http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/search?freeformQuery%3Dgay%20OR%20lesbian%20OR%20bisexual%20OR%20transgender;f1-subject%3DGay%20rights%20--%20Ohio%20--%20Cleveland. Results for your query: freeformQuery=gay OR lesbian OR bisexual OR transgender;f1-subject=Gay rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5026.xml Aubrey Wertheim (1953-2003) was a noted playwright and gay rights activist in Cleveland, Ohio. Born Robert Wertheim in Sagamore Hills, Ohio, he moved to New York City in the late 1970s to pursue a performing arts career. Wertheim received numerous awards and honors for his plays. Wertheim was also involved with the National Gay Task Force in New York, and he developed support and empowerment programs for gay men. After returning to Cleveland in 1987, Wertheim continued to advocate for the lesbian and gay communities in greater Cleveland, specifically through his involvement with the Lesbian/Gay Community Service Center of Greater Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles, speeches, photographs, programs, publications and newsletters, administrative documents, reports, memos, and proposals. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5026.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5343.xml Douglas Braun has been an important activist in the Northeast Ohio lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights movement since the mid-1980s. He has been instrumental in organizing campaigns focusing on the domestic partnership registry in Cleveland and Cleveland Heights (with Heights Families for Equality and Ask Cleveland), employment and housing discrimination against transgender people, adoption rights for LGBTQ parents, and marriage equality in Ohio. The collection consists of Ask Cleveland items including one t-shirt and one large outdoor banner used at events, newspaper clippings, correspondence, flyers, petitions, postcards, precinct binders, programs, publications, scripts and talking points for conversing with voters, volunteer manuals and training materials, volunteer phone bank lists, and voter lists. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5343.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4614.xml The Gay Educational Awareness Resource Foundation (Gear Foundation) was created in 1974 in Cleveland, Ohio, to serve the Lesbian and Gay community through social, political, and cultural events, counseling and support groups, and to empower and raise the community's level of visibility. The Foundation incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1975, and was given tax exempt status in 1978. Early activities included a Gay Hotline-Switchboard and the publication of High Gear, a monthly newspaper covering news and events of interest in the Gay community. The Gear Foundation served as an umbrella organization for other groups and activities, including a Rap Group and a Speaker's Bureau. In 1977, the Foundation opened the Lesbian-Gay Community Services Center, to serve as a base of operations for its activities. Throughout the 1980s, the Foundation continued to increase its visibility and help form a cohesive Lesbian-Gay community in northeast Ohio. A stronger feminist element was nurtured in the organization wi... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4614.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5196.xml Jane Daroff is a social worker and community activist in Cleveland, Ohio, who was the co-founder of the Cleveland Chapter of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) with Jes Sellers in 1985. She is active in the national and international PFLAG organization and serves on the board of directors of the Human Rights Campaign. The collection consists of brochures, a business card, a calendar, conference proceedings, a flyer, graphics, guidelines, a mission statement, a newsletter, newspaper clippings, notes, one color photograph, and a press release. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5196.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4610.xml The Lesbian-Gay Community Service Center of Greater Cleveland (LGCSC) was opened in 1977 by the Gay Educational and Awareness Resource Foundation (Gear Foundation). The Gear Foundation was created to serve the Lesbian and Gay community of Cleveland, Ohio, through social, political, and cultural events, counseling and support groups, and to empower and raise the community's level of visibility. The Lesbian-Gay Community Service Center was opened to serve as a base of operations for the Gear Foundation's activities. The first Center was located on the city's east side, and over the years relocated several times. In 1988, The Gear Foundation officially changed its name to The Lesbian-Gay Community Service Center of Greater Cleveland. The Center has continued many of the Gear Foundation's activities while initiating many others, such as the Living Room Project to help support and nurture persons with AIDS. A Gay Youth Group has also been maintained by the Center, along with a Speakers Bureau and various entertain... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4610.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT