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GLBT News MAGAZINE
Serving the Cincinnati LGBT Community since 1996
New Board of Center – Front Row (L to R), John Maddux, Rusty Lockett and Teresa
Shepherd and Back Row, Adam Reilly, Mike Hollenbeck and Michael Chanak
Community Center
elects new board
Rusty Lockett was elected
President of the Board of Gay
and Lesbian Community Center
at the group’s December 16
meeting.
Also elected, John Maddux –
Vice President, Teresa Shepherd
– Treasurer and Adam Reilly –
Clerk. Michael Chanak was
elected to another two year “at
large” term. Continuing service
on the Board is Michael Hollen-
beck who was not up for re-
election.
Outgoing President, Bill Abney
was term limited per the byelaws,
he and the other outgoing board
member, Jessica Fogle, who did
not seek re-election, will
continue as “volunteers” at the
Center.
Rusty had been the organ-
ization’s clerk, served as Event
Chair for PRIDE Night at Kings
Island in September and has been
a long time PRIDE and PRIDE
Night volunteer. He also has
served on the Vestry of Church of
Our Saviour in Mt. Auburn and
as convener of the local GLBT
Episcopal worship group called
Integrity.
January, 2010
Q
Share A Bear Like to thank The Gay and
Lesbian Community Center,
campaign ISQCCBE and GLBT News
Magazine and all who made
best ever donations and helped spread the
word about what we are doing.
This years Share A Bear With your help there were many
Campaign was by far the best in families that had a much brighter
its four years . There were 325 holiday and a belief that maybe
Teddy Bears and stuffed animals there are better days ahead. It can
collected. be done one Bear at a time.”
Donations went to STOP Donations are welcome any
AIDS, Saint Elizabeth Food time and can be dropped off at
Center Photo
Bank and Shriners Hospital For the Gay and Lesbian Community
Teresa Shepherd, a certified
public accountant, has been both Children . Center . Remember Hope is just a
Founder Ray Cook said, “I’d hug away !
on the board and served as
bookkeeper of the organization.
Adam Reilly is also a Men’s Safe
Sex educator for STOP AIDS, a
local AIDS education and service
organization.
Both John Maddux and
Michael Chanak are long-time
volunteers and activists having
served many years in community
organizations. Michael Hollen-
beck, board member at large, also
volunteers with the Human
Rights Campaign Cincinnati and
GLSEN, the Gay and Lesbian
Education Network.
The Gay and Lesbian Commu-
nity Center of Greater Cincinnati
opened in late 1993. It serves as
a resource to the local GLBT and
ally community, offering meeting
space and programs. The Center
is located on the first floor of
4119 Hamilton Avenue in the
Northside district of Cincinnati. Pictured back row are Share A Bear Volunteers Jerry and Lee and frontrow,
Share A Bear Founder Ray and On Broadway owner and host of Share A
The mailing address of the Bear, Randy. Photo courtesy of Ray Cook
organization is PO Box 23159,
Cincinnati, OH 45223.
For additional information,
please call the Center at 513-591-
Happy New Year!!
0200.
GLBT News —Page 1
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GLBT News Op/Ed Page

We’re taking are testing the waters with a
monthly potluck, we completed a
endured not only me, but the
trials and tribulations that we’ve
a hard look children’s toy give away for
about 30 persons, and are pulling
encountered the last year. They
are: Bill Abney, Jessica Fogle,
Just a few days ago we began together a group dealing with Michael Chanak, Teresa
the official start to winter. I’d adoption, parenting, and the Shepherd, Adam Reilly, John
swear it started quite a while ago; issues of a GLBTQ family. Don’t Maddux and Michael
however, we forget we also Hollenbeck. Bill and Jessica will
occasionally had
some warm
From
have the ever
famous men’s
wave good-bye for now as they
trek upon their separate adven-
days. But now, I The Center
group on tures. The rest of us will continue
Issue a Godsend
think we are in By Rusty Lockett Thursday on, developing the board and The
for the bitter President evenings from 7 Center. December 17, 2009
freeze. p.m. until about As for me, I’ve been entrusted Editor, GLBT News:
If you take a 9 p.m; with a with the role of “fearless leader.”
venture out into the blustery potluck the first of every month. That alone will present a Your December issue was a
winter, come visit us at The We also plan to continue with the different outlook as we trek upon Godsend!
