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They're too dangerous close at hand if teaching fails, or if they say rocket launchers, and loaded with armor-pierc to get guns? That could happen." I have spent an inordinate amount of time call something especially stupid. ing shells. ing for a ban on assault weapons and maga Throw in the blood-soaked wet dreams of Lib zines (also called clips) holding more than 10 "So hammers are more dangerous than assault Such anti-American paranoia was apparent on erty Counsel's Mat Staver, who believes gay rounds of ammunition. Without exception, peo weapons?" I ask. "Why don't you tell that to the that cold January day at the Statehouse as peo marriage could inspire gun-loving Christians to ple who have defended their right to buy more parents of kids massacred in Newtown? They'll ple proudly toting assault rifles let the public open fire: "This assault weapons have convinced me that they feel much better knowing that the madman know the government was oppressing them. could cause should not own assault weapons at all. only had a Bushmaster semiautomatic rifle in They believe that only good guys with as another civil stead of a fully loaded carpenter's belt." sault weapons can stop bad guys with war," he On top of being paranoid and trigger-happy, assault weapons. Ironic, that warns. Orfer- they were also homophobic. The NRA raised an army of bullies to intimidate the men who conducted vently hopes. anyone who dares call for gun control in Con massacres in our I favor blunt confrontation when talking with gress or online. I hate bullies. It is my duty to country were clas Civil war against pro-gun extremists. call them out whenever I see them, educating sified as good the Gays one of them when I can, humiliating them when I guys, right up until many scenarios that in Stating facts helps, but they must be stated re must. the moment they spires people to join the move peatedly: "Switzerland has an assault weapon opened fire. ment to keep assault rifles, grenade in every home? Well, you left out that it is illegal One man said he had the right to own any launchers and rocket launchers legal. Be to keep ammo at home. Look it up for yourself. weapon and ammo available to the police and And here's why this is an hind the rhetoric is an unspoken fantasy: the All bullets must stay on the firing range, and the military, and that he would use his fire issue for LGBT Americans: pleasure, the ecstasy of firing weapons of war there are limits as to what kinds of firearms power on anyon e who sought to take away his and unleashing an orgy of death. The reason and how many you can own. Do you know why? weapons. I told him to keep talking, hell end up It's not simply a civilian's right to weapons of why men who conduct massacres kill them Switzerland had its own massacre, as did Aus on multiple watch lists before the day is war that is at stake. The right of Christians to selves before they are caught is so they may tralia, Scotland, and Hawaii. Sensible gun con through. bear arms against homosexuals is also under die unaccountable for the reality they leave be trol wasthe response, and their gun siege. hind and their fulfilled fantasy intact. violence dropped dramatically" His response? He hoped I get aids. I think he meant AIDS. I Here's a new bit of crazy: Gays are infiltrating Giving men (it seems to always be men, self- I just pray those who oppose told him I hope he gets profes the CIA and FBI. Just askhomophobe-for-pay identified straight men at that) the means to in me bring up Israel, the Nor sional help before he kills Brian Camenker: "The FBI is just unbelievable discriminately kill on a large scale leads to wegian massacre or somebody - or a whole passel to see," he says. "They have started a Lesbian, what we are witnessing now: an arms race con the Constitution. of somebodies. Gay, Bisexual and Transgender program on ducted by a minority within this country. Minimal their careers website and they apparently have Here is something that rarely even gone from there to embracing the gay The goal is to make themselves Too Dangerous comes up during discussions agenda, having a gay advisory committee, wel to Disarm, reminiscent of Wall Street's Too Big about gun control: Grenade coming homosexuals as FBI agents, getting in to Fail, and every bit as morally bankrupt. launchers made for assault volved with pride events, but more than that weapons are legal in many going to gay pride events and encouraging ho All the while, the LGBT community is in their states. So are attachments for mosexual activists to report hate crimes and crosshairs. rocket launchers. working with them against pro-family groups.... It is very, very frightening to see. The FBI is very Mickey Weems writes Complete the Circuit every month Behind all the pro-gun rhetoric is powerful and they can do a lot of damage if for outlook You can follow him online at www.mickey- weems.com and at www.riualiafolk.com, a site dedicated to the simmering anger that President they are out to get you." LGBT scholarship. Obama is in office. Assault weapons, they say, are not for hunting or home defense, they Add what Brian Fischer of the American Family
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Salon Lofts. The name is not mislead celebrity Brian C. Hawkins. hours a day. So if I want to come in at like, maybe in my 20s - maybe early phone. I'm not afraid to email." ing. It's an industrial-inspired space 3 o'clock in the morning and do a 30s -1 might consider it." with a labyrinth of individual loft-style To break the ice, I confess my delu haircut - I'm not sure why I would - He emailed Ted Gibson from TLC's salons. Yet to the uninitiated, miscon sion that Salon Lofts are trendy resi but if Michelle Obama were in town Columbus, he says, "is home," and What Not To Wear. Shortly thereafter, ceptions exist. For example, I thought dences. Hawkins laughs. "My friend and says, 1 need a haircut' and it's 3 he loves working in the Short North. Gibson's assistant called to invite him it was an apartment building full of thought they sold lamp shades." (At a.m., guess what I'm doing?" "Nothing against suburbia, but I'm to work with their team on a photo real lofts where people actually live. night, the building is illuminated by not a suburban person. If I'm sitting shoot. large, drum-shaped chandeliers.) Although he has yet to meet the First at Level, and you and I are chatting, But after making an appointment, I You could argue that Hawkins does Lady, Hawkins has worked with and you're like, 'Where do you work?' "The first time I met Ted Gibson, I ventured to the salon-saturated sec live at Salon Lofts, based on the num countless celebrity stylists and run and I'm like, "Oh, its right down the was like a groupie," he says. "I'm tion of the Short North to meet local ber of hours he spends there. "It's way models thanks to his jobs at street,' the likelihood of you coming standing there, like, 'Oh my god,'and essentially your own business," he Fashion Week and his appearances to me is a lot more than if I say, 'Oh, so he says, 'You must be Brian,' and says. "You have your on popular TV shows like Project I'm in Powell.'" I'm like, 'Hi, Mr. Gibson, it's so nice to own key, and Runway awl Fashion Star. meet you,' and he's like, 'No, no, no, it's Ted,' and I'm like, 'OK, Mr. Ted, if s it's techni He admits that not everyone is cut cally 24 so nice to meet you,' and he's like, His involvement with Fashion Star out for New York City or Fashion 'No, just Ted,' and he gives me this started with a simple text message to Week. hug, and I'm like,'Oh my GOD!"' a friend in LA: "We were just going back and forth with texting, and I'm "It can be very intense. You've got on • "My inspiration in the industry is how like, 'Well, as always, if you need average about 18 models, and the he handled that situation. You know something, just let me know.' And a hair team can be 12 to 14 people. who he is. He knows who he is. But couple of minutes later, he calls me and the makeup side can be 10 peo ' Ys like, 'Your timirg couldn't be ple, and there's photographers, there's never this unapproachable better.*" there's press back there, and it's feeling to him." very, very intense.... You can either Brian, too, is very approachable. "To Less than a month later, handle it or you can't" me, I feel like even though I'm proud ' "an was in LA for filming. of myself and what I've accom Brian C. Hawkins can handle it. plished, I've never been a bragger. I clients have been very think it has a lot to do with how my supportive and encouraging," Brian Hawkins? Not so much. parents brought me up." he says. "One of my clients was like, 'You know, every time I see "There's two different Brians. There's "I had this visual of the day that I be something you post on Face- 'Brian C. Hawkins,'" he says mock come all, Tes. Hello. I'm Brian C. book, I'm happy for you. But ingly in a deep baritone. "And then Hawkins,'" he says in his faux bari then I'm like, Wait a minute. there's 'Brian Hawkins.'" tone. "And my mother is going to How much longer are you come around the comer and body gonna be in Columbus?'" "I'm a shy, quiet person, but this in slam me." dustry creates a different persona. So will he move to New It's still me. I'm not being fake. But This down-to-earth attitude - as well York or LA? "If I were for me to do what I've done, I have to as his accomplishments in his field - younger... be assertive." are why his alma mater has invited him to give this year's commence mmmM, He also has to network. ment address at the Paul Mitchell School. When offered the opportunity, "I'm a networking fa Brian asked, "Why me?" natic," he says. "I'm not afraid to "I'm just little ol'me," he says. pickup "Those were my exact words to her. the And she says, 'That's exactly why we love you.'"
