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Tickets for Pride Night at Kings Island, Friday September 10, 2010 - are now available on line. Thee Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Greater Cincinnati will also begin selling tickets during normal business hours starting mid July. Pride Night at KI is the one of the regions largest GLBT & Allies event in the mid west.

This is the 14th year Kings Island has hosted this major fund raiser for the Center. The parking area opens at 5:30 pm, gate at 6:00 pm, with event ending at midnight.

Currently, the following acts/entertainment have been confirmed: Steve Reeder & William Brown from the Inapppropriate Couch, and (the) fundamentalists. QNation.FM http://www.qnation.fm/ will also be broadcasting live from the event and providing the music.

The event is brought to you in part by these sponsors: the Gay Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cincinnati, The Word, Qnation.fm , Kings Island and the Gay & Lesbian Community of Greater Cincinnati, and the GLBT News.

All tickets, whether purchased on line or at the Center will include free parking at Kings Island. The gate price is $45, the pre-event price both on-line at the Center is $40 - all prices the same as 2009. Additional discounts are available on-line ONLY when purchasing blocks of 7 or more tickets with a credit card,which lowers the price per tickets to $36.00.

When the Center begins selling tickets at its location mid-July, we will only accept cash or checks with a license or state identification card. The fine print: this is an exclusive fund raiser for the Center and no season passes or other discount passes are honored the night of the event; children rides and the water park will not be open; there will be no "after glow" party; the Center will not be offering any special accommodation packages at local hotels.

No additional volunteers will be needed this year, as the Center relies on their regular front desk volunteers who routinely run the Center to staff the Center. Additionally, no organization booths will be set up this year in the Festhaus area before the entertainment.

While other ticket outlets have yet to be determined, questions may be directed to: Pride Night 2010.

GLBT PRIDE June 10, 2010 Cincinnati

With the traditional Pride season approaching, I thought it was time for an update. This year sees Cincinnati Pride Parade and Festival return to Downtown. Equinox Cincinnati - Gay PRIDE 2010 runs July 2-4, with the Parade stepping off from the corner of E 5th & Sentinel Streets at 11am on Sunday, July 4, and ending at the Festival on Fountain Square.

This year's events are presented by the Greater Cincinnati Gay Chamber of Commerce.

UPDATE: In answer to a comment, there is a schedule of other Pride events HERE.

Census workers came to our door this evening. Seems the form I sent in didn't arrive in time, or some such. They asked questions and refilled out the form. When I answered, "husband or wife" to the relationship question, he didn't want to accept that answer, suggesting maybe "roommates." I insisted "husband or wife."

"It's just a jump to the left. And then a step to the right."

GLBT News May 2010

Every once in awhile I like to share an example of the sort of email that sometimes comes to Rainbow Cincinnati. This is the latest, from Jerrymaineville@aol.com, unedited:

"first of all. i do not hate gays.i do not hate any one.i just dislike.you people want to get married and have kids.you teach your gay crap to young boys and girls as young as 10 to 12 years old.you do not tell their moms and dads what you teach them.why is that.you want pass new gay laws.you want to get rid of dont ask dont tell.you wants yo know their sleeping next to gay guy.when i was in the army. we had one gay guy.we all knowed he was gay. but he kept hid mouth shut.and he did not act gay.i want to ask you. why do you teach young kids about gay sex acts.i am so happy i do not have kids in school.i sure would not like it all. bye"

I can't tell whether he doesn't have kids or just doesn't send them to school. I hope it is the former.

As I like to paraphrase Pogo, "we have met the enemy and he is illiterate."