Monkeypox/hMPX is circulating in our community, and we want to make sure you have the info you need about what’s going on. An ongoing outbreak of hMPX, a viral disease, was confirmed in May 2022. The initial cluster of cases was found in the United Kingdom, where the first case was detected on May 6, […]
Pride: Thankful for the opportunity
I am more the photo on the right than the one on the left–but I understand that there are moments when both are equally necessary. As executive director of Stonewall Columbus there are moments when I must be in front…however, I must admit I am most comfortable working to accomplish things from behind the scenes–alongside […]
S.C.O.T.U.S Ruling: Abortion is an LGBTQ+ Issue
Today the Supreme Court of the United States made an egregious decision that has ramifications reaching far beyond the statutes of Roe v. Wade. To love and be loved is a basic human need and to legally demonstrate that commitment to another consenting human is a basic right each of us as citizens should have–in […]
Pride belongs to the people!
(Reproduction of executive director welcome at the 2022 Stonewall Columbus Brunch–June 5, 2022) In 1981 Columbus saw 200 people marching from the Ohio State University to the Statehouse in commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising; in 1982 Stonewall Columbus organized Columbus’s first official Gay Pride. This year, in 2022, we in Columbus, and across Central […]
June 2022 Statement on Pride
This year we in Columbus, and across Central Ohio, recognize 41 years of leading the Ohio community in the celebration and recognition of the LGBTQIA+ community across Central Ohio. We must know our history; so as not to repeat errors of the past. We must know our history; so as to celebrate and recognize those […]