WHAT ARE PERSONAL PRONOUNS AND WHY DO THEY MATTER? In English, whether we realize it or not, people frequently refer to us using pronouns when speaking about us. Often, when speaking of a singular human in the third person, these pronouns have a gender implied — such as “he” to refer to a man/boy or […]
Statement on the Departure of William “Bill” Hardy from Equitas Health
William “Bill” Hardy had the thought to bring several organizations together to better serve the HIV/AIDS community and through that process was also able to expand needed social services and support for the LGBTQ+ community here in Columbus and across the state. The Equitas Health organization has evolved as the community it seeks to serve […]
Statement on Equitas Health from Ohio LGBTQ+ organizations and leaders
As members and allies of the LGBTQ+ community both in Columbus and throughout the State of Ohio, the undersigned stand in support of former and current employees of Equitas Health in calling for an apology for and acknowledgement of a culture of racial discrimination from the organization and for culture shift within the organization. We […]
We’ve been here before
I have weekly meetings with Stonewall’s board chair…it’s more me doing some version of what may be the closest thing, realistically and humanly possible, to a Vulcan mind-meld. I often find myself prattling on about a list of things with no particular order to them…stream of conscience at its purist. During one of our last […]
The right people; the right seats; the right time.
Recently, a friend came over for a Wine Wednesday; it’s been a while since we’ve been able to come together in an intimate moment and share experiences as two queer male presenting Black people who identify as gay. By what must have been our third glass of wine we dove deeper into the idea of […]
