St Akron, 44310 330.374.9661 squarenightclub.com FB: Square Nightclub Tear-Ez 360 S Main St Akron, 44311 330.376.0011 tear-ez.com Canton

Crew 304 Cherry Ave NE Canton, 44702 330.575.5748 FB: Crew Canton Studio 704 704 4th St SW Canton, 44702 330.453.1220 Cincinnati

Bar 32 701 Bakewell St Covington, Ky 41011 859.431.7011 bar32covky.com FB: Bar 32 Cov KY

Below Zero 1120 Walnut St Cincinnati, 45202 513.421.9376 belowzerolounge.com FB: Below Zero Lounge The Cabaret 1122 Walnut St Cincinnati, 45202 513.202.4052 cabaretcincinnati.com FB: The Cabaret The Dock 603 Pete Rose Way Cincinnati, 45202 513.241.5623 FB: The Dock Complex Home Base Tavern 2401 Vine St Cincinnati, 45219 513.721.1212 FB: HBT Pride Main Event 835 Main St Cincinnati, 45202 513.421.1294 FB: Main Event

Old Street Saloon 13 Old St Monroe, 45050 513.539.9183 oldstreetbar.com FB: Old Street Saloon On Broadway 817 Broadway St Cincinnati, 45202 513.421.2555 FB: On Broadway Bar Rosie’s Tavern 643 Bakewell St Covington, Ky 41011 859.291.9707 rosiestavernnky.com FB: Rosie’s Tavern Shooters 927 Race St Cincinnati, 45202 513.381.9900 FB: Shooters Bar Simon Says 428 Walnut St Cincinnati, 45202 513.381.7577 Cleveland

Bonkers 36091 Vine St, Eastlake, 44095 440.942.1959 FB: Bonkers

Bounce 2814 Detroit Ave Cleveland, 44113 216.357.2997 bouncecleveland.com Cocktails 9208 Detroit Ave Cleveland, 44102 216.961.3115 FB: Cocktails Cleveland

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

Leather Stallion 2205 St Clair Ave NE Cleveland, 44114 216.589.8588 leatherstallion.com FB: The Stallion Leather Stallion Saloon Mean Bull / Aura 1313 E 26th St Cleveland, 44114 216.812.3330 meanbull.com FB: AURA Ultra Lounge Paradise Inn 4488 State Rd Cleveland, 44109 216.741.9819 FB: Paradise Inn

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

Vibe 11633 Lorain Ave Cleveland, 44111 216.476.1970 vibecleveland.com FB: Vibe Bar + Patio

Columbus

Dayton

Axis 775 N High St Columbus, 43215 614.291.4008 axisonhigh.com FB: Axis

Masque 20 N Jefferson St Dayton, 45402 937.228.2582 clubmasque.com FB: Masque

AWOL 49 Parsons Ave Columbus, 43215 614.621.8779 awolbar.com FB: Awol Bar

Cavan Irish Pub 1409 S High St Columbus, 43207 614.725.5502 cavanirishpub.com FB: Cavan Irish Pub Club 20 20 E Duncan St Columbus, 43202 614.261.9111 FB: Club 20 Club Diversity 863 S High St Columbus, 43206 614.224.4050 clubdiversity.biz FB: Club Diversity Exile 893 N 4th St Columbus, 43201 614.299.0069 exilebar.com FB: Exile

Level 700 N High St Columbus, 43215 614.754.7111 levelcolumbus.com FB: Level Dining Lounge Slammers 202 E Long St Columbus, 43215 614.221.8880 FB: Slammers

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

The Toolbox 744 Frebis Ave Columbus, 43206 614.670.8113 FB: The Toolbox Saloon Tremont Lounge 708 S High St Columbus, 43206 614.444.2041 FB: Tremont Lounge Union Café 782 N High St Columbus, 43215 614.421.2233 unioncafe.com FB: Union Cafe

Wall Street 144 N Wall St Columbus, 43215 614.464.2800 wallstreetnightclubandshowbar.com FB: Wall Streen Night Club

Idina Menzel is spending so much time in Ohio this month, she should forward her mail!

Toledo

Boobie Trap 5082 Douglas Rd Toledo, 43613 419.690.4115 FB: Boobie-Trap

Argos 301 Mabel St Dayton, 45403 937.252.2976 FB: Argos Levi & Leather Bar

Bretz 2012 Adams St Toledo, 43604 419.243.1900 FB: Bretz Nightclub

MJ’s on Jefferson 20 N Jefferson St Dayton, 45402 937.223.3259 mjsonjefferson.com FB: MJ’s on Jefferson Right Corner 105 E 3rd St Dayton, 45402 937.228.2033 FB: Right Corner

Sparky’s Lounge 822 Watertower Lane West Carrollton, 45449 937.859.1062 FB: Sparky’s Lounge Stage Door 44 N Jefferson St Dayton, 45402 937.223.7418 FB: The Stage Door

Tim’s Place 2223 Broadway Lorain, 44052 440.218.2223 timsinlorain.webs.com FB: Tim’s Place Mansfield

