http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/search?subject%3DGays%20--%20Ohio%20--%20Cleveland%20--%20Social%20life%20and%20customs.;subject-join%3Dexact;smode%3Dsimple;brand%3Ddefault Results for your query: subject=Gays -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs.;subject-join=exact;smode=simple;brand=default Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5510.xml Anthony Petruzzi is a gay activist, genealogist, and librarian from Euclid, Ohio. From 1987 to 1989, Petruzzi was a member, co-chairperson, and president of HUGS-EAST, a social and educational gay and lesbian organization in Lake County, Ohio. From 1988 to 1989, Petruzzi worked to open the organization's Mentor Center Tri-County Gay/Lesbian Drop-In Center at the East Shore Unitarian Universalist Church to serve as a space for social, educational, and emotional support sessions for the gay and lesbian community. Petruzzi was also a member of the Lake County Health District's AIDS Task Force and Health Issues Task Force in the late 1980s. The collection consists of agendas, bylaws, correspondence, directories, essays, invitations, lease agreements, mission statements, newsletters, newspaper clippings, proposals, publications, questionnaires, and schedules. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5510.xml Sun, 01 Jan 2023 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/MS5512.xml Gay Games 9 was the ninth iteration of the Gay Games, an international gathering for athletic competition hosted by and for people in the LGBTQ+ community. Launched in 1982 by Dr. Tom Waddell, the Gay Games are an international sporting event that occur every four years. The Gay Games represent a safe arena for all athletes, regardless of sexual orientation, religion, race, gender, nationality, or ability. The Games were held in Cleveland and Akron, Ohio, from August 9 - 16, 2014. This collection consists of advertisements, agendas, articles, budgets, cards, certificates, correspondence, directories, a DVD, ephemera, flash drives, a grant application, guides, flyers, handbooks, a license agreement, magazines, manuals, maps, a memorandum, newspaper clippings, programs, promotional materials, a proposal, and publications. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5512.xml Sun, 01 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5498.xml The Lesbian Gay Community Service Center of Greater Cleveland Oral History Collection began in 1995 in order to document gay and lesbian history in Cleveland. Interviews were conducted with members of the gay and lesbian community from 1995 to 2001 and in 2003. The collection was created by the Lesbian Gay Community Service Center of Greater Cleveland (LGCSC) and Stanley Garfinkel, Joan Organ, and Richard Van Patten. The collection consists of cassette tapes, compact discs (CDs), and transcripts of twenty-six oral history interviews. Of special note are a small number of personal papers relating to the lesbian and gay community in Cleveland that are also in the collection, including scripts for plays performed at the annual Women's Variety Show and a July 1982 copy of the zine Z-Trash. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5498.xml Sat, 01 Jan 2022 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