Center (4119 Hamilton Ave. ever popular event “PRIDE a new mountain. I had received a frightening
Northside). We’ve spent the year Night at Kings Island.” Until next time, play hard, play notice from the IRS that I did not
redecorating and making some It can’t go without saying safe. . know how to handle. When I saw
minor details (like cleaning thanks to everyone who has the ad/article from Scott Renno,
storage spaces). Also, we have
started laying down the founda-
helped us in 2008. Each of you
have meant something special to Her HRC Cincinnati the tax expert, I called for an
appointment and trekked over to
tion for the future of The Center. us at The Center; from the most A national night of celebration the West Side to see him.
During the next month or so we seemingly meaningless gift to the for women, will take place Sunday, He allayed my fears, gave me
will be taking a hard look at who biggest donation. It all matters. January 17 at Adonis, 4601 good advice, and I took care of
we are, what we are, where we Alongside that, we have our Kellogg Ave. Doors Open: 7 p.m. the problem. (Turns out he used
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This publication is dedicated to those Credit (up to $8,000)
who have or have died from AIDS or Hate Crimes Before it expires Dec. 1st, 2009
It is our goal to record the positive contributions GLBT people
make to their community and the local community at large. While
AIDS and Hate CRIMES are certainly not positive things, we seek
to draw the positive from the negative. We hold up Paul Delph and
Matthew Shepard and their families as models of how human
beings should or could react to each other and how families should
support loved ones whose lives are not in the box right wing
religious zealots want them in. Delph, a multi-talented Cincinnatian,
died of AIDS in 1996. His mother shut down her business to care
Paul for him. Shepard died in 1998, victim of a hate Crime and his mother Matthew
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Wish I had
known her better
Some years ago in the winter
of 1995 I was living in Boston.
There was a big controversy over
the death of Chanelle
Pickett which took
place on November
20th 1995. She and
her sister were outed
as Transsexuals,
harassed at work and
then fired. Unable to find work,
they both fell into poverty, and as
a last resort, became sex workers.
Chanelle was brutally beaten and
strangled by a William Palmer
who was convicted of only
assault and battery and was
sentenced to two years of jail
time. This trial and outrage
brought about a wintertime
protest at the Boston State
Capitol building and a parade
across the Boston Common to a
vigil held at the Arlington Street
Church.
It was during this protest that I
first met and marched with Rita
Hester. I was fortunate to have
met Rita Hester several times
before her death. I can’t say I
knew her well but I was shocked
when I heard of her murder. I just
wish I had known her better. Rita
Hester was an entertainer in both
Gay and Straight clubs who was
stabbed to death 20 times in the
chest, in her apartment on
November 28th 1998 by two men
who followed her home from a
local bar. None of her gold
jewelry was taken and the front
door was not forced open. She
obviously knew one of them, let
them in, and the case still
remains unsolved. Her death
prompted the beginning of the
Transgendered Day of Remem-
brance which we recently
observed last month.
So many times it is the same
story. Transsexuals, male to
female and female to male, and
the Transgendered, are judged to
be less than human because they
feel the overwhelming need to
move from a birth gender to a
more comfortable gender. Some
GLBT News —Page 3
men, out there, look down on
women in general and are really
their innermost selves, live
peacefully, productively and with
understanding and making
people realize we are all brothers,
prejudiced against all those
humans who feel they must live
dignity.
Many just want to blend in and
sisters, parents, veterans, co-
workers and humans just like any
their lives in the other than their disappear but hiding from other human is the only path to a
birth gender either temporarily or prejudice and bigotry will not safe world.
permanently. Essentially these make anyone safe. Promoting
men are saying in
Georgia on their minds…..
“How dare these
My Mind men lower them-
By Georgia W selves to live as
Dahlberg women and trick
us Manly men!”
and conversely “How dare these
women think they can raise
themselves up to our lofty
heights as Manly men and trick
ey!
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notion of trickery on their minds.
They don’t live their lives in a
disguise. They just want to live
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These attitudes by some in the
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to the lowest level of society.
Their fear of difference in the
face of something they don’t
wish to possibly face within
themselves, lead them to consider
Trans people as something less
than human. Most Transgen-
dered, as with most Gay people,
just wish to live with integrity in
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Extra items you This year the IRS is requiring return.
This is your that it be sent in with your tax 3.) Education Credits – In
may need for return. Note also that as of the addition to the 1098-T statement
GLBT News writing of this article, those of tuition paid, you will need the
tax preparation claiming the Homebuyer credit
for 2009 will have to file a paper
amounts spent on books and
technology items such as
Each year we have tax law return rather than file electroni- computers, as these items can
changes, but this year was a year cally. now be included to compute the
for major changes. Here is a list 2.) Foreclosures and Debt credit.
of additional Forgiveness – 4.) Sales Tax on New Vehicles –
items you may If you had If you purchased a NEW vehicle
need to property that
properly TAX TALK was foreclosed
between February 17 and
December 31, 2009 you can
prepare your By Scott Renno in 2009 OR if claim the sales tax paid in
tax return: Enrolled Agent, 1 TAX you had any addition to your other taxes if
1.) Home- debt reduced or you itemize, subject to limita-
buyer Credit – You will need a forgiven (credit card debt, for tions. Note – EVEN IF YOU
copy of the two page HUD instance), you will receive form CAN’T ITEMIZE, you can claim
closing statement if you are 1099-A and/or 1009-C. You will the sales tax as an additional
claiming the Homebuyer Credit. need these to prepare your tax Standard Deduction! The sales
tax paid is on your purchase
documents.
5.) Energy Credit – You will need
the cost of added insulation,
storm windows or doors, or a
certified high efficiency heating/
cooling system to your residence
for the Residential Energy Credit.
Note that you can add installation
costs to the certified heating/
cooling system, but not for the
insulation, storm windows, or
storm doors. Unfortunately,
adding these items to rental or
business property does not
qualify.
Ensuring that these additional
items are available will help you
or your tax professional get your
return prepared quickly and
accurately.

Washington D.C. Gay

bookstore closing
Lambda Rising Book-
store opened in D.C.
three decades ago, when
Gay and Lesbian books
and periodicals were
hard to find. The store
owners apparently feel it
is time to do something
new, reported National
Public Radio.
January, 2010
Night Feeder
Joy of “DBT”
Things that go “bump in the
night” frighten some and delight
others. As the late Eric Servareid age. All of these external issues,
of CBS News
said “It’s a
free country
and everyone Mother Says...
is entitled to
their own
personal
purgatory.” Let’s hope that is
still true.
I amazed that my younger
friends don’t know or, perhaps,
use a different term for what we
old ones call DBT – Door Bell
Trade. Yes, I’ve heard of “f _ _ -
_ _ buddies,” and “cut buddies”
and the like – but the ring of the
front door bell – always after
dark strikes a different chord
when it comes to DBT.
Could it be a generational
thing? Many of my contemporar- old queen.
ies – back in the late 60s and 70s
were the only “queer ducks on
the block.”
Think of a world without MTV, hypocritical to me – how many of
the evening news not talking
about Gay sex scandals a la
Senator Larry Craig, or the latest
Gay marriage issue, or xtube.
Imagine a time when David
Susskind, an early east coast TV
GLBT News —Page 5
host, interviewed the first openly
Gay person on air– Randy
Wicker in the 1960s. This was
the era I was raised in.
We as Gay men are well aware
of the politics of looks, class and
and barriers
simply drop
away with
DBT. It
By Michael Chanak doesn’t
matter, if I
am older, or younger, fatter or
thinner, richer or poorer. The
exchange, while fundamentally
sexual is not fundamentally dis-
honest but based on mutual need.
The social calculus works
something like this: they are
horny and I’m Gay – so why not?
When I mention this matter to
some of my younger “grandchil-
dren,” they seem shocked. Not
that I might partake of the feast,
but that “purportedly hetero-
sexual men” would seek out an
I got a tickle when one young
queen called me a “nasty night
feeder.” The criticism seems
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Page 6—GLBT News January, 2010
MOUNT AUBURN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

A loving, inclusive faith community.

