The Voice of Ohio's GLBT and Ally Comratfni' ( ( qmunity Facebook Adds 56 New | CPH to Unveil LGBT Initiative Gender-Identity Options Columbus Public Health will host a the direction of the new LGBT Health Cleveland Remembers community discussion in March and Initiative. Twist's John Katsaros Facebook didn't release a list of the new gender- unveil a new effort to reduce health identity options it added to male and female starting disparities in the LGBT community. Improving LGBTQ Healthcare: A Com­ Feb 13, but ABC News identified 56: munity Conversation will take place Agender Pangender Dwayne Steward, the city's LGBTQ on March 26 at 6:30p at Columbus Androgyne Trans health advocate, said his agency Public Health, 240 Parsons Ave. Androgynous Trans* wants input from LGBT people about Bigender Trans Female Cis Trans* Female Columbus School Board Cisgender Trans Male Chooses Mary Jo Hudson Cis Female Trans* Male Mary Jo Hudson, who made history in Cis Male Trans Man 2004 as the first openly gay member Cis Man Trans* Man of the Columbus City Council, was John Katsaros, the owner of Cleveland's Twist Social Cis Woman Trans Person chosen in February to fill a vacancy on Club, died on Feb 16 of cancer. Cisgender Female Trans* Person the Columbus school board. Cisgender Male Trans Woman "John embodied and exemplified a consistent message Cisgender Man Trans* Woman She's the first openly gay member of of togetherness," said Todd Saporito, president of Cleve­ Cisgender Woman Transfeminine Female to Male that body as well. land Pride. "He frequently was one of our leaders who Transgender FTM often asked, 'How can I help?' before asked." Transgender Female Hudson, 51, most recently served on a Gender Fluid Transgender Male community panel appointed by Mayor Hudson is an attorney with the He was voted Cleveland's favorite gay-bar owner in 2007 Gender Nonconform­ Transgender Man Michael B. Coleman to examine Columbus law firm Bailey Cavalieri. ing Transgender Person by readers of Scene, and he received city government's Columbus City Schools' operations in She left the City Council in 2007 to LGBT Heritage Award in 2009. Katsaros also was cred­ Gender Questioning Transgender Woman the wake of a data-rigging scandal. lead the Ohio Department of Insur­ ited with saving the Dancin' in the Streets fundraiser of Gender Variant Transmasculine She replaces Carol Perkins, who re­ ance under Gov. Ted Strickland. She the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland when it was los­ Genderqueer Transsexual signed in January. left that job after the Democrat was Intersex ing money in 2004. Transsexual Female defeated by John Kasich. Male to Female Transsexual Male The task force, which honored Katsaros in 2012, called MTF Transsexual Man School Rejects Anti-Gay Coach him "an incredible friend and community advocate." Neither Transsexual Person Neutrois Transsexual Woman An online preacher who says public Non-binary Two-Spirit Wall Street Nightclub, Other schools are full of "homosexuals, for­ Building Up for Sale nicators and defiant haters of God" was rejected by a public school in Wall Street Nightclub, the oldest operating LGBT bar in of adults aged Licking County where he wanted to be Columbus, is for sale. 18-64 identify head football coach. as transgender (Conron2011) Owners have listed both the business and the building at In standing up to Dave Daubenmire, 144 N. Wall St. The asking price is $699,900 for the whose targets include LGBT people, three-story Downtown building and $329,900 for the 26- Florida Court Nominee women and African-Americans, the year-old nightclub. school board for Lakewood High mended by district administrators. Would Be Historic First School in Hebron rejected a coach who Wall Street owner Scot Hafler said the club is not closing. President Obama's has taken two schools to the state Among the women's concerns: an Oc­ Shows are booked throughout 2014, and he has a long- choice for a va­ playoffs but has courted controversy tober commentary in which Dauben­ term lease that runs for the next five years. He said he's cancy at the U.S. along the way. mire called bullying "the way of the in no rush to sell, but after 20 years in the business — District Court in world" and dismissed anti-bullying ef­ he started as a bar-back and has owned Wall Street for South Florida will Daubenmire was sued by the ACLU forts as part of the "homosexual seven years, he's ready for whatever comes next. be the first openly when he led locker-room prayers as gay black man to coach at London High School south­ agenda, to try to get people to not crit­ icize or make fun of or poke fun at ho­ "It's time for someone else to con­ serve on the federal bench if he's confirmed by west of Columbus. He was fired from mosexuals." tinue the legacy," he said. the U.S. Senate. his last coaching job at a Christian school. Carpino said the coach wasn't a good Hafler and real-estate agents Troy Judge Darrin P. Gayles, nominated by the presi­ role model for children. Fabish and Kelly Coate, who are dent on Feb. 5, has served as a judge in Hebron resident Elaina Carpino and representing building owner and Wall Street creator Jill Florida courts since 2004. He received his law her wife attended a Feb 12 school "It's not about winning games," she McDonald, said they're seeking buyers who will keep the degree from George Washington University and board meeting to speak out against said. "It's about teaching life." club in the LGBT community. his bachelor's from Howard University. Daubenmire, who had been recom­ 10 march 2014 Richard Haberstroh's favorite LGBT movies: North Seo Texos, Get Real outlookohio.com We are Pleased to Annouce... "/gSOHtAs-bW^/ HA*£aZ£5HfofuAb Wt& Joe retired from the State of Ohio travel to-do list, checking off state as a vocational rehabilitation highpoints, landmarks and parks counselor in November 2003, and on the way. Leo retired a month earlier from the U.S. Postal Service. They live in Hilliard, Ohio, and enjoy life with Leo's adult children and their two grandchildren. 9^ ffe £t<As £%609& $€HM*CW*a46t4£SF Joseph Gentilini and Leo Ratlel met at a monthly church gather­ a&tK>%H*He4*H£ iwst4Stf4SvtA4&4s. ing on November 12,1981. They soon realized they had grown up a - Federal Judge Arenda Wright Allen few blocks from each other in Columbus's Hilltop area, had gone On September 5,2013, Clara The Month in Marriage to St. Mary Magdalene's elemen­ Stailey proposed to Betsy Sharp tary school for a few years and in Las Vegas at the Paris Hotel on Ohio: Cincinnati attorney Al Ger- now, Indiana's ban is by statute. had some of the same teachers. top of the Eiffel Tower while they hardstein, who won a case last year Joe was two years ahead of Leo, were there celebrating their birth­ that forces Ohio to recognize same- Nevada: The Human Rights Cam­ and they didn't know each other Howard Fuller and John Strauss days. sex marriages on people's death cer­ paign, ACLU and Freedom to Marry then. of Columbus were wed in Broome tificates, filed a suit Feb 10 to launched a campaign for a mar­ County, New York, on January 17, They met on Twitter because of a recognize people's marriages on riage ballot measure in 2016. They will celebrate 33 years to­ 2014. mutual fondness for Chely Wright, their children's birth certificates. gether on November 12,2014. a lesbian country singer. Their Congress: U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R- They met at a dinner party in courtship was long-distance at Virginia: Federal Judge Arenda Texas) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) intro­ Leo was married for 12 years to Endwell, New York, in January first; Clara lived in Flagstaff, Ari­ Wright Allen ruled Feb 13 that Vir­ duced a bill that would use people's the mother of his three children. 1991. They lived in Texas for 17 zona, and Betsy lived in Colum­ ginia must allow gay and lesbian states of residence to determine if He realized he was gay and left years and recently moved to bus, Ohio. But after six months of couples to marry, but weddings were their marriages are recognized by that marriage. On November 9, Columbus in retirement with their racking up frequent-flyer miles, put on hold pending any appeals. the federal government. 1996, Joe and Leo had a 15th an­ two English springer spaniels and Clara moved to Ohio. niversary celebration where they one cat. Kentucky: Couples married in other Courts: New lawsuits were filed in renewed their promises to each They plan to wed on May 9,2015, states must have their unions hon­ Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri and other before 150 people and had a In their 23 years together, they've at the Via Vecchia Winery in the ored by Kentucky, federal Judge John Wisconsin. dinner reception afterward. traveled to all 50 states and have Brewery District. They hope same- G. Heyburn II ruled Feb 12. On had their picture taken at all 50 sex marriage is legal by then, but Valentine's Day, two couples sued to Scotland: Gay and lesbian couples Joe and Leo were legally married state capitol buildings. Who'd if it isn't they'll still have "one hell get marriage licenses inside the should be able to get married by the on June 28t 2011, at a DignityUSA guess they'd move to a state capi­ of a day" and get their license in state.