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We V Charleta Tavares UNABASHEDLY PRO-EQUALITY by DA Steward to 2010 and as a representative in the "I generally let the communities that are Ohio House from 1993 to 1998. She was primarily impacted make the decision for Just a decade ago when asking most any the first African-American woman to hold themselves," Tavares said. "I think office-holder about her stance on mar a leadership position in the Ohio General there's an opportunity on both fronts. The riage equality, you could expect a diplo Assembly. main issue here is, do the people matic answer filled with words of respect think there are enough resources for both the LGBT community and those "This is my home, and I'm proud of this and funding? I don't know. That's who oppose "such lifestyles." city and the advancements we've made," something the LGBT community Tavares said. "I'm proud of the diversity and allies have to decide. Fortunately we now live in a world where that is now capturing Columbus and cen Where do they want to put their our president openly supports marriage tral Ohio, and that fact that we're em resources? But I can see the equality and where politicians like state bracing diversity. That's a strength many pros and cons of both sides." Sen. Charleta B. Tavares respond like this communities don't have." to the question of whether she's ever She goes on to stress that the hesitated to support LGBT rights legisla Equality is a mantra she has continued to toughest fight won't be within tion: carry politically. Tavares, along with Sen. the community. Groups like the Mike Skindell, D-Lakewood, sponsored Ohio-based Citizens for Community "No, because if you have principles and the Equal Housing and Employment Act in Values and the National Organization values that you live by, you don't hesitate the last General Assembly session. Ohio is for Marriage are the real opponents. when supporting equality. I believe in one of 34 states where it's still legal to be doing what's right and what's just. I don't fired or refused housing simply for being "Unfortunately they have a lot of momen believe in discriminating against anyone. lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. The tum behind them, these outside entities If you believe that, then it has to be a EHEA would make such discrimination il who are pushing their personal agendas part of your life and your decisions as a legal. and have millions of dollars to do so," senator. I've supported benefits for Tavares said. "I do believe that we have same-sex partners because it's just "We're gearing up and getting ready to to do the same thing. If we're against what's fair and what's right." introduce [the Equal Housing and Employ constitutional language that discrimi ment Act] again," Tavares said. "The plan nates against the residents of our Tavares, a Columbus Democrat who was was that if we didn't pass it last year we state, we have to get allies, elected to the Ohio Senate in 2010, is had to reintroduce it, so we're looking for business entities and or gracefully unapologetic in her convic co-sponsors so we can make that hap ganizations to con tions for an Ohio and an America where pen." tribute and build the everyone is treated equally. And unlike resources neces other politicians - including President She said she's paying attention to but sary to combat Obama - her public support of the LGBT hasn't waded into a debate within Ohio's their message." issues didn't need a period of "evolu LGBT community on how best to move for tion." ward on civil rights issues. The biggest organization, Equality Ohio, wants to push The Franklinton-raised politician speaks for anti-discrimination legislation, while fondly of a childhood where the tenet of the newest group, Freedom Ohio, says it equality was just "something I grew up is on track to put a marriage-equality ini with." Her father worked as a laborer at tiative on the November ballot. General Motors and her mother was a community activist who served on the local PTA. They taught Tavares to "treat everyone with respect and appreciation."
"[Being an LGBT ally] is just who I am and who I was raised to be," Tavares said. "We may come in different forms and have different values and backgrounds, but everyone deserves respect."
Tavares has also remained fiercely dedi cated to Columbus and Ohio. She served on the Columbus City Council from 1999
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wasn't Christian vs. lesbian, it was the idea of a King Avenue United Methodist Church (see literal Hell that I struggled with. I didn't believe in www.newcreationmcc.org for details) to benefit Almost hidden in plain sight on Columbus's South it," she said. "I felt I was more like a Unitarian or the Seaside Park, N.J., Firehouse No. 45, which Side is the New Creation Metropolitan Community Buddhist than a Methodist in that regard." sustained major damage during Hurricane Sandy Church. The building is small and austere but last October. The firehouse was gutted and lost
well-kept and warm on a cold March day. m As she looked at other spiritua I paths, she found much of its equipment. many were similar to the Christian faiths, and It^awelcomj^ those similarities ultimately led her to stay where It's likely that none of the members of the church learn more - much like its pastor, the shewas. had ever heard of the tiny seashore hamlet of Rev. Margaret Hawk. Her story and passion match Seaside Park, let alone visited there. Yet they are thechurch and its mission as they seek to trans A reference from a friend led Hawk to the New trying to lift the spirits and strengths of the fire form themselves and others. Creation Metropolitan Community Church. The de house through some long-distance goodwill from nomination that began in 1968 has churches and a tiny congregation with a big heart. The firefight Hawk hails from northeastern Ohio and ministries in more than 25 countries, but the local ers may never meet any of the New Creation con earned her undergraduate degree in edu congregation was at a low point when Hawk ar gregation, but their lives will certainly be touched cation from Bowling Green State Univer rived in 1990. by them. sity, followed by a master's in theological studies from the Methodist "Thecongregation was burned out," shesaid. For itself, the New Creation Church gets by on Theological School in Ohio. Raised as "They had been without a pastor for a long time. what the congregation and community can offer. a United Methodist, she felt a calling The attendance was very low." Hawk was brought It gets no money from the national New Creation to the church early on, even though in to preach as she finished her theological stud church, but Hawks work hasn't gone unnoticed. as a lesbian she had to deal with ies. She continued to garner more duties and be The local congregation was named a 2011MCC an inner struggle. came pastor once ordained. She took up the Pacesetter Church for its leadership and commit challenge and began leading New Creation mentto strengthening the future of the move That might sound familiar, but church forward with weekly services. ment's international ministry. Hawk's conflict was on an other level. "In church-speak," she explained, "We call it a While helping to changes others' lives, sometimes blended service. A blend of some of the tradi the change is personal. The toll of driving from her "For me the tional, formal elements mixed with the less formal Union County home has convinced Hawkto finally struggle elements." To create the feel of a church, familiar move south to Columbus. "I have a large home on aspects such as communion help provide touch three acres and it's too much for one person to stones from familiarfaiths. "We want to acknowl handle, so I am looking around here, now." edge peoples different backgrounds in faith and add some other elements, too." She shared that country home for many years with her partner, Stephanie Miller, who passed several The church serves people on the South Side but years ago. The memory is still a bit tender, but reac hes out as well to LGBT people farther Hawks strength and faith have helped her keep north. moving forward.
"We are the best kept secret in Columbus, Although she'll be a new Columbus resident, and we really hope to be bringing hope, Hawk has been a local for a long time and a fix ight and love to the community," she said. ture at GLBT events. "We have a motto: Transforming the World as We Transform Ourselves,' and I think "My idea of cutting loose is wearing my clergy col that really represents what we are trying to larto Prid e and just stand in the oncomingflow of do." people and making light-hearted comments about what they're wearing, their tattoos, what "We're always looking for 'what does it mean to be ever strikes me as they pass," she says with a a good neighbor' and try to follow through on that. smile. So as we help our neighbors to renew themselves, we are renewing and recreating ourselves at the Her reward is the responses people provide. same time." "They'll just look at me, sometimes stopping to talk and respond. I really love that interaction." This dedication sometimes requires reaching out side of the local community and into the unknown. New Creation MCC, which offers positive, affirming ministry to gay, bsbian, bisexual and transgender peopb of faith, meets at 116 E Williams Rd each Sunday at 10:30a. Thechurch is hosting a chili cook-off on April 6 at
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by Bob Vitale DeLong read a statement in court that recounted standingto claim discrimination as a transgen in 2004 and with her now ex-wife and step-chil her fear of losing her home, her pets, her pos der woman. A federal complaint was dismissed dren in 2005. Savanna DeLong lost family when she began sessions. And then she took her place in history because bias against LGBT people isn't covered telling them in 2005 that who she is on the in as the first transgender resident of Columbus to by federal law. Ohio doesn't bar discrimination DeLong is on the vergeof bankruptcy today, but side didn't match the person they saw on the fight back against workplace discrimination. based on sexual orientation or gender identity, a job at Giant Eagle in Upper Arlington offers a outside. either. paycheck and health insurance. She hopes to "Today, I feel like I have done what I canto ad get back into massage therapy, for which she Five ^ears later, with hormone replacement ther- vance the rights of the LGBT community. For The city said Columbus Hospitality Management became licensed by the state in 2000. i apy well under way and her male name legally that I am thankful," she said. "Just a tiny battle denied DeLong work after she filed that unsuc left behind, DeLong began telling employers and in the fight for all our rights. I hope with this win, cessful federal complaint. Although the com- "I've worked with athletes, with terminally ill pa lost even more. it can make life easier for transgender people panydidn'tfightthecharges in court, President tients, with the elderly," she said. "Not to sound now and in the future." Charles Lagarce said managers stopped giving clichS, but I like helping people." Three jobs - as a licensed massage therapist at work to DeLong and all other contract employees Downtowns Capital Club and as a server with After Pollitt fined Columbus Hospitality Manage- because business had slowed during the reces She acknowledges that she once considered sui two suburban catering companies- slipped ment $1,000 - the company said it pleaded no sion. cide, but now DeLong talks about new friends away as bosses stopped calling. She already contest as a "business decision," not an admis and adopted family who