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Stonewall Columbus was founded as Stonewall Union in 1981. [2]Stonewall Union was incorporated by local Columbus, Ohio gay activists (Craig Covey, Steve Wilson, Rick Rommele, Craig Huffman, Dennis Valot, Val Thogmartin and Keith McKnight) in 1981, in response to Jerry Falwell's attempt to establish a Columbus based Moral Majority headquarters.
Laura Bischoff is a reporter for the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau, which serves the Columbus Dispatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron Beacon Journal and 18 other affiliated news organizations across ...
Early pride parades in Columbus were met with anti-LGBTQ protesters. This includes the 1983 event, when demonstrators attributed HIV/AIDS to homosexuality. Additionally, two protesters tore down a pride flag from the Ohio Statehouse and burned it in 1999. The two were charged with riot and disorderly conduct and criminal damaging.
[165] [166] The law was opposed by groups including the Ohio Counseling Association, [167] Equality Ohio, [168] TransOhio, [169] Human Rights Campaign [169] and Ohio Senator Nickie Antonio, [168] while the Center for Christian Virtue [170] and Family Research Council [169] supported the measure. The bill received five hearings and was assigned ...
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The AIDS epidemic, caused by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), found its way to the United States between the 1970s and 1980s, [2] but was first noticed after doctors discovered clusters of Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis pneumonia in homosexual men in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco in 1981.
The Center for Black Equity (known until 2012 as International Federation of Black Prides) is a coalition of Black gay pride organizers formed to promote a multinational network of LGBT/SGL (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Same Gender Loving) Prides and community-based organizations.