Embracing life. Seeking Justice.
Our Faith Too!
Sharing the journey.
Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church is committed to serving Greater Cincinnati s
St. John UCC and ministry of the church.
“Jesus didn’t reject people.
GLBT community. We welcome persons to full ministry and life of our church
regardless of age, sexual orientation, race, ethnic origin or worldly condition. to provide sign Neither do we,” said the Rev.
Keith M. Haithcock, pastor.
The Rev. Susan Quinn Bryan, pastor
Sunday Worship at 11 a.m.
Worship, 10:00 a.m., followed by coffee hour in our social room
language interpreter For further information visit
their website at www.StJohn-
Education Hour at 10 a.m. (coffee hour following worship) A sign language interpreter Church.net or contact: the Rev.
103 William Howard Taft Road (near UC) 513.281.5945
(ASL) will be provided during Keith M. Haithcock at 859-261-
WWW.MTAUBURNPRESBY.ORG worship services at St. John 2066.
United Church of Christ, 520
Fairfield Ave, Bellevue Kentucky 40th Anniversary
Clifton United Methodist Church on the first Sunday of every
3416 Clifton Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45220 month in 2010. They invite
We believe God’s love is expansive and unconditional; everyone to worship with them.
that through Christ, God has called us to love one another as God Attend with your family and
loves us. We welcome all people, regardless of gender, race, age, friends for a meaningful worship
culture, ethnic background, sexual orientation, economic
circumstances, or difference of faith perspective. We service in the beauty of the St.
celebrate the worth, dignity and gifts of every person as a John sanctuary. Come for a
Child of God. service full of singing, special
CUMC is a reconciling Congregation music from the Chancel Choir
Worship Services, Sundays, 10 a.m.
The Rev. Suzanne Fontaine, minister
and soloists, a special time for
Phone: 513-961--2998 e.mail: office@cliftonumc.com children, a sermon from the Jean Noble, left and Bobbi Morris
pastor, a heartwarming welcome, Photo courtesy Mother Chanak
Website: www.cliftonumc.com and Holy Communion for all. Jean Noble and Bobbi Morris
They pledge to welcome people celebrated their 40th Anniversary
of all races, ages, abilities, on Sunday, December 27, 2009.
ethnicities, socio-economic They are both long term members
The Gathering — UCC levels, sexual orientations and
gender identities into the full life
of New Spirit Metropolitan
Community Church located at
Services 4033 Hamilton Avenue in
Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Neck Ties Northside.
Following church, friends of
We are located at
1431 Main St. needed the couple hosted a social
gathering and buffet.
just south of Liberty Mimi Gingold, a member of On December 27, 1969, Jean
513-502-7535 First Unitarian Church in and Bobbi worked in different
Avondale, a welcoming congre- departments of the IRS in
info@thegathering-church.org
gation, is in need of a lot of used Northern Kentucky. Asked how
A Progressive neckties. She and her sister use the ice was broken Jean admits
Christian Church these to make items such as she approached Bobbi and the
purses, aprons, coasters, etc. rest is “herstory.” Jean says “It
They then sell them and ALL of was love at first sight.”
profits go to local social justice

Grace Episcopal Church projects as well as to an HIV-

AIDS Hospice in Kabwe, Zambia
“A Welcoming Community—Come Join Us” which Gingold will be visiting in
September 2010.
Each Sunday, 10 a.m.—Holy Eucharist her sister set up a partnership
1st Saturday each month, 5 p.m.—Hip Hop Mass between this Hospice and her
Unitarian Church in Carbondale,
2nd Wednesday each month, 6:30 p.m.—African
Illinois and she has been going
Drumming, Reiki and Traditional Healing Service there for years.
Contact: Mimi Gingold 513-
5501 Hamilton Avenue www.gracecollegehill.org 531-9218 or mimigingold-
513-514-2415 office@gracecollegehill.org @gmail.com for pick-up.
HRC—from Page 2
is expected to reach capacity.
Please contact communityevents-
@hrc.org with questions.
For more information about Her
HRC, please visit www.hrc.-org/
herhrc.
If you’d like to attend this event
you can purchase tickets online.