love and support her. A had lost her health coverage. Then she lost her sion of guilt - City Attorney Richard C. Pfeiffer Jr., DeLong worked at the Capital Club for 12 years cousin contacted her after reading her story in income as well. said Columbus won't hesitate to hold employers as a licensed massage therapist, bartender and The Columbus Dispatch, and coverage of the accountable. restaurant server and said she never received case on Channel 10 has brought more kind On her way home from a January 2011 meeting bad feedback from superiors. words than uncomfortable sta res. in which a club manager told her that she'd "if you engage in illegal discrimination, we will make guests feel uncomfortable, she had to pull file charges," he said. After she came out to a supervisor in an email, "Strangers would come upto m e and say they off the highway to vomit. though, she was called into the office and told support me," DeLong said. "They said it took a Chief Prosecutor Lara Baker-Morrish gave much she could work as a bartender instead. The club lot of courage to do what I did." OK, lets fast-forward this to the happier part. of the credit to DeLong, 53, who grew up in the never asked her back for either job. Nor did shadows of Ohio Stadium as herfather man catering companies in Bexleyand Reynoldsburg, DeLong, though, still calls her fight "a small Its2013 - March 11, to be exact- and DeLong is aged a farm for Ohio State University. where local anti-discrimination laws are silent battle." The $1,000 fine paid by Columbus Hos standing in the courtroom of Franklin County on transgender discrimination. pitality Management will goto the city, not to Municipal Court Judge H.William Pollitt Jr. He's 'This wasn't easy," Baker-Morrish said. "She her. about to levy the first fine under a five-^ar-old was willing to go forward and do all of that." Among the most hurtful things her former man city law that bans discrimination based on gen ager did was refer to her gender identity as an "It's not so much the fine. It's the statement," der identity. Baker-Morrish said DeLong's status as an inde epiphany, she said. she said. pendent contractor prevented the city from fully Columbus Hospitality Management which ran pursuing a discrimination case. The local law "My first thoughts and memories, from when I "It gave me a lot more self-confidence. I feel 1 the Capital Club when DeLong stopped getting doesn't cover people who work under those was 5years old, were feeling something wasn't probably better than I've felt at any time in my work there, pleaded no contest to charges that terms. right," she said. "Things just didn't fit." life. I feel a lot more relaxed - myself, I guess." bosses retaliated against her for filing a federal complaint But only in Columbus did DeLong have any She finally shared her feelings with a therapist _ I) april 2013 Savanna DeLong V the Hot Times Community Arts & Music Festival in Olde Towne East. outlookcolumbus. com Maureen Wilder Koeppen & Dr. Kate Wilder Adams, PharmD
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The provide opportunity for the students and teachers to sounds of instruments from the music room can be succeed. I can't really see myself working in a differ heard in the distance. ent place now that I've been here," Gatto said. "Now that I'm here and have that capacity, I want to create The place is beating, and at the heart of it is Princi a safe place for kids to go to school." pal Tony Gatto. Gatto attended a suburban high school in Columbus Gatto has been with the academy since it opened in and didn't have a good experience. He said he can 2002. He taught math back then and didn't always relate to the students who transfer into ACPA. know education would be his calling. He earned a journalism degree from Miami University and worked "I was pretty nerdy but also pretty unhappy. I didn't as a substitute teacher for Columbus Public Schools fit in," he said. "A lot of why I'm here and why I want while he looked for a job. to create a safe place is because I know what an un safe place can be." He enjoyed it so much he took math classes at Columbus State Community College and received his Richard Albeit was hired as the academy's vice prin teaching certificate." I felt like this is what I should cipal at the same time Gatto was brought on, so the be doing. I felt like this was my purpose." two have grown into their jobs together. They're friends as well as colleagues, laughing and joking in While long-term subbing at Arts Impact Middle their shared office. School, Gatto met art teacher G.G. Howard, and she soon became his mentor. After her daughter was "He's a remarkable partner to work with, and I trust bullied at a suburban high school, Howard decided to him explicitly because he operates with unwavering open ACPA, and Gatto went with her. honesty and integrity. I haven't met many people in my life who are so thoroughly honest" Albeit said. "She wanted to open a school where she could go be "He also has an incredible, morally correct con safe," he said. science, which makes working with him refreshing and humbling." In 11 years, Gatto has watched the school grow. ACPA opened with about 50 students; currently there Albeit remembers a moment when Gatto was talking are 260. But the mission of the school hasn't to parents at a school orientation, and he was ad changed. dressing the need for kindness from the students at all times during the upcoming year. He said Gatto is Diversity and inclusion continue to be the core be able to communicate with ease and is so simple and liefs and are reinforced daily. Many of the students direct when it comes to discipline. have transferred to ACPA after being treated poorly at their home schools. Many are gay, lesbian, bisex "'When you're interacting with somebody else, all ual or transgender. you have to do is think about if what you are doing is nice,' (Tony told the parents)," Albeit recalled. "Just "They typically come in because they are marginal be nice. It's so simple and easy to understand." ized in some way," Gatto said. Sittingin the cafete ria, he asked a student: "Why did you come to If he weren't so dedicated to his teaching career, ACPA?" She responded: "I had no where else to go." Gatto might be contributing to VH1 's / Love the 80's because of his expansive knowledge of 1980s pop. Diversity is celebrated in the curriculum. "When they "An '80s pop song starts and he knows the title, talk about civil rights they talk about gay rights. artist, background... It's crazy!" Albeit brags of his When they discuss political issues they discuss mar friend. riage equality," Gatto said. "Novels have gay charac ters, and they have gay themes. And its not made a When he isn't at ACPA, Gatto can be found cooking big deal of. It's just presented as something to delicious meals, doing yoga at Snap Fitness or doing study." online classwork while sitting at Cup o Joe. Gatto is finishing up his master's in educational leadership at The school also hosted a drag pageant talent show in the University of Cincinnati. February where six students - both kings and queens - competed forthe crown of ACPA Drag Superstar. "After the master's program I need to find a new hobby," he said. E_3 april 2013 Tony ¥ the Olentangy Bike Trail. outlookcolumbus. com S W I \ (P 1 \' ss_rEBA" WITH THE Grange Robby W Stephens AMERICAN FAMILY Insurance Agency CONCbPI 5PUN5UR •IMIIIiri-i 815NHighSt,SteF American Famly Mutual Insurance Columbus, OH 43215 Company an BC-22*0*4 -VI2 All Languages Quality. Personalized Care. Integrity. PIANO MEN What you've come to expect from us. THE MUSIC OF 1511,11 JOEL, James B. Ford, D.D.S., F.A.G.D. 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And as an judge those who pursue bureaucratic ca They are called the Google Glasses. Henry by local artist Adam Brouillette's illustra Ohio State University doctoral candidate in reers, a suit and tie aren't for him. His pro saw them as a way to "create a higher tion for the cover of outlook in March, educational technology, his success can ductivity relies on places where he can level of learning. It takes people out of the Henry developed an augmented-reality be intimidating as well. creatively express himself. classroom and places them into the real- component that, with the help of a down world environment." loadable app, turned the piece into an ex It's his humility and honesty, though, that It's with this understanding of how he perience of 3-D sights and DJ Moxy sounds. gives you the sense his life is a complex works productively that he's found suc Channeling the feelings of isolation and journey that's taught him some valuable cess for the last nine years in his com exclusion felt throughout his youth, Henry "I saw it as an opportunity to get back to lessons along the way. pany, EduTechnologic. It business focuses has created a more inclusive and diverse my artistic roots," he said. primarily on the connection between tech "world" around him. He made the Find Henry spent his youth in the suburbs of nology and education. His company pro Brutus Project a collaborative effort. Com Henry considers himself a "foodie" and Dayton. Never feeling accepted by teach vides customers with solutions to everyday bining EduTechnologic employees, OSU En enjoys local concept restaurants. Surly ers and peers, he passed the time making problems and minimizes the cost in doing gineering Capstone students and youth Girl, Jeni's Spendid Ice Creams, Bossy outrageous fashion statements and party from the Downtown High School, his mis Grrl's Pin Up Joint and German Village Cof ing in local warehouse districts with others sion was to integrate ethnic and cultural fee Shop are among his favorites. When who identified with the LGBT community. Understanding that learning technique is diversity into his program. he's not noshing on local fare, he enjoys subjective, Henry's most recent project is old-school video games like Pacman and Yet a memorable part of his high school one that gives participants a personalized The high school students who participate Tetris to kill time. experience was the lack of ethnic and cul learning experience. The unique and in the project range in age, ethnicities and tural diversity. As a result, Henry spent the groundbreaking work is called the Find gender. Besides the chance to aid in Henry's life has been all about exploration. majority of his high school career viewing Brutus Project: The Virtual Tour Agent, groundbreaking research, the Downtown His current goals include traveling and himself as the underdog. Giving up on find Augmented Reality & Intelligent Tutoring High School students get real-world expe finding more creative ways to integrate ing success socially and academically, he System. rience. They'll have the opportunity for in music, art and technology. decided to let fate be his guide. ternships after they finish high school. "The purpose of the project is to mix artifi The arts community is one of the best His young adulthood led him to pursue a cial reality with artificial intelligence," Like many gay people who grew up else kept secrets in Columbus," he said. range of careers. From recording artist to Henry said. Through such a hybrid, a vir where, Henry said he loves calling Colum DJ, then professional baker, it was the un tual tour guide is created as a tool for bus home because of the way the city successful business ventures that forced users. 