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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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!!

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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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.

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