(ticket purchase required)
January, 2010
Hannah Free
Screening
Sharon Gless, ( Queer as Folk,
Cagney & Lacey) stars in
Lesbian drama Hannah Free, a
film about a lifelong love affair
between an independent spirit
and the woman she calls home.
Jacqui Jackson, niece of the
Rev. Paula Jackson, Church of
Driehaus speaks
at Transgender
service
The annual Transgender Day of
Remembrance in Cincinnati was
held in November to remember
and honor those murdered
because of anti-Transgender
hatred or prejudice.
The event was held at the
Metropolitan Community Church
(MCC) and was co-sponsored by
MCC and the Human Rights
Campaign (HRC). A musical
selection, “Remember Me” was
sung by Daniel Strasser, accom-
panied by Maurice Harris.
A reception followed with
about 55 people in attendance.
Ohio State House Representa-
tive Denise Driehaus was the
guest speaker at this year’s event.
Rep. Driehaus’ remarks included
a resolution that in part said,
“Transgender citizens are
courageous, hardworking and
talented who combine strong
skills with a passion for equality
and justice.” The Day of
Remembrance is held annually to
honor Rita Hester whose murder
Service leaders, l to r, Paula Ison, Jeff Caywood, Denise Driehaus and Joe Poynter.
GLBT News —Page 7
Our Saviour rector, plays the
grad student who (under cover of
doing gerontological research)
arranges to create secret visits for
the two aged lovers in a nursing
home.
The film will screen two times
only at the Little Art Theatre, 247
Xenia Ave. in Yellow Springs
Jan. 21 at 7:30 p.m. and Jan. 24
at 4 p.m.,,. Call 937-767-7671
for reservations. (no online sales)
in 1998 started the “Remember-
ing Our Dead” project. Rita
Hester’s murder, like most
Transgender murders, has yet to
be solved. The Day of Remem-
brance raises public awareness of
hate crimes against Transgender
people, an action that current
media does not perform. The
Day of Remembrance mourns
and honors the lives of Transgen-
der people who might otherwise
be forgotten and gives Transgen-
der people and their allies an
opportunity to step forward in
unity, memorializing those who
died by anti-Transgender
violence.
Paula Ison, an organizer of the
event, said, “To put The Day of
Remembrance on a personal A church community
level, I lived in Jacksonville, that respects diversity
Florida before moving to
Cincinnati. In 2001 Terrianne as much as you do.
Summers, described as a
Transgender activist, was shot
and killed as she worked in her 536 Linton Street at Reading Road, Avondale
front yard in Jacksonville. Her www.firstuu.com
murder has never been solved. I 10:30 a.m. Sunday—Service and Religious Education
have been described as a Welcoming Congregation
Transgender activist and if I had Childcare, Accessible, Audio Enhanced
stayed in Jacksonville, it could
have been me instead of
Terrianne.”paulaison@hotmail.com
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Welcome
to Northern
Kentucky
More Gays in politics
As we prepare to enter a new
year, 2010 could bring additional
changes to Kentucky’s political
makeup if the national trend of
electing Gay candidates
extends to Kentucky.
Earlier this year, Democrats
won additional seats in the
Kentucky Senate and the
Commonwealth has two openly
Gay men running for the Ken-
tucky House of Representatives.
United We Stand, “ Kentucky’s
LGBTI News” has interviewed
one openly Gay candidate,
Matthew Vanderpool (D-
Lexington) who is challenging
conservative Stan Lee (R-Lex-
ington).
Kentucky’s only other openly
Gay lawmaker, Ernesto Scorsone
resigned from the Kentucky
Senate after being appointed by
Governor Steve Beshear to the
office of Circuit Judge for the
22nd Judicial District, Division 7
in 2008. However, Scorsone
wasn’t openly Gay when he was
initially elected.
There are currently at least 445
openly Gay and Lesbian people
holding elected office in the
United States, up from 257 eight
years ago, according to the Gay
and Lesbian Victory Fund, a
political group that supports Gay
candidates.
Election 2010 will also include
Jim Gray, Lexington’s openly
Gay vice mayor. Gray is running
for the city’s top office as he
challenges incumbent Jim
Newberry. If Gray is elected, it
January, 2010
would be the first time a large
Kentucky city has elected an
openly Gay chief executive.