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Well, except Chad's. No one Vthat. april 2013 m featur We Monica Day Morninq's Miss Conqenialit Monica Day had just gone over the edge of the PNC Bank building it's a hearty, belly laugh. It's genuine. And a guffaw from her can light when her photographer told her to hang on. up an entire room." She dangled 19 stories above Downtown - hanging on, literally- until Day was born in Florida but has lived in central Ohio since she was 9. he emerged on the street below. He wanted to get a different shot of Her grandfather, Bill Sapp, was a creator and co-owner of Columbus' her rappelling down the building for charity. legendary Kahiki, The Top and Wine Cellar. She graduated from Whitehall-Yearling High School and still has a big soft spot for You think all that pageant experience doesn't come in handy for the her hometown. NBC4 reporter, a former Miss Ohio who was voted Miss Congeniality at the 2008 Miss USA competition? "I would love to give some love to Whitehall," she says. "People tear that community down left and right There are so many Day, 30, has rappelled off Downtown buildings often enough - twice - great people in Whitehall." that she can refer to 2012 as "my year of rappelling." She has ridden bulls and horses and Chopper 4. She has stuffed herself with fried Fair And if you can't take Whitehall out of the girl, the girl hasn't re food and doughnut burgers, cuddled with pythons and leopards, ally thought much about taking herself too far out of Whitehall, donned pink wigs and moustaches, and worked with animals and either. She says she never really went through that get-me-out- children aw/Marshall McPeek. of-here phase many people feel about their hometown. And as the WCMH-TV traffic reporter-turned-woman-about-town, she "When you start to feel like you're better than the place has done it often before sunrise and always, always with a smile on that you're from, take a step back," she cautions. her face. If she had to do something else? "I never thought I was going to be a reporter," says the Whitehall- raised granddaughter of a Columbus restaurant legend. She thought "I wish I could be a drag queen," she laughs. "I want to about following in his footsteps, but decided to dabble in theater be be Nina West when I grow up." fore burning out in event planning. She landed the Channel 4 morning traffic gig in 2006. Day is no stranger to the LGBT community. She's the kind of straight girl that gay men love. She Columbus morning TV, usually just overnight shootings and repack grew up with gay people who worked at her aged segments from the night before, has been a little bit brighter grandfather's restaurants, and she worked ever since. with plenty of gay men during her pageant days. She's had friends whose parents Mornings on NBC4 are easy-going. Anchor Mike Jackson makes dog have come out and friends who've come voices when they show viewers' pet photos. Meteorologist Bob Nun- out. nally calls Day "Monnie." She lists Bat-N-Rouge, the annual Regular viewers know all about Day's love of pets, craft projects and post-Pride drag softball game, as one of New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter. They know and love her own her favorite summer events. Columbus dog, Mr. Basil Hayden Puffy Butt, who once donned a tie and sat on is a gay-friendly place not just because her lap at the anchor desk. its straight residents are open-minded and accepting, she contends, but also be "It's a very intimate time," Day says of the broadcasts that begin at cause the LGBT community welcomes 4:30a. "People are in some level of being dressed or undressed. straight people to be part of the scene. They're in the bedroom. They're eating cereal. I feel it's better to have a conversation with people than talk at them." "It's welcoming on both sides." And her role has expanded significantly over the years, both on-air and Day gives one of those hearty belly laughs at off. Day now anchors late-moming newsbreaks and fills in for vaca the idea of having a gay fan base but doesn't tioning colleagues. She reported from Indianapolis during the 2012 ponder long over why that could be. Super Bowl. She has interviewed thetrifecta of late-night hosts: Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno. "I think it's the pageants," she says before quickly backtracking out of the stereotype. "Not that all gay And there aren't many traffic reporters in town who are invited to men love pageants!" emcee charity events and kiddie pageants or asked to ride a horse up High Street for the Quarter Horse Congress parade. When she's informed that yes, we really do, she confides: "It's the rhinestones." "I always had a blast working with Monica," says McPeek, who left Channel 4 last year and now lives in Key West. "When Monica laughs, Monica V lime slush with tequila and pepper vodka at Dirty Frank's Hot Dog Palace. outlookcolumbus. com 5uSE » W M Center AME-CHANGER by Brent Hawk For anyone unfamiliar with Columbus'North Side, Ohio. They totally embraced the You Can Play mes Chiller Ice Works is located just past a dimly lit en sage," Massey said. trance along E Wilson Bridge Road. When you fi nally do see the white dome-shaped building down You Can Play is a national organization founded by for the driveway, you've arrived just in time to watch mer Toronto Maple Leafs General Manager Brian Burke the final hockey game of the night. and his son, Patrick, a scout for the Philadelphia Fly ers. Their son and brother, Brendan, was a manager for Inside Chiller North, there's a hockey aura, com the Miami University hockey team and had come out plete with a Zamboni machine sweeping the ice shortly before he was killed in a 2010 car crash. and the smell of Tim Horton's coffee. Accompa nied by the sound of AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" The group is dedicated to knocking down stereotypes over the radio loudspeakers, the Ohio Mayhem about the athletic ability of LGBT people the compas exit the lockerroom and prepare for warm-ups. sion of straight athletes. The formidable skater and No. 18 on the ice "The Burke family has been a tremendous asset to tonight is the captain of the Ohio Mayhem and the help us expand hockey and sports to the GLBT commu founder of Gay Hockey Ohio, Doug Massey. He nity," Massey said. started Gay Hockey Ohio in late 2004 as a result of three or four friends running into each other at Pride Massey said he's also happy that hockey has led the that year and talking about forming a hockey squad way in addressing issues of homophobia in sports. He that included GLBT players. thinks it has something to do with its preponderance of Canadians. Massey had been involved in organized sports through middle school and always enjoyed the competitive na "They have truly been our friendly neighbors to the ture of hockey. The Ohio Mayhem roster is 30 percent North," he said. GLBT, and the team plays as part of the D-League -Tier Division), largely comprised of straight play- Across North America, Massey has kept in touch with a number of gay hockey leagues in places from Montreal to San Francisco. "Our main goal with Gay Hockey Ohio is to get a group of people together that want to play competitive hockey "Their message is very similar to ours that values inte and enjoy the game regardless of their sexual orienta gration over segregation. Anyone that can play and has tion. Columbus is a great community to do just that," the talent to sharpen and lace up the skates should be he said. out on the ice." Also part of Gay Hockey Ohio is Massey's partner, Don Massey is looking forward to the 2014 Gay Games in Zender. "Don has been very integral in getting our Cleveland. "It's going to be huge. There are actually message out about integrating GLBT athletes that more athletes that compete in the Gay Games than the want to hit the ice, get active and enjoy the cama Summer Olympics. As a hockey player, nothing would raderie among both straight and GLBT players alike." be greater than to play at The Q (Quicken Loans Arena) and feel the adrenaline rush stepping onto the ice." The two took the lead in putting together a ground breaking Pride Night with Ohio State University's men's Going forward with Gay Hockey Ohio, Massey hopes to hockey team in February. It wasn't just a ticket-selling add and develop additional GLBT hockey squads at the promotional event for the sponsor; OSU fully embraced beginner levels to increase the organization's presence the cause of GLBT athletes and became the biggest in Columbus. university yet to film an uplifting video for the You Can Play movement. Regardless of skill level, his message to gay athletes remains consistent. "Everyone at Ohio State, including the athletic director (Gene Smith), the hockey coach (Mark Osiecki), and "Be yourself, get out there, and don't be afraid. That is players were overwhelmingly supportive of Gay Hockey the beauty of sports. If you can play, you can play." outlookcolumbus.com Doug ¥affordabil"rty: "I can enjoy all our nightlife and entertainment without the crazy fees like you find in NYC or Chicago." april 2013 Meet music CD £} you are here OWNER & PUBLISHER maven and D Christopher Hayes you are here Miracle Soup co maker Sharon mk snapshot HEADQUARTERS co Outlook Media. Inc. Udoh on 815 N High St.' Bsmt Ste G Page 30. CO Columbus. 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She hasn't "evolved" because 3 _ N V d | 3 3 s she has always been there. _ E DE E Bob Vitale _ 3 d 3 3 M| |3 s • E 0 3 NEXT MONTH: Editor-in-Chief 3 0 V 1 .:•;:! 3 1 A 1 A - V IAI But she tells Dwayne Steward in a profile on [email protected] 3 _ 0 V _ 3 s _ 0 N 3 LAI V 1 0 1 0 S 3 a n 1 3 Vi 0 H trippin' out s s V s s S 3 H 0 3 3 H _ outlookcolumbus.com Mayor Mike VThe Hills Market the first Downtown grocery in who-knows-how-long. april 2013 Q feature We V Sharon Udoh: 7[f_ © l^D(§]lfu® Plavlna Partv Chef by Erin McCalla Udoh is a first-generation American - finding her way" on guitar, bass and constrained by ourselves, our jobs, our Counterfeit Madison and says the her pa rents a re from Nigeria and cur sax, but she is trained on the piano. parents, gravity. At a DewDroppers alias/stage name is so people can't There is a good chance you know of rently live there - who moved to Colum She's been playing since she was 4 show, you can fuck yourself up and let find her if she doesn't want them to. Sharon Udoh. bus from Cincinnati in 2009, but has ears old. loose. It's a time to dance like fools." Her album is dropping in August. been playing music all 27 years of her And it's with such aliases that some She performs with TheDewDroppers, life. Music was always on in her house 1 approach all music through the eyes Udoh plays all of the typical venues find her both refreshing and confusing. The Apes, Andrew Graham & Swarming as she grew up, and she says her mom )f a piano player," she explains. and music festivals, but Cafe Kerouac, For all the time she spends tickling the Branch or by herself as Counterfeit can "sing like a bird, 'but her musical Brothers Drake Meadery and Cafe ivories for audiences in this city, you Madison. prowess comes from an older genera- \Mie n she moved to Columbus, she told Rumba top her list of favorites. She would be surprised to find that Udoh tion. "1 play music like my grandfa lerself she wasn't going to play live also holds a special place in her heart doesn't really care for attention. She works at Impero Coffee Roasters in ther," Udoh smiles. nusic because she felt overextended for the relatively new Independents Day. the Short North, where she is in the as a part of 14 bands at one time in "I'm an introvert and 1 don't behave like back "making soup and ^^^^ ^ With a f la ir for com- Cincinnati. "Independents day is my shit; it's in the one. I'm expressive, but not extro making it rain." JA ^H position, she heartbeat of the city. It fits into the verted," she tries to explain. "The war writes music But then she met Joe Gilliland in 2010 rhythm of my life." to express myself and the war to stay She is attending ^L L for any in- and the secret was out that she could out of the spotlight is a war 1 will have your shows and m stru ock that piano. But Udoh isn't just sharing her talents until 1 die, and I'm fine with that." either mentor- 4 |A ment, with festivalgoers and bar patrons. She We met and the words of death were is involved with the musical youth of With her talent, a future making music ingyouorin ^^tm j< quiring, "How ^ ^ spoken: We should jam sometime.'" the city. full-time seems inevitable, but two new do 1 be like T| V loves have come into Udoh's life since 1 K^ you; " (Agues _^| __, tot long after, The DewDroppers was Currently, she mentors two students at movingto Columbus: cooking and tion she's con- ^^ M*/> i ormed, and local fans quickly em- the Arts and College Preparatory Acad dance. Sheflexes her culinary muscles stantly asking • 1)race d the band. emy (see Page 22: principal Tony Gatto at Impero by incorporating as much Zac Little of ^| >v*- » - j is another person we love). zest into her cooking as she can, and Saintseneca.) ^^ A "1 think people like us because 1 she takes modern and hip-hop classes ^^„ feel like so many Udoh also has been involved with the and has even dabbled in choreography. But what's the ^M ___?