Mineshaft 1105 Poland Ave Youngstown, 44502 330.207.6437 youngstownmineshaft.com FB: Youngstown Mineshaft

Utopia 876 E Midlothian Blvd Youngstown, 44502 330.781.9000 FB: Utopia Youngstown

Sami’s 178 Wayne St Mansfield, 44902 419.522.1500 FB: Sami’s Bar Crowbar 206 W Market St Sandusky, 44870 419.624.0109 sanduskycrowbar.com FB: Sandusky Crowbar

Why Not III 5 N Murray St Springfield, 45503 937.450.6428 FB: Why-Not-III

Warren

Youngstown

Lorain

Diesel 1914 Edwards Ave Springfield, 45503 937.324.0383 FB: Diesel Bar & Nightclub

R-House 5534 Secor Rd Toledo, 43623 419.474.2929 FB: Rhouse Bar

Funky Skunk 143 E Market St Warren, 44481 FB: Funky Skunk NiteClub

Somewhere 804 W North St Lima, 45801 419.227.7288 somewherelima.com FB: Somewhere

Springfield

Mojo 115 N Erie St Toledo, 43604 567.315.8333 mojobartoledo.com FB: Mojo’s

Club 441 441 E Market St Warren, 44481 330.394.9483 FB: Club 441

Lima

Sandusky

Legends 117 N Erie St Toledo, 43604 567.315.8333 legendsbartoledo.com FB: Legends Showclub Toledo

BATHS

Akron Steam and Sauna 41 S Case Ave Akron, Ohio 44305 330.252.2791 akronsteamandsauna.com

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! Update/add listing: erin@outlookmedia .com.

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savage love

by Dan Savage

Quick Hits I have been happily married for 12 years. I’m deeply in love with my wife: She’s amazing, very sexy and gorgeous. I used to be jealous, but about six years ago, I lost my feelings of jealousy. In their place, I developed a strong desire to share my wife with other men. It’s my only fantasy. She knows about this, but she says it’s wrong. I never asked her to actually do it. Am I wrong for feeling this way?

something else.

Perhaps your boyfriend feels the same way - or maybe your boyfriend is a hoarder and a slob. Either way, EVIDENCE, my advice is the same: Own up to your insecurities.

Tell him that there’s nothing about his past that should prevent you from enjoying your present, and then ask him to make a - A Shamed Husband, A Marital Erotic Deadlock reasonable accommodation. Tell him you would like to place his ex’s pictures and letters, as you run across them, into a box Objectively speaking, ASHAMED, there’s nothing wrong with that’s clearly labeled and easily accessed, but out of sight your fantasy. Hell, there would be a fuck of a lot right with your and mind. fantasy if your wife were turned on by it. So when your wife says, “It’s wrong,” try and hear what she should be saying: “It’s If he says yes, EVIDENCE, take that yes for an answer. That wrong for me.” means putting whatever you find away, refraining from griping at your boyfriend about the stuff he chooses to hold on to, and And if you’re the optimistic type, reassuring yourself that a day will soon ASHAMED, you can opt to hear, “It’s come when your shared environment is wrong for me at the moment.” There completely ex-proofed. are lots of women out there happily cuckolding their husbands - or happily With my past four serious playing the role of hotwife - who regirlfriends/sexual partners, I noticed jected the idea when their husbands that my sweat began to smell more first shared their fantasies. Don’t allow like theirs after we had been sleeping yourself to be shamed - “It’s not wrong, together for a while. Is that a real thing honey, but I understand it’s wrong for or is it all in my head? us” - and don’t pressure your wife to do it. She might surprise you one day.

- Sweat Turning Into New Kink My boyfriend and I have been together for two years. I moved in a year ago, and we have been happy living together since. During the past year, I’ve come across a lot of his ex’s old belongings - letters and pictures. It’s not like I snoop. He’s kind of a hoarder, and I frequently find this stuff tucked in books or drawers.

I haven’t heard of this, STINK, and it might be all in your head, but my hunch is that it’s all in your diet.

The things you ingest affects the scent of all of your bodily fluids, some more Illustration: Joe Newton noticeably than others, and the longer you’re with a particular woman, the likelier you are to be sharing the same meals, the same wines, the same beers, juices, recreational drugs, etc.

It’s starting to frustrate me. I long ago threw away most of my ex’s things, and the stuff I did keep is stored in a box that’s out of sight and mind. I don’t necessarily want him to throw all this stuff away, but I want to feel comfortable in our shared environment. I also want to be able to think about our life together and not his past. How do I communicate this?

- Ex’s Various Items Disturb Entirely New Couple’s Environs

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I’m like your boyfriend - not a hoarder, but definitely a tucker.

I tuck letters and photos and other keepsakes into books, stuff them in the backs of drawers, set them on shelves or beside the rest of the tchotchkes. I do this because I’m not organized/depressed enough to scrapbook, and I like running across old photos or letters when I’m looking for august 2015

... And find a better hiding place!

This is probably what’s causing your sweat to smell more like theirs the longer you’re together.

Mom came for a week and snooped. She found our bondage stuff, just a set of cuffs and a blindfold, and completely lost her mind. What do we say to her?