Some political scientists say the
rise in openly Gay candidates
winning public office is a better
barometer of societal attitudes
than are the high-profile fights
over same-sex marriage.
“Gay marriage ballot measures
are not the best measure,” said
Patrick J. Egan, a political
scientist at New York University
who studies issues surrounding
Gay politicians. “They happen to
be about the one issue the public
is most uncomfortable with. In a
sense, they don’t give us a real
good picture of the opinion trend
over the last 30 years.”
For instance, the National
Opinion Research Center at the
University of Chicago has been
polling people since 1973 about
whether homosexual behavior is
morally wrong. In 1973, 73% of
the people polled described it as
always wrong and only 11% as
“not wrong.” By 2006, those
saying homosexuality was
“always wrong” had dropped to
56 %, and 32 % said it was not
wrong.
One reason for the shift in
attitudes, some political scientists
contend, is a rising number of
Gays acknowledging their sexual
preference openly in various
walks of life, from workers on
factory floors to Hollywood stars.
“More and more people have
been coming out,” said Sean
Theriault, a political
scientist at the University of
Texas.
January, 2010
Community Resources
Guide to GLBT Resources
in Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
AIDS SERVICES
STOP AIDS, Cincinnati (AVOC)—513-421-2437, www.avoc.org
AIDS Volunteers of N. Kentucky (AVNK)—513-483-5757
Caracole Inc.—513-761-1480, www.caracole.org
Cincinnati Health Department (free/anonymous HIV testing); 3101 Burnet Ave.—513-357-7350
Commonality HIV+ Support Group—513-421-2437
FACE (For AIDS Children Everywhere)—513-584-3571
INDY! Project (I’m Not Dead Yet)—513-343-9999
Men of Color Outreach at Urban League—513-487-6520
Men in Touch HIV Discussion Group—513-421-2437, www.avoc.org
Minority AIDS Network of Ohio—937-684-4661
Northern Kentucky Health Department- (free/anonymous HIV testing), 859-578-7660,
www.nkyhealth.org
Ohio AIDS Hotline—800-332-2437
Planned Parenthood of Cincinnati, 2314 Auburn Avenue—513-281-6484
ADVOCACY & EDUCATIONAL GROUPS
Bridges for a Just Community—513-381-4660, www.bridgescincinnati.org
Center for Peace Education,103 Taft Road—513-221-4863
Cincinnati GLBT Coalition-—513-591-0200, www.glbtcentercincinnati.com
Cincinnati PRIDE Committee—513-591-0200, www.glbtcentercincinnati.com
GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) of Cincinnati —859-468-5659,
www.glsencincinnati.org
Martha Kidd Foundation—513-738-1971
Ohio Lesbian Archives—513-256-7695, ohiolesbianarchives@yahoo.com, www.geocities.com/
ohiolesbianarchives/
PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) of Cincinnati—513-721-7900,
www.pflagcinci.org
BUSINESS & FINANCIAL GROUPS
1/10@Fifth Third (GLBT employes at Fifth Third Bank) 513-534-3921
GABLE (GLBT Employees at Proctor & Gamble)—513-983-6858
GALEN (GLBT Employees of Comair Airlines)—513-227-1670
Gay Chamber of Commerce (QCCA)—513-723-5073, www.qccainc.com
Sage Investment Club—859-485-7585
COMMUNITY CENTERS
Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Greater Cincinnati, 4119 Hamilton Ave.—513-591-0200,
www.glbtcentercincinnati.com
GLBT News—Page 9
And people we know!
