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Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:18:44 +0000

Pride Night at Kings Island

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:01:14 +0000

Friday, September 21, 2007 is Pride Night at Kings Island. More info can be found at the Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Cincinnati web site.

You can also find a map to Kings Island, area bars, and other points of interest.

Rainbow Cincinnati's 10th Anniversary!

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:03:11 +0000

Ten years ago today, Rainbow Cincinnati came out as Cincinnati's first and only local GLBT web site. The original post on that day included:

"Our intention is to make Rainbow Cincinnati an online clearinghouse for information and resources of interest to our community...Okay, we admit it. We don't have a complete picture of what Rainbow Cincinnati will become. We do hope that with your ideas and help, we can make it a major reference point for everyone in our community."

At the time I don't think I imagined that it would still be around ten years later.

Pride '07 Video (finally)

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:39:21 +0000

The Cincinnati Pride 2007 Video is finally posted. My apologies for the delay. Several problems here kept me from being able to spend time at the computer to get this finished.

Thanks to all 14 of you who sent in photos. This year's video uses over 200 of the almost 2000 photos that were submitted.

You can find the new video as well as others from years past in Fun Stuff.

Community Pride Video Project

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:45:36 +0000

Thanks to everyone who has submitted photos so far for this year's Community Pride Video Project. I've been asked whether there's a deadline for submitting photos. Although I've already started trying to organize the photos I've already collected, I will not start putting the video together until about the 20th of June. So, consider that a "fuzzy" deadline.

ALSO, I'm trying to figure out what music to use this year. If you have any suggestions, please contact me! Do any of the local music organizations have an appropriate recording that we could use? That would be great!

Pride is Alive 2007 - June 9 & 10

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:34:45 +0000

As you prepare for Cincinnati's 2007 Pride celebration, keep up with the latest information at the PrideIsAlive web site.

The Festival runs Saturday and Sunday, June 9th and 10th at Hoffner Park in Northside. On Sunday, June 10th, the Rally and Parade begin in Clifton's Burnet Woods at 11am. The Rally preceeds the Parade which steps off promptly at 1pm and finishes at Hoffner Park.

Get maps and driving directions from GayBarMaps.com. Here are direct map links to Hoffner Park and Burnet Woods.

Send us your Pride photos! Again this year we want to create a music video from your Pride photos. Please contact us in advance so we know who wants to participate. Watch the video created from photos of Pride 2006. And here's the 2005 video.

Yes, I get Email

Sat, 07 Apr 2007 19:49:59 +0000

Over the almost 10 years that I have run Rainbow Cincinnati, the site has gotten its share of, shall I say, interesting emails. This one from michael_schonberger@lycos.com was such a dire warning that I thought I should pass it along:

YOU HAVE NO RIGHT USING THE RAINBOW AS YOUR SIN PRIDE LOGO!! THE RAINBOW IS FOR GOD'S PEOPLE MEANING US JEWS!!! AND TORAH OBSERVANT GENTILES!! YOU ARE GOIN TO HELL SO THUS YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO USE A SYMBOL THAT GOD GAVE HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE AS YOUR SYMBOL OF GAY PRIDE!! I USED TO BE GAY BUT GOD HEALED ME THROUGH LEADING ME INTO A TRUE FOLLOWING OF TORAH AND YESHUA (JESUS) THE MESSIAH OF YISRA'EL HIS SON !! DO NOT TELL ME THAT IT IS NUTURAL TO BE A FAGGOT OR A DYKE THAT IS ABSURB!! IT IS A RESULT OF GENERATIONAL SIN (LOOK AT ROMANS CHAPTER 1, 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 6 AND LEVITICUS 18, GENESIS CHAPTER'S 18-19 AND MATHEW 19 TO NAME A FEW)!!
YOU ARE ALL GOING STRAIGHT TO HELL IF YOU DO NOT LOOK TO YESHUA HA MESHIACH (JESUS THE MESSIAH) AND BE FREED FROM YOUR SINS!!