- My Outraged Mom’s Madly Yelling “It’s a hotel for you next time.”

You can email Dan Savage at mail@savagelove.net, follow him on Twitter at @fakedansavage or listen to his weekly podcast, Savage Lovecast, every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage. Savage Love appears every month in Outlook and every week at outlookohio.com. outlookohio.com

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the divine life

by Debé

Leo (July 23 - August 22)

It’s time to reach out and touch someone, pussycat. Actually, a lot of someones. I’m not talking about catting around, just really communicating with friends and family. It’s a good month to share your deep, creative ideas with others. Your charisma is high, so if you don’t have an SO, it’s a good month to catch someone’s eye.

Pisces (February 19 - March 20) The full moon in Pisces on Aug 29 has you Amazing Leo Allies: Madonna, Jennifer feeling generous, and your friends are reaping Lopez and our ally-in-chief, President Obama. the rewards. Think backrubs and BBQ, not flashy nights on the town. You can spoil Virgo (August 23 - September 22) someone rotten on a budget.

A fresh start is on the horizon, but first you need to clear out the clutter and let go of the Aries (March 21 - April 19) past. If something or someone doesn’t bring It’s about love this month, and not in the bowyou joy, get rid of it. Ain’t nobody got time for chicka-wow-wow sense. Tap into your feelings that. Life’s too short.

- be open with your SO and family. I realize you’d rather swim in a shark tank, but this Libra (September 23 - October 22) will be good for you, so suck it up.

You are ready for some fun and games. Challenge your SO to a game of tag. Engage in Taurus (April 20 - May 20) lively debates with friends. Push the envelope Take a step back and assess your life. It’s a and test the boundaries. See what you can good time to hit the gym, pay your bills and get away with - I dare you! handle mundane things. That doesn’t sound very sexy, but you’ll be ready when it’s time to Scorpio (October 23 - November 21) make your next move.

You find your work surroundings more stimulating than usual. A co-worker could catch Gemini (May 21 - June 20) your eye, but don’t forget the sandbox rule.

The moths have been attracted to your flame Don’t take on a new lover if you can’t deal for a while. Might be time to pick one and see with the possible drama. what happens. You’re feeling creative, so focus some energy into something, or someSagittarius one, who stimulates your inner muse.

(November 22 - December 21)

You’re feeling feisty and ready for some friendly competition. Keep tight control of your money, honey, but otherwise have fun being creative and chasing your dreams. You will find the challenge invigorating.

Capricorn (December 22 - January 19)

It’s a nose-to-the-grindstone month for you, and no sign does it better. The only problem is that your bedmate is wondering where you’ve been. If you want to keep things happy, you better fit some nookie time into your schedule.

Aquarius (January 20 - February 18)

The blue moon in your sign on July 31 taps into your hedonistic side. Kick back and let others make the decisions. You don’t want to be hot and bothered. Cool and drama-free is your motto this month. Chill, baby. outlookohio.com

Cancer (June 21 - July 22)

You are channeling your domestic goddess.

You like to play on your home turf, so enjoy your Zen den for now. It’s too hot outside anyway. If you’re gonna sweat, you’d prefer to do it in your bedroom.

Handy Tip

The passionate heart line curves up under the middle finger or between the middle and index fingers. Owners of passionate hearts need partners who appreciate them. They can be true divas!

Debé is a palmist, intuitive adviser and metaphysical teacher in Columbus. She is available for personal readings, parties, events and workshops. For more information, go to thepassionatepalmist.com. Look for her horoscopes every month in Outlook.

Happy Birthday to Bob Vitale’s mom, Dolly!

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5 You may pick one up at a bar 10 Spartacus or Ben-Hur 14 ___ The Woods 15 Computer knockoff 16 It means nothing to Frida 17 Source of red balls 18 Single-handed 19 Wet spot cause 20 Start of a top review 23 Moist ending 24 Maiden name preceder 25 Big tops 27 Gas or clutch 29 New corp. hires 32 Rilke’s ice 33 Pussy input 36 Curve and others 37 A space probe 39 Sound of getting banged?

41 Tammy Baldwin ad word 42 The other woman 43 Make messy 44 Artist Eva 48 Some nerve 50 Preposition that goes either way 52 Alf and others 53 End of a top review 58 Ambience

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64 Warhol of soup fame 65 Look dirty?

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12 Cockamamie 13 Head cover 21 Sib of the bride, to the other bride 22 OCS grads 26 Inflated doll leak sound 28 Served per-

fectly, to Mauresmo 29 Social customs 30 Make water bubble 31 Woodcarver’s tool 34 Kind of traffic 35 Batman and Robin to Catwoman 36 Initial stake 37 Like gay teens with supportive moms and dads 38 Earth tone 39 Even if, for short 40 Breakfast at Tiffany’s actress

43 AT&T rival 45 Julius Caesar setting 46 Jobs of doubles 47 Some Bacon pieces 49 Pisa place 50 Kind of queer 51 Less polite 54 Gets behind 55 Wilson of Zoolander 56 Weathercock 57 Moby Dick chaser 58 Old cagers’ org.

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