^^__>^ °*us Dick& Jane Project a literacy effort in story on Sharon M ^_L • f_-_----->^-^-. are which middle school students and local "1 want to live making food for people Udoh and why •^ __r - 1 __^™^*"-*'~ musicians collaborate on lyrics and and to become as comfortable as a do we love >4M '> music for original songs. dancer as lam a musician." her so _X^^I « ^^•^ jfflh < rb Ifyou want to see Udoh this month in her element, she is playing shows W\______^V__M V j April 1 withDane TerryatCafe Kerouac, April11 with The DewDroppers at The Basement, and April27 with Joe Camerlengo at Cafe Kerouac. «j april 2013 Sharon VTill Dynamic Fare. "If I had more money, I'd be there every single goddamn day." outlookcolumbus. com I 1 L I W V_y ILIL {SMJ)'mmj) ^aiffliH? SIM! 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It's across Downtown's most popular new restaurants, has any kind of footprint we can." almost immediately from the Statehouse and in no way slowed Yavonne and Wade Sarber from embraced by Down next to the theater, sol thinking up new ideas for the heart of the city. She's already made quite an impression. With town denizens. had to think about what was needed in that lo Manifesto, she has fully established herself as a cation." Yavonne Sarber, the creative force behind the key player in the local food scene, although she's The overwhelmingly positive response convinced restaurants, is developing a new French-themed hardly new to the business. her to open a second restaurant only a year later. The close proximity to state government made eatery called Chez du Bon, which translates to the decision to specialize in Scotch at Manifesto House of Good. That restaurant is on track to "I've worked in restaurants since I was 15," she Both restaurants are incredibly well thought-out, fairly easy. open in October. It'll be, of course, Downtown. said. "I did it through all of my starving artist aesthetically speaking. Everything seems to be in days." the right place. The atmosphere a nd overall feel "There's politicians across the street!" she Sarber has some other ideas on the backburner of the restaurants are crucial to Sarber. laughed. as well. Sarber grew up in Columbus and has lived here for the past 20 years. She moved around during "It's more important for us that you leave with a The atmosphere at Manifesto makes it comfort "I'd love to open a boutique hotel Downtown her early 20s; after graduating from the Univer dining experience," she said during a happy- able to spend an entire afternoon or evening, someday, a 25- to 40-room place, very plush. I sity of North Carolina, she worked as an interior hour interview at Manifesto, located next to the which may have had something to do with why it keep thinking up these types of things, its kind designer. Ohio Theatre at21 EState St. was so busy during Restaurant Week. of dangerous," she said. Despite her familiarity with all things food, Sar She tried a piece of flatbread to determine if it "We got killed," she said. "There was an hour For now, though, Sarbers focus is on her restau ber originally had no plans to return to the was ready forthe menu. She considered it for a wait for most of the week. We can't take reserva rants. And at the rate they've been opening, that restaurant business after getting out of it for a moment before informing a member of her staff tions at Manifesto because of the way it's set up, should certainly be enough to keep her busy. few years. that was to her liking. so then factor in the three-course menu.... It wasn't pretty." The most impressive part of all this is how "I tried to run away from it, but I just kept com "It's about making you feel comfortable with quickly these places have popped up. Both ing back," she said. "I credit Chef [Hartmut] what you look at, what you taste, what you Despite her ambitious nature and success, Sar restaurants opened their doors within the last 18 Handke for that. It just never left my blood. I smell," she continued. ber prefers to stay out of the spotlight for the months - De Novo in 2011 and Manifesto late wouldn't be a restaurateur without him." most part. last year - which is, needless to say, unusual. Manifesto, much like De Novo, wasn't fully real Downtown revitalization is always a work in Sarbers experience at Handke's Cuisine, where ized until Sarber was familiar with the space, a "I really try to put the emphasis on the restau progress and a hot topic in Columbus; now it she worked for six years, was in part what in former quick-lunch stop. rants," she said. "Hopefully people can like each seems we're starting to see some movement. spired herto ope n her own restaurant. After re restaurantforwhatitis, rather than as a person cruiting chef Rob Harrison - who previously "I try to look at the location first and determine branded on each one. I definitely want to put the "I love Downtown Columbus," said Sarber, who's worked at Short Stoiy Brasserie in Granville, a what can be created within the space," she said. restaurant first." april 2013 Yavonne • living Downtown. outlookcolumbus. com Because the Internet ISfor porn. ^__ n r- n A Proudly performed with the £O i u K A Opera Columbus Chorus 0C Columbus and Columbus Symphony Avenue Q Opera Atelier in Mozart's *] F M*gic Flute MUSIC AND LYRICS BOOK BASEDON AN ORIGINAL by by CONCEPT by ROBERT LOPEZ and JEFF MARX JEFFWHITTY ROBERT LOPEZ and JEFF MARX April 3-21 • Studio One, Riffe Center Saturday, April 27,2013,8 pm Sunday, April 28,2013 2 pm Southern Theatre This opera tells the story of a prince namedTamino who is sent by The Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from her nemesis Sarastro. Accompanied by the endearingly incorrigible Papageno and the aid of a magic flute, the besotted Tamino ventures into the temple and quickly finds that all is not as it seems. 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In addition to the graduating sen Both events are free, but the school requests peo stint dating fellow bi actor Alan Gumming - iors' thesis shows, the school is hosting plenty of ple RSVP through CCAD s website because space that you kind of owe her a moment of atten other events for the general public. will be limited. tion, don't you think? The first is the opening reception for the Master of The end of spring semester culminates in one of Well, here's the latest breaking Burrows bul Fine Arts Class of 2013 exhibition, taking place the school's most highly anticipated annual letin: The former model and star of The Bank Saturday, April 12 at 6p. The event features work events: the CCAD fashion show, which takes place JobmW appear in a UK crime thriller later in a variety of media, from glass sculptureto vide o May 10 at the design studios on Broad Street this year called Crossmaglen (stumped? It's and animation. Many of the graduating artists a town in Northern Ireland). Co-starring Ben from the school's esteemed MFA program will be The fashion show is a great night out on the town Kingsley, Michael Gambon and Vinnie Jones, there to discuss their work. for anyone anxious to get a it focuses on an IRA gunman (Scottish char glimpse at new and exciting acter actor Tony Curran) who accidentally The show is free to the public work from up-and-coming de kills a woman and her children on Christmas and will be up through May 3 signers. Presented by the Lim Eve. at the Canzani Center Gallery ited Brands Foundation, the on the CCAD campus. show is an impressive display Obviously, life gets much worse for him from of the best that CCAD's fashion! that point forward, so abandon all hope that Next up is a series of discus students have to offer. it somehow turns into a cuddly Irish remake sions by renowned author of It's a Wonderful Life. Look for this trou and innovator Marc Gobeand Each piece is chosen from a bling Troubles drama in December, the jol- his daughter, filmmaker selection of more than 100 liest calendar month featuring the year's Gwenaelle Gobe. Gwenaelle || items by industry profession most depressing films. kicks it off with a screening als. This year's show features of her new documentary, This 73 garments from 21 of the Shoplifters of the World Unite Geography Club Meets Soon, Space Available, an investi school's senior designers. and Take Over the Multiplex Likely on Film Festival Circuit gation of recent efforts around the world to reclaim "These students represent one public space and minimize of the most diverse classes at Who doesn't love The Smiths? Unnaturally happy Brent Hartinger's highly successful young visual pollution. CCAD,"said Robin Hepler, di people, yes, but few others. adult novel Geography Club is the little gay rector of marketing for the engine that could. Practically no surface is free school. "Several already have Since the early 1980s, Morrissey and Johnny Marr, of advertising these days. jobs lined up for graduation." the mopiest UK guitar heroes of their generation, The sweetly unassuming story of closeted Public spaces are bom have captured the loyalty of millions of lonely lis high-schoolers who find each other through a barded with marketing mes Two students have decided to teners even though they broke up not long after clandestine gay student group known under sages and ads. More and remain in Columbus, working they began. the code name "Geography Club" became a more of our everyday world is at Lane Bryant and Abercrom- runaway hit, then a play adapted by the au starting to look like Times bie& Fitch. Several others are And therein lies a tale. It seems that a troubled thor and, now, a feature film from the writ Square. Even bathrooms pursuing opportunities with young American fan, heartbroken over the 1987 ing-directing team of twin brothers Gary and aren't safe; there's a com companies such a Coach, demise of the Morrissey/Marr alliance, held a Edmund Entin. pany that will actually print Oscar de la Renta and Chico's. heavy metal radio DJ hostage at gunpoint and ads on toilet paper. The event is May 2, starting forced him to play hours of Smiths songs (and it Wrapped in 2012 for a 2013 release, the with a reception at 5:30p and followed by a In additionto the excellent opportunity for stu would take a gun to make a metal dude switch movie stars up-and-comers Cameron Deane screening of the film. dents to gain industry exposure, the fashion show from "Reign in Blood" to "Frankly Mr. Shankly"). Stewart (Pitch Perfect) and Ally Maki (Step is a great way forthe school to raise money to as Up 3D), with established support from Scott After the screening, there will be a discussion with