2007 Pride Parade Grand Marshals

Sat, 07 Apr 2007 02:57:27 +0000

The 2007 GLBT Cincinnati Pride Alive Committee named Marian Weage & Dr. Ronn Rucker as Parade Grand Marshals for Sunday June 10, 2007.

With Cincinnati’s annual GLBT pride parade only weeks away, two respected friends of the community are being honored as parade grand marshals: Marian Weage and Dr. Ronn Rucker. Both will be introduced at the Pep Rally at Burnet Woods that begins at 11 am on Sunday June 10th.

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GLBT Night at the CSO

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:39:54 +0000

Join in at Music Hall at 8pm on Saturday, April 28, 2007, to celebrate diversity with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Hear our world-acclaimed orchestra with Music Director Paavo Järvi, and trumpet star Alison Balsom.

The program features works by Sibelius, Haydn, and Schumann, followed by a post-concert party for the GLBT community and friends in Corbett Tower with appetizers, fun fellowship, entertainment by pianist Patrick Hazelwood, prizes, and cash bar.

All for $35 per person. Dress is business casual. Park in one of the many lots around Music Hall.

Call 513-744-3590 or online at www.cincinnatisymphony.org. Use promotion code 2318.

Discounted tickets and preferred seating are available in advance only, so you must call by Friday, April 27, 4pm.

And now...

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:20:17 +0000

Noticed the new addition? There's a new blogger in town. She goes by the name of Scout223. Welcome aboard!

Annie Vet Your Gums

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:28:21 +0000

God bless her.

If Ann Coulter didn't exist we'd have to invent her. No bleeps, no bloops, just listen to Ann in all her majesty!

She has stated that, "I'm a Christian first and a mean-spirited, bigoted conservative second, and don't you ever forget it." Try as we might, we probably never can.

Calendar Updates

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:09:41 +0000

Thanks to Michael Chanak, the Community Center related events have been updated on our Community Calendar. Please take a moment to check our Calendar now and email any updates you may have.

Human Rights Ordinance DOES Protect Gays’ Jobs

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:51:52 +0000

Note: the following article is reprinted from The Greater Cincinnati GLBT News. Typically we would link to the article on their web site but this article only appeared in their emailed edition.

Attorney Scott Knox knows first hand that the revised Cincinnati Human Rights Ordinance, which includes GLBT citizens, does protect people in their jobs. He has won two cases so far based on that ordinance and he is but one of hundreds of attorneys in the city.

“In both cases, when I contacted the employer and sent them a copy of the ordinance they resolved both of them to the satisfaction of the client,” says Knox. In neither case did he have to file charges.

He adds, “One was at a local business where a Gay man who was doing a great job according to every co-worker I talked to but was fired by a supervisor who said he was not in the area he was supposed to be in. Every co-worker I talked to said that was garbage.” Knox continues, “What he heard was that right after he got hired his supervisor, asking other people, said ‘oh Lord, don’t tell me he’s Gay, why didn’t anybody tell me he was Gay before I hired him?’”

The man and his co-workers knew why he was fired, his supervisor didn’t like him being Gay. Knox says the man got another job quickly. “We got a settlement from the employer that paid basically his lost wages between those two jobs,” Knox points out. And, Knox concludes, “I got the distinct impression from the attorney handling their case that there were going to be some changes made, that that was not OK.”

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Pirates of the Constitution

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:56:45 +0000

Now Subverting a Government Near You.

As a teenager, Mad Magazine was a favorite of mine. They're still around and this poster for Pirates of the Constitution was just too good not to be shared.

Standup For Kids

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:50:59 +0000

Rainbow Cincinnati received an email from Standup For Kids announcing that they are working on starting a program in Cincinnati. They are actively recruiting volunteers:

It is estimated that 20-40 percent of all homeless teens are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered.

STANDUP FOR KIDS is a national organization that has helped thousands of kids in 37 cities. Our launch date for Cincinnati is March 1, 2007. We need to get the word out that we are here. We are also looking for volunteers and partners.

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