STATEMENT OF PRIDE In 1955, during the height of segregation Rosa Parks, a Black woman, took a stand by refusing to move to the back of the bus and give up her seat to a white man; many say this was the symbolic birth of the Civil Rights movement. The 1950s and 1960s in America […]
STONEWALL COLUMBUS PRIDE EVENTS
Dear Community, The Stonewall Columbus organization is excited to host Stonewall Columbus Pride events safely throughout June. Our annual in-person Pride march and events are considered one of the largest Pride celebrations of its kind in the Midwest and one of the top 10 in the country—last when we gathered, in 2019, an estimated 800,000 […]
NBC4 is the Home for the Stonewall Columbus Pride Celebration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 16, 2021—OHIO—On June 19th Stonewall Columbus will digitally broadcast its 2021 PRIDE Celebration and March event in collaboration with NBC4 (WCMH-TV), NBC4i.com and Columbus production company Mills James. As June draws closer Stonewall Columbus continues to plan for a reality where once again the organization will not be able to gather […]
Healing with Humility and Openness
“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.” –Maya Angelou Day 100– I am sitting in a somewhat public seat as I guide an LGBTQIA+ organization that aims to serve the Central Ohio community through actions that uplift and empower all of the identities within our LGBTQIA+ spectrum while […]
No large in person pride gatherings for 2021
We continue to monitor the status of COVID in and around the Central Ohio region and recently Governor DeWine announced that Franklin County has been put on the watch list in the Ohio Public Health Advisory System with the risk to move to “purple.” In Franklin County large gatherings are still restricted and as such […]