sist its future students. All proceeds from the Now that bizarre story is a movie, Shoplifters of Bakula, Nikki Blonsky, Marin Hinkle (Two and Gwenaelle and Marc, who collaborated with her show go right back to the CCAD scholarship fund, the World, a comedy from gay director Stephen a Half Men) and Ana Gasteyer. during the film's production. Marc, who created Hepler said. Last year, more than $200,000 went KfckiScottWalker: 30th Century Man) starring the concept of "Emotional Branding," will speak to scholarships from the event. Jessica Brown Findlay (DowntonAbbefi, Thomas Gay-themed movies for families are few and at a breakfast event on Friday, May 3 from 7:30a Brodie-Sangster (Love, Actually, Jeremy Allen far between, so be on the lookout for this one to 9:45a. The night kicks off with a cocktail reception at White (Shameless) and Will Poulter (Son of Ram- very soon at a gay film festival near you be 7:30p (for VIP ticket holders only). Doors open at bow). fore it finds its home on cable. That's where Emotional branding is an approachto advertisin g 8p, and the show begins at 8:45p. Following the its intended tween audience will have a that encourages a more mindful connection with show is a dance party at the design studios, so be Currently still in production, you'll have to content fighting chance of seeing it. consumers, rather than engaging in the typical sure to don the appropriate, albeit fashionable, yourself with the ongoing feud between Moz and methods that perpetuate visual clutter. Gobe's footwear. every other living non-vegan for entertainment Romeo San Vicente has only ever stolen the lust-filled consulting firm is working toward a less invasive, untii the finished product rolls into theaters. Lin hearts of every man he meets. Believe it. He can be reached at [email protected]. but more effective, form of advertising forthe fu Tickets forthe Spring Fashion Show are available gering thought, though: Where is that DJ today now on the CCAD website, www.ccad.edu. and did he ever lea m to love "There Is a Light That ture. Gobe has written books on emotional brand Never Goes Out?" ing, and his ideas about brands and public image april 2013 Pete was just V-ing that dress so much he got two of his own. outlookcolumbus. com NationalTheatre of Great Britain and Bob Boyett present lu-« based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo • adapted by Nick Stafford in association with Handspring Puppet Company Winner! 2011 Tony Awards * / • • 1 ^mm . 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As it turns out, that husband April 20, with the proceeds going toward scene is, and that's something to was Virginia West, a headlining queen in finishing the film. Nina West, Virginia be excited about. town. It made her question assumptions West, Alexis Stevens, Freesia Balls, that she had. Akasha O'Hara Lords, Cool Ethan, The Gabrielle Burton has filmed a Reverend Roy Rogers, The Royal Rene documentary, Kings, Queens & Is drag political? Or is it just theater? gades, Jamz Dean and Natasha West will In-Betweens, about the thriv- "Everyone has a different opinion, so you all perform that night. ig and creative productions can't makean assumption," Burton said. across the entire gender per Will Burton herself dabble in drag? She formance spectrum: kings, Every performer approaches the artform wondered if it would an interesting angle queens and transgender per with their own perspective, and their own of entry for the film, but ultimately de formers. And to Burton's knowl interests. For some it's purely entertain cided notto don a beard and perform. "I edge, it's the first film to do ment, and for others it's all about politics. don't want it to be about me; I want it to so. Some believe it's about expressing a part be about this great community of artists." of themselves they can't do in their every :'s been over 20 years day lives and others say it's about aiding 1 doesn't have a release date yet, as it since Paris Is Burning, transition. Then again, questioning the is in the middle of editing. Burton hasal- andthisfilmisa roles we "expect" from gender stereotypes ready culled the film down to 11 hours chance to move the can lead to surprising questions. from 120 hours of footage, and will bring needle for social the film in at 90 or 100 minutes. She change, to talk "One king said she realized that she was loves editing, which she compares to a about how just re-enacting heteronormative relation puzzle or Sudoku, so she's excited to get gender is a ships onstage," Burton said. "And she the final funds to finish the film. contin thought 'Wait a minute! Just because uum," we're subverting a gender norm by dress "It's a challenge weaving all the stories Burton ing in the "other" gender's clothing, is togetherto pain t a picture of drag and of said. that enough?'" how vibrant and creative a city Columbus is, and I really want this to be an homage The footage focuses on the One thing she is sure of, though, is that to these performers, their artform and Vtest Family drag queen troupe (helmed all the performers a re celebrating differ this city," she said. by Virginia and her drag daughter Nina ent gender roles. And in a world where West) and on the Royal Renegades we're constantly bombarded with gender Burton is also launching a Kickstarter drag king troupe norms, that's a good thing. campaign and asking for $25,000 to get (led by The Rev the movie completed and distributed. erend Roy Rogers Even someone as enlightened as Burton and Cool Ethan), still sometimes falls into the traps of gen Her production company, Five Sisters Pro both of which in- der stereotypes. ductions (yes, she runs it with her four Ml elude transgender sisters) has experience getting films to performers. There Not long ago, her carwas broken into, and distributors and ultimately viewed. "We've are also interviews as she explained to her young children done a lot of movies - we know how to get with Julia Applegate, that the culprit stole their Magic Moun it out there, to get it widely released as it Liv Gjestvang and tain tickets and Chuck E. Cheese tokens, should be." r Sile Singleton, who she used the word "he" to describe the I were pioneers and wrongdoer. Which means not only that these perform leaders in the in the ers will get national attention, but the ng scene. Her daughter spoke up, "How do you know GLBTQ community and Columbus will as thatitwasaman?" well. Any one of these sub jects has stories inter And it's more of those moments she hopes "Now is the right time to get it out with esting enough for a will come with the subsequent social out anti-bullying and civil rights issues, and movie, but Burton didn't reach tour she has planned after the as a film that highlights Columbus as a want to focus on just one movie is released. Burton wants to visit creative, exciting city full of community- person. No one is a stand 10 to 30 cities to screen her film, mostly building... its the right time." april 2013 Chad V Sherri Dribblelips. 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People of different ages enjoy thentic enough that you think I, as the author, A new picture book turns the childhood char for H. A. Rey's Curious George, so I wanted to and understand the humor and themes in the am gay, but I'm actually straight. That aside, acter into a story for after the young'ns have make sure I approached my book the right book on different levels, but there a re definitely I'd like to thinkthat the Man's confidence gone to bed. Bi-Curious George: An Unautho way, from both a legal and emotional stand some strong sexual references a nd curse words and comfort in his own skin, and his selfless rized Parodyh the tale of a young simian point. in there, so gay or stra ight aside, those adult desire to help George through what he knows who explores life outside of the jungle - and aspects need to be taken into consideration can be a difficult process, are traits that he heteronormative definitions of sexuality. TM: What's your process forthe drawings when decidingto show the book to children. and I share. along with the writing? Is this your normal art I spoke with author Andrew Simonian on his style or did you have to work at aping the TM: Even with the light tone of the book, there TM: Will poor George ever find love? What's after-hours bedtime book. original books' artwork? are moments when people automatically next in his journey of sexual discovery? AS: I wrote the text before any illustrations were label George as gay. and he reminds them not AS: I don't know that George will ever find Tom Muzyka: What inspired you to make a done, but I actually did not illustrate this book to label, and he's figuring things out. I would love in the books, because it's his journey and parody of Curious George? Are you a fan of myself. I'm a fairly talented artist and would love to read more adventures where he ex all his mishaps along the way that are the the original series? love to illustrate other future books, but the look plores more of this bi-curiousness and what basis for much of the humor. I hate to leave Andrew Simonian: The initial inspiration for and feel of the original Curious George are so that means to the little monkey, and to his George eternally hanging like that, but it's the story came from the title itself - the title specific and well-known; for the parody to work friends. sort of like the great unrequited loves on our Bi-Curious George is a fairly obvious joke to properly, I knew I needed the illustrations to re AS: ft was important to me to treat the subject favorite sitcoms.... Once Ross and Rachel get to. But we knew that the real key to the ally strike the proper chord, so we brought in matter with the respect it deserves, even actually kiss, then the spark that made their book was going to be in the details of the ex some truly talented professionals. I worked very though on the surface the book has such a on-screen relationship so exciting disap ecution of that idea. That said, my ultimate closely with the illustrators to make sure a II the ridiculous sense of humor. The trick was a Iways pears. inspiration and goal was always just to write images and details fit the story in exactly the to be smart without being preachy or heavy- a funny book that would make people laugh. way I wanted. Though the animation style in my handed. I think we managed that quite well in Visit outlookcolumbus.com for more of Tom A book in which all my readers, gay or book echoes the style of the original Curious Bi-Curbus George, and I'd hope to continue Muzyka's interview with Bi-Curious George straight, would be able to see a bit of them George books in the way a parody should, the that proper balance in George's future literary author Andrew Simonian. selves ... and then laugh at themselves as design of the monkey and many other details in adventures! well. If you read the book, you'll see that mybookare actually totally different than in there's really no political agenda or forced Curious George. message to it. And that's intentional. M£M ^Uw**^1* - fTTnF^^'ii lifl I ¥ reading. If only this book was in my elementary school library. outlookcolumbus.com PSYCHOTHERAP READY TO MAKE SOME LIFE CHANGES? 