Dayton Lesbian & Gay Community Center- 937-274-1776, www.daytonlgbtcenter.com
HOTLINES
24X7 Cincinnati GLBT Automated Hotline—513-591-0222
National Gay/Lesbian Hotline—800-843-4564
MEDIA
Alternating Currents GLBT Radio Program, Saturdays 3-5 p.m. on WAIF—88.35 FM—513-241-
7003
Everywoman Radio Program, Saturdays 1-3 p.m. on WAIF- 88.35 FM,
Greater Cincinnati GLBT News; www.greatercincinnatiglbtnews.com
MUSIC, THEATER & ARTS GROUPS
Cincinnati Men’s Chorus—513-542-2626, www.cincinnatimenschorus.org
Ensemble Theater of Cincinnati (ETC), 1127 Vine Street —513-421-3555, www.cincyetc.com
Know Theatre Tribe, 1120 Jackson Street—513-300-KNOW, www.knowtheatre.com
MUSE—Cincinnati’s Women’s Choir—513-221-1118, www.musechoir.org
Ovation Theatre Company—513-621-2787, www.cincinnatiovation.com
Queen City Rainbow Band—513-559-9987 or 859-331-5339, www.qcrb.org
TriState Womonfest, www.tristatewomonfest.com
Wen’s Way Productions, www.womenswayonline.org
Women Out Front, www.womenoutfront.com
ONLINE RESOURCES
Rainbow Cincinnati website, www.gaycincinnati.com
Out in Cincinnati website, www.outincincinnati.com
Gayellow Pages, www.gayellowpages.com
Greater Cincinnati’s
ONLY GLBT Public Affairs Radio Program
Saturdays, 3 to 5 p.m. on WAIF 88.3 FM
In January on WVQC.org
Programmers: Cheryl Eagleson, Producer;
Bruce Preston, Maurice Harris, Jamie Royce, Emily Joy.
Greater Cincinnati GLBT News, www.greatercincinnatiglbtnews.com
POLITICAL GROUPS
Equality Cincinnati—513-591-FAIR, www.equalitycincinnati.org
Equality Northern Kentucky—859-814-1975, www.equalitynky.org
Equality Ohio, 50 W. Broad St. Ste. 1970, Columbus, OH 43215, contactus@equalityohio.org,
www.equalityohio.org
Human Rights Campaign (HRC), www.hrc.org/cincinnati , hrc-cincinnati@fuse.net
Log Cabin Republicans of Cincinnati—513-321-5997
Ohio Citizen Action, 513-221-2100
RELIGIOUS GROUPS & CHURCHES/TEMPLES
Beacon of Life Spiritual Center, 5701 Murray Avenue—513-218-2128, www.beaconoflife.org
Buddhist Dharma Center, 15 Moline.—513-541-1650, www.cincinnatidharma.org
Calvary Episcopal Church, 3766 Clifton Ave.—513-861-4437, www.calvaryclifton.org
Church of Our Saviour (Episcopal), 65 E. Hollister—513-241-1870,
www.churchofoursaviourcincinnati.org
Clifton United Methodist Church, 3416 Clifton Ave.— 513-961-2998, www.cliftonumc.com
Commuity Friends Quaker Meeting, 3960 Winding Way—513-861-4353
Dignity of Cincinnati (GLBT Catholics)—513-557-2111,
First Unitarian Church of Cincinnati, 526 Linton St. at Reading Road—513-281-1564, www.firstuu.com
Garden Park Unity Church, 3581 West Galbraith Rd.—513-385-8889
The Gathering—513-502-7535, www.thegathering-church.com
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Gay Interfaith Clergy Group—859-441-649Grace Episcopal Church, 5501 Hamilton Ave.—513-

541-2415,
www.gracecollegehill.org
Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church, 2710 Newtown Road—513-231-8634, www.huuc.net
Integrity of Cincinnati (GLBT Episcopalians)—513-648-0790, www.geocities.com/integritygc/
Jewish Family Service—513-469-1188, www.jfscinti.org
Keshet (GLBT Jewish Group)—513-791-1330
Madison Avenue Christian Church, 1530 Madison, Covington, KY 859-261-0226,
www.mchurch.com
New Thought Unity Center, 1401 East McMillan—513-961-2527, www.ntunity.org
Mt. Auburn
Northern HillsPresbyterian Church,103
Fellowship (Unitarian Taft Rd.—513-281-5945,
Universalist), www.mtauburnpresby.org
460 Fleming Rd, —513-931-6651, www.uunhf.org
New Spirit
Northern Metropolitan