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Harvey Milk (at least you gays orders on you these days? Any defama me some Kathy Griffin, so when I heard know Sean Penn played him in a movie). tion cases? she was coming to town April 6,1 not Gay villains: Marcus Bachmann (al KG: The restraining orders taken out by only bought my tickets, but made sure to legedly). Ryan Seacrest and Oprah have the word get an interview in - not because her "lifetime" on them, but at least they only show needed promoting (its almost sold CH: The Ohio Theatre seats almost 2,800 cover 50yards. No defamation cases, but I out), but because I knew there were no people. How many of them will begay? think I deflowered some guy in the '80s. questions I couldn't ask. Griffin, as al KG: All of them by the end of the night. The ways, is a great sport and hysterical. straight dudes that were brought by their CH: Word Association Section: Answer girlfriends will get "sorry we dragged you with the first thought that comes to Chris Hayes: First off, is this you answer here" blowjobs, and that'll make them the mind. ing these questions or one of your in other definition of gay: lighthearted and CH: Merkin. terns? carefree. KG: Business casual. Kathy Griffin: My assistant Tiffany is busy giving Justin Timberlake his first post- CH: Every time we queened out about CH: Seabring convertible. wedding blowjob. So I'm answering these you coming to Columbus, our straight KG: Only with a pleather interior. myself. girlfriends said either they don't like you or don't get you. What's their problem? CH: Rihanna. CH: You and Anderson Cooper have been KG: They're assholes. KG: Careful, gurrrl. rocking New Year's Eve on CNN since 2007. Is it less fun now that Anderson CH: You've made a name for yourself as CH: Gay bears. 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The Barracks ac ice from the bartenders, which already For Olde Towne East, AWOL has been a dance floor to the community, and it also tually resembles many of the Downtown sets it apart from some Short North bars. staple since the end of the '90s. In many gives us an opportunity to better show condos, which had the same gut-the-in- It's been a neighborhood gay bar for a ways, the thriving gay community of the case the great talents that perform at terior-keep-the-walls philosophy. The long time, but Olde Towne is getting OTE has come together over the bar AW0LM dance floor is rigged much younger. Age-wise, the patrons of Newer bars have joined the scene just with lighting equip AWOL are distributed fairly evenly. Al down the road and the neighborhood has The Barracks is a ment to keep it well- though it seems like they all come with started to get a lot of attention. With the huge leap from their lit, despite the lack the same state of mind: relax and have a new life coming in, AWOL is expanding its previous event ** of natural light "It's good time. AWOL is the perfect place to own reach. space, a small semi much easier to cre begin drinking on the patio or, with the circular stage on the ate the environment addition of The Barracks, finish a night The building behind AWOL has been a patio that got set up when you can control of revelry. topic for conversation since the begin around Pride season, k * every lighting and ning. The bar is in the building at the The new room will be ki sound element" Even though he's opening a new gay corner of Oak and Parsons, where it is able to host Friday Matt said. But there's dance space in the same window of time currently nestled between Black Creek and Saturday dance more than walls and as The Garage, Matt kept a positive, col Bistro and Black Arts Plus. AWOL is the parties, Sunday tea light that give a laborative attitude. "Success for us all owner of the building and rents the dances (starting this ...erMattMeffert ^nse Of history. depends on individually and collabora spaces to both adjoining establishments summer), charitable I tively keeping Columbus fun and inter as well as the apartments upstairs. In functions, drag events and the ever-pop The men's room is a must-see for every esting," he said. AWOL will always be addition to the interior spaces, they have ular Miss AWOL contest. The new building gay man and gay tourist who sets foot in AWOL, and will keep its spot in the varied arguably the best gay bar patio in the is, perhaps fittingly, a versatile space. the city. It's cheeky, and it's fun. Keeping Columbus LGBTQ community. The com city. Their new space, The Barracks, is with their retro circa-Stonewall Inn at plex has its own vibe, and it is certainly just a few feet away across this hopping Without any windows, The Barracks has a mosphere, the men's room is playfully one you can't find anywhere else in open area. 1970s atmosphere to it. The dance floor open. As soon as you step into The Bar Columbus. is a little more industrial, mixing the racks, you can see into the bathroom "It just seems a natural progression for original brick building with renovated over a half wall with a glass top. Facing Going to happy hour at AWOL's patio any us to grow into an event space," owner floors and new dry wall. It's got that you is a row of sinks, attached to an summer afternoon is like relaxing on the other half wall in the center. On the porch of some Southern estate with other side is a row of urinals, so anyone friends. It can also be one of the most using them can look directly into the packed bars in the city at 3:30p on a eyes of those washing their hands or en Thursday afternoon in warm weather. As tering the bar. Even more flirtatious is The Barracks evolves and its audience the second row of urinals against, sur continues to grow, it will develop its own NIGHTLIFE prise surprise, a third half wall with personality. Already, parties at The Bar BARS + CLUBS glass on top. This one looks out on to the racks feel less like you're dancing to im 01. WML/The Barracks, 49 Parsons Ave, 614.621.8779, awolbar.com dance floor. For those who need a little press strangers, and more like you're 02. Axis. 775 N High SI, 614.291.4008, columbusmghllite.com more privacy, there are two stalls that just having a good time with friends. 03. Cavan Irish Pub, 1409 S High St, 614.725.5502, cavaninshpub.com 04. Club 20,20 E Duncan St, 614.261.9111, FB: Club 20 close completely like a traditional 05. Club Diversity, 863 S High St. 614.224.4050. clubdiuersity.com British water closet. AWOL/The Barracks is open until 2:30a 06. Exile. 893 N Fourth St, 614.294.0069, exilebar.com 07. Fuel. 1312 S High St. 614.725.0130. FB: Fuel I every day and is located at 49 Parsons t. Level. 700 N High St, 614.754.1342, www.levelcolumbus.com 09. Slammers, 202 E Long St. 614.469.7526. FB: Slammers While The Barracks and AWOL are a hop Ave. For events or more information 10. South Bend, 126 E Moler St. 614.444.3386. FB: Southbend Tavern and a skip away from other gay destina follow AWOL Bar and The Barracks at 11. Toolbox Saloon, 744 Frebis Ave, 614.670.8113. FB: The Toolbox Saloon 12. Tremont, 708 S High St, 614.444.2041, tremontlounge.com tions, they are a must for bar-hoppers. AWOL on Facebook. 13. Union. 782 N High St. 614.421.2233.columbusnightlife.com 14. Wall Street. 144 N High St, 614.464.2800. wallstreetnightclub.com TOP 5 MILI1 ARYINSIRI< 1) PICKUP LINES 5. 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John Kasich got peoples hopes up when The Columbus Gay Men's Chorus is looking on hope this years charity show can help shrink can in the U.S. Senate to support marriage he told a TV station March 20 that he sup the bright side of a brush with bigotry. a $30,000 drop in grants and donations for equality when he announced a change of ports civil unions for gay and lesbian cou Camp Sunrise. heart on the issue May 14. ples. But the next day, his spokesman said After WBNS-TV (Channel 10) began airing a the first-term Republican used the term in public-service announcement for the group's "We need to do everything we can to help re As a member of the U.S. House in the 1990s, correctly. March concert, an anonymous caller dialed place that funding," founder Tim Shrewsberry Portman voted for the Defense of Marriage the chorus office with a message for Execu said. Act and opposed adoption rights for gay peo "The governor's position is unchanged," aide tive Director Patrick Roehrenbeck. ple. His son, Will, a 21-year-old junior at Yale, Rob Nichols said. "He opposes gay marriage Bearvillities is scheduled for April 20 at Wall came out to the family two years ago, Port- and opposes changing Ohio's Constitution to "You have a lot of nerve putting that on TV, Street Nightclub. Doors open at 7:30p. man said. allow for civil unions." faggot," the caller said. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online "It allowed me to think of this issue from a In the interview, Kasich said: "If you want to Instead of dismissing the comment, chorus atwww.bearvillities.org. new perspective, and that's of a dad who have a civil union that's fine with me." members shared it on Facebook, and the re loves his son a lot and wants him to have the sponse was overwhelming. "Sing louder and Bearvillities began as a fundraiser for the same opportunities that his brother and sis Nichols said Kasich was suggesting that les hold your head up high!!" wrote one. Columbus Ursine Brotherhood but is now ter would have — to have a relationship like bian and gay couples enter into legal con strictly a fundraiser for Camp Sunrise, a Jane and I have had for over 26 years," Port- tracts for issues that are taken care of Gloria McCauley, executive director of BRAVO, summer camp for children affected by man told CNN. automatically with a government-issued the Buckeye Region Anti-Violence Organiza HIV/AIDS. marriage license. tion, said it's important to shine a light on Will Portman voiced his approval via Twitter: such incidents. It helps advocates show state Statewide Rights Groups "Especially proud of my dad today," he wrote. NFL Punter, LGBT Ally legislators the need to include LGBT Ohioans Finally Address Differences to Speak at OSU Event in the state's anti-discrimination laws, she Report Says Ohio Schools said. 1 'Hostile for LGBT Youth Chris Kluwe, the Minnesota Vikings punter They're still at an impasse, but Equality Ohio Cardinal on Pope Francis: and Freedom Ohio are finally talking. who took a prominent role last year in the de Nine out of 10 LGBT kids at schools in Cleve bate over marriage equality, will visit Ohio 'He's Not Going to Change' The organizations in opposite camps over the land, Cincinnati and Dayton regularly hear State University on April 8 to talk about his possibility of a 2013 marriage-equality refer anti-gay slurs like "fag" and "dyke," but only advocacy in the sports world and beyond. A majority of Catholic voters in the United endum in Ohio met March 16 to discuss their 2 in 10 have heard positive representations States now support same-sex marriage, ac differences - as well as "those junctures of LGBT people, according to a report by the He'll speak at 5p at the Ohio Union. Outlook cording to a poll by Quinnipiac University. But where we may be able to collaborate." Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network. is a partner for the event, which is open to all Pope Francis is unlikely to join them. and organized by the Moritz College of Law Both Freedom Ohio co-founder Ian James and GLSEN said the report shows that Ohio mid Sports and Entertainment Law Association. The day after the new pope's March 13 selec Equality Ohio Executive Director Elyzabeth dle and high schools are "hostile places" for tion, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York Holford used the word "amiable" to describe many LGBT students. The findings were Kluwe didn't wade into the debate last year squelched any hope among American the meeting. James also called the meeting based on Ohio students who participated in over marriage rights; he did a cannonball Catholics he might soften the church's atti "informative," while Holford said the discus GLSEN's 2011 National School Climate Sur into the deep end of the pool. tudes on LGBT equality. sion was "useful." vey. Columbus doesn't have a GLSEN chapter, so no local kids' experiences were measured. When a Maryland lawmaker urged owners of "He's not going to change any of that," Dolan Freedom Ohio, founded in 2012, has been the Baltimore Ravens to silence a player who told MSNBC. working to collect the 385,000-plus signa GLSEN found, though, that 40 percent of endorsed a marriage-equality referendum, tures needed to force a statewide vote on LGBT students were physically harassed, and Kluwe penned a hilarious, scathing letter for As the archbishop of Buenos Aires, the new marriage rights for lesbian and gay couples. 