Hills Synagogue, Community Church
5714 Fields Ertel (MCC), 4033 Hamilton www.nhs-cba.org
Road—513-931-6038, Avenue—513-661-6464,
Our www.newspiritmcc.com
Lady of Peace Catholic Mission, 1959 Anderson Ferry Rd.—513-451-7952
Rockdale Temple, 8501 Ridge Road—513-891-9900 JAC Bruce Lester
Soulforce of the Tristate (Kentucky-Ohio-Indiana)—859-630-7789, www.soulforce.org Stringer Beisner Ballance
St. John’s Unitarian Universalist Church, 320 Resor Avenue—513-961-1938, www.stjohnsuu.org
St. John United Church of Christ, 520 Fairfield Ave, Bellevue, KY. —859-261-2066, www.stjohnchurch.net
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 7 Court Place, Newport, KY 859-581-7610, www.pauls.church@fuse.net
St. Peters United Church of Christ, 6120 Ridge Avenue—513-631-8569
Temple Beth Adam, 10001 Loveland-Maderia Road—513-985-0400, www.bethadam.org
Trinity Episcopal Church, 16 East 4th Street in Covington, Kentucky—859-431-1786
Truth & Destiny Covenant Ministries, 4663 Kirby Road, 513-541-5052
Valley Temple, 145 Springfield Pike—513-761-3555
Wise Temple, 8929 Ridge Avenue in Amberly—513-793-2556, www.wisetemple.org
SOCIAL GROUPS
Beta Gamma Chapter of Delta Lambda Phi Fraternity, www.dlp.org/betagamma
ChicOut—513-321-1025, www.chicout.com
Cincinnati River Bears—513-470-0733, www.riverbears.com Devin Adam Samuel
Fightclub Ohio: Group for younger kinksters in Cincinnati/Dayton/NKY area, www.fightclubohio.org Rodgers Reilly Clemons
Imperial Sovereign Queen City Court—859-581-2716, www.isqccbe.org
Men’s Group, Community Center—4119 Hamilton Ave.—513-591-0200, www.glbtcentercincinnati.com
MidStates Leather Association—513-281-7340, www.midstatesleather.com
Rivertown Wranglers Country Dancing—513-533-3872
Tristate Primetimers—513-956-4398, primetimersww.org/tristate
Women Out Front Social Group–www.womenoutfront.com
SPORTS GROUPS
Cincinnati Frontrunners—513-621-6363, www.frontrunners.org
Cincinnati Alternative Volleyball League, www.cavaleague.com
Queers n’ Gears Bicycling Club, bikecincyq@hotmail.com
Cincinnati Pink Pistols, Cincinnati@pinkpistols.org
River City Softball League, Contact@myrivercitysoftball.net
TriState Alternative Bowling League—513-281-0300,
KBrawner@fuse.net, www.BowlOnSundays..com Rex VanAlstine Ronn Rucker Jeff Caywood
UNIVERSITY GROUPS
Spectrum Alliance at Miami University—513-529-3823, www.orgs.muohio.edu/spectrum
1809 GLBT Alumni of Miami University, www.1809lgbtalumni.org
University of Cincinnati Alliance (UC) (social group), www.outoncampus.org
GenderBloc at UC, www.genderbloc.org
Northern Kentucky University Common Ground—859-572-5218
University of Dayton Student Allies,www.studentallies.com
Wright State University Lambda Union—937-755-5565
TRANSGENDER GROUPS
Cincy Boyz FTM Support Group, cincyboyz@gmail.com
Crossport—513-919-4850, www.transgender.org/crossprt/
Transsexual Support Group, cynthialeigh2@yahoo.com Matthew David Cheryl
YOUTH GROUPS & RESOURCES Stuckey Weaver Eagleson
GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) of Cincinnati —859-468-5659,
www.glsencincinnati.org
National Gay/Lesbian Youth Hotline—800-347-8336
Your Forefront—513-322-1030, www.yfnow.org
Local High School Organizations
Cincinnati Country Day School—513-561-7298
Lakota East (still in formation)
Oak Hills High School Teens 4 Tolerance—513-922-2300
Princeton High School—513-552-8250
Saint Ursula Academy—513-961-3410 x22126
Saint Xavier High School Hands Across the Campus—513-761-7815 x410
Brian Josh Cameron
Kuennemeier Wagoner Tolle