22 percent were physically assaulted. Deadspin. pope called marriage equality "an attempt to Equality Ohio, founded after voters banned destroy God's plan." Meanwhile, the Quinnip same-sex marriage in 2004, seeks more Only 3 percent attended a school with a com "I can assure you that gay people getting iac poll in March found that 54 percent of basic anti-discrimination legislation that the prehensive anti-bullying policy. married will have zero effect on your life.... Catholic voters supported marriage rights for state still lacks. They won't magically turn you into a lustful gay and lesbian couples. cockmonster," read the most often-quoted part. 0 april 2013 Intern ¥: Alisa ¥ Milestone 229 on the Scioto Mile. Tera ¥ Columbus Museum of Art outlookcolumbus. com We V Gay News March for Marriage Equality Queer Burlesque Festival Activist Couple Chosen AIDS Walk Steps Up to April 20 Attracts Statewide Supporters Will Debut in Columbus as Pride Grand Marshals by Alisa Caton More than 800 marriage-equality supporters The first-ever queer burlesque festival is Stephen and Joshua Snyder-Hill will be the grand marched and chanted from Columbus Commons coming to Columbus in early May, and organ marshals of Pride 2013, according to Stonewall You don't have to wait until October anymore to to the Statehouse on March 23, three days before izers promise "a rhinestone-encrusted spec Columbus. participate in the annual AIDS Walk Central the U.S. Supreme Court took up two cases that tacle of epic proportions." Ohio. could make history. Stonewall officials said they decided to honor the "Fierce! The First International Queer Bur recently married couple for their activism and The event is moving to April 20 this year to be Advocates - ma ny of them first-time activists for lesque Festival" is scheduled May 2-5 at lo commitment to marriage equality. part of the traditional running season and allow the cause that touches themselves, their friends cations in the Short North, Downtown and more time for other fall events planned by AIDS and theirfamilies - were greeted by honking horns Franklinton. The gathering will feature four Stephen Snyder-Hill is the U.S. Army officer who Resource Center Ohio, the fundraiser's sponsor. of support from passersby along the entire Down nights of shows, as well as cocktail and submitted a question about Don't Ask Don't Tell at town route. wine-tasting parties, drag and variety shows, a 2011 Republican presidential debateand was The 5K run/walk runs/walks between Down and comedy. booed by the audience. town's Bicentennial Park and the Scioto "Society is finally getting it," Freedom Ohio co- Audubon Metro Park in the Brewery District. founder Ian James told thecrowd as people circu Headliners include Indigo Blue of Seattle, the The couple now is part of a lawsuit to gain equal There will be plenty of entertainment for partici lated petitions for his group's proposed statewide 2011 Miss Exotic World; Tigger!, a New York family benefits from the military. They're steering pants, with Carolyn Buck of Good Day Columbus marriage-equality referendum. performer known as "the Godfather of Boy- committee co-chairs for Freedom Ohio and cre and Nina West acting as emcees and the Capi lesque;" Tamale Sepp, a comedian from ated a social-networking site last year called Mar tal Pride Band performing. Former Columbus Supreme Court justices were scheduledto hear ar Chicago; and Columbus' own Viva Valezz!, riage Evolved, which allows peopleto share their Crew player Frankie Hejduk will be the honorary guments March 26 and 27 on two separate cases: winner of two Golden Pastie awards. stories about how they're affected by being denied chairman. one challenging California's 2008 voter-approved the right to marry. marriage ban and the other challenging the 1996 She said she's hoping the show will draw up Those who aren't quite ready for a 5K can take Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage to 500 people from around the country. Just recently, Stephen and Joshua created an part in a one-mile stroll - or they can just do in heterosexual terms and denies more than 1,000 event called the C-Bus of Love, in which they will nate to the cause as a "sleep walker" and stay federal rights and benefits to same-sex couples. Visitwww.fiercequeerburlesque.com for more escort 25 couples to Washington, D.C, on June 21 home in bed. All of the walkers and runners will information and events. to be married on the U.S. Supreme Court steps. take off at 10:20a. It's $20 to walk and $30 to Lindsey Camargo drove down from Toledo with her The Pride parade is June 22. run. For more information or to register, visit husband and two toddlers for theirfirst LGBT- Parade Snubs LGBT Kids, www.aidswalkcentralohio.com rights march. She said they decided they needed So Officials Snub Parade Brown Urges President to do more than hit "like" buttons on Facebook to Protect LGBT Workers The event will benefit ARC Ohio, the Ohio AIDS and talk a bout the issue. Coalition, Camp Sunrise, Montana de Luz, the Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory, council mem Nationwide Children's Hospital FACES Program Democrat Sherrod Brown of Ohio and 36 Senate bers, candidates, labor unions and others and Project Open Hand. Organizers hope to "We totally support equality. American people who colleagues have urged President Obama to sign dropped out of the city's St. Patrick's Day pa draw 1,500 participants and raise more than are gay should have the same rights as anyone an executive order that would bar discrimination rade after organizers excluded an LGBT youth $100,000. They raised $140,000 last year. else." group from participating. by compa nies doing business with the federal government. Keep Calm and Sing Along Teams participating in the race also can raise Openly gay City Council member Chris Seel- money for their own organizations. bach told the Cincinnati EnquirerMi pa "You are in a position to protect millions of Ameri can workers immediately by including sexual ori Dangerous Productions returnsto Columbus for rade organizers indicated to him that they So what will happen come fall? ARC Ohio will entation and gender identity alongside its annual show Saturday, April 6 at Wall Street excluded the Gay Lesbian Straight Education host a gala called Red Columbus 2013 on Sept. long-standing non-discrimination protections," Nightclub, 144 N Wall St. Network (GLSEN) because of the St. Patrick's 7 at the Landmark Aviation Hangar at Port the senators wrote. Day holiday's connection to the Catholic Columbus. The night will feature tables deco Join gender expressionists and kings, queens and church. rated by local artists and designers. This year's Ohio is one of 29 states where it remains legal to in-betweens from all over the country as they join theme is "Wanderlust," highlighting a passion fire or refuse to hire someone for being gay, les- voices, hearts and hands for an old-fashion sing- Even though GLSEN marched in 2012, parade for travel and adventure. Attendees will enjoy bian, bisexual or transgender, so ENDA would help along. Warm up your pipes and get ready to belt officials said they don't allow groups to pro dinner and hors d'oeuvres amongst the ta- workers statewide whose employers are federal out your favorite tunes with some of the country's mote a cause. blescapes and dancing to end the night. hottest performers. contractors. Among people who stayed in the parade was The event then will take place every other year, Doors open at 8p with the show at 9p. 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We have the energy and the creativity to im prove our transportation options and the reputation I am pretty lucky to be able to travel with Hubby out of mass transit here. of the countjy often, and when I visit an interna tional destination I become torn with comparisons How about making weekends in Columbus less to Columbus. about retail therapy and drinking and more about exploringthe cultural offerings of our city? Columbus has so much awesomeness for a Mid western city, and we have some pretty cool stats. I know Columbus houses the Disneyland of Central We're home to the most undies in the world, Victo Ohio, Easton Town Center (or as I liketo cal l it, the ria's Secret and we have the gerifratric interna Panty Center, because Victoria has her underpants tional hunky brand, Abercrombie & Fitch, too. everywhere there). And we have some fabulous gay bars here, but what about our parks. COSI (not the Plus, we a re super gay! Columbus vomits more deli), Franklin Park Conservatory or a theater mati glitter than any other city in the Midwest, and its nee? home to many companies rated highly in the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index. With a major university here, promoting booze and And before you all start getting your Buckeyes in a debauchery is an easy moneymaker for businesses knot, we have The Ohio State University, too. - and believe me, I participate in debauchery, too. Columbus is the 15th largest city in the United But I pledgedto Hubb y that we would start doing States and one of the top gay cities in the Midwest. less boozapaloozas and more activities we don't Why isn't Columbus No. 1? We have so much here normally do. I live really close to COSI, the Colum that could make us No. 1 in every city survey. Or a re bus Museum of Art and the Wexner Center, and I we happy at No. 15? pledge to patronize these places more often. I'm a transplant to Columbus, and when I utter just Now, I know some of my friends are like, "Grrl, you one syllable of a critique of what could be done bet aretoo lush y to stand upright at an art exhibit," ter here, folks get their jocks in a bind and these and sometimes this is true, but Ireally am trying to queens even call me names. Bitches, I have always be less of a lushy retail queen and more of a patron believed thatweall can learn from feedback and of the city. even criticism, no matter how inane it is. There is nothing harmful or evil about the arts or Let's talk about transportation. Why do we only have about expanding your mind. I learned a long time eight airlines that fly regularly out of Port Columbus ago that opening your mind and leaving your eth when we're the 15th largest city? This makes no nocentric comfort zone makes you a better and sense. We have large corporations here such as more well-rounded person. I challenge you to leave Wendy's International and Nationwide; you'd think your safe haven of Buckeyes sports and local wa we would attract more airlines. tering holes and seek other adventures in this city. There a re cities smaller than Columbus that have Again, I am even challenging myself. If I'm not more airlines and more routes at their airports, working, Tweet me and HI meet you at COSI or the which makes it easier to reach both domestic and Art Museum. international destinations. Columbus has the potential to be the best city in And what about COTA? Since I have lived here. the United States. We have the resources to be No. COTA has made drastic improvements, but we need 1 in all those city surveys that pop up on the Inter readily accessible and quicker waysto get from the net. Let's start pushing for a better transit system suburbs to city conveniences and work. 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