Tag Archives: Cleveland

Cleveland Gay Games 2014 Commercial To Air Tonight In Six Television Markets

Via Outlook Columbus: Organizers of the 2014 Gay Games will give viewers of tonight’s Winter Olympics opening ceremonies a subtle reminder of the anti-LGBT atmosphere in Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Thirty-second commercials for the Gay Games are set to air during NBC’s telecast in Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, Buffalo and the host cities of Cleveland and Akron. The Gay Games, an international …

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OHIO: Catholic Priest Charged With Soliciting Prostitution While HIV-Positive

Cleveland police have arrested a Catholic priest for soliciting prostitution in a public park. Father James McGonegal later revealed that he is HIV-positive, which brings additional charges. In the incident report released today, an off-duty Cleveland Metroparks ranger said McGonegal offered the ranger $50 to help him “get off,” then exposed himself and masturbated, all while sitting inside his late-model …

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Morning View – Cleveland MOCA

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Afternoon View – Cleveland Museum Of Art

The buildings on the right and left house the main exhibits. In the middle today local artists were selling prints of their work.

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Morning View – Cleveland Gear

The Positively Cleveland folks have had us on the go-go-go since the minute we arrived. Hopefully I’ll have time later today to recap some of the Gay Games items that we’ve learned. Tonight they have us finishing our evening at a club called Bounce. We’ll be there by around 10pm, so I hope to see some JMG folks there. Join …

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Morning View – Cleveland Hotel Lobby

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I’m In Cleveland

I’m in Cleveland for four days as part of a press junket sponsored by Positively Cleveland, the marketing agency for the local convention and visitors bureau. We’re primarily here as part of Cleveland’s push for the Gay Games 2014, which runs next year from August 9th -16th and is expected to draw 11,000 athletes from around the world. There’s a …

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Cleveland Kidnapper Commits Suicide

One month after he was sentenced to more than 1000 years in prison, notorious Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro has hanged himself in his cell. Castro, 53, was in a cell by himself in protective custody at the Correction Reception Center in Orient, Ohio, wrote JoEllen Smith with the state corrections agency. Castro was found at 9:20 p.m. ET in the …

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CLEVELAND: Gay Man Attacked By Mob Of 20, Police Investigate As Hate Crime

Cleveland’s WKYC reports: A man walking to a bar on Cleveland’s west side overnight Sunday was attacked in what police are calling a hate crime. Jared Fox says he was walking from his car toward Cocktails bar, a well-known gay bar, on West 93rd Street and Detroit Avenue just before midnight Saturday. Fox says a group of 20 young men …

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Free Big Macs For Life?

Ramsey was eating McDonald’s take-out at home when he heard the screaming from a nearby house.

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Headline Of The Day

Whoa.

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Tragedy At Cleveland Gay Street Party

One man was killed and several others were injured yesterday when a drunk driver plowed into the crowd at a street party hosted by the Greater Cleveland AIDS Task Force. MetroHealth Medical Center said Mitchell Andelmo has passed away. Constance Pokorny is in critical condition. Officials said at least three others were injured. A message posted on Facebook reads: “Mitch …

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Homosexuality Leads To Cannibalism

At Cleveland Pride.

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Cleveland Ends Funding For Gay Games

The future of the 2014 Gay Games in Cleveland is in question after the city announced that it was halting all funding of the event. This move follows the termination of the sponsoring sports group’s contract with the Federation of Gay Games. Outsports has the letter from the city. The Advocate notes that last week groups from DC and Boston …

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Who Will Host The 2012 Dem Convention?

The finalist cities to host the 2010 Democratic National Convention have been announced. Recognizing that President Barack Obama faces serious challenges in the Midwest he carried not two years ago, the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday picked three heartland cities and just one in the Republican-friendly South to consider for its 2012 nominating convention. The cities are Cleveland, St. Louis, …

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Cleveland Approves Transgender Rights

Yesterday the Cleveland City Council unanimously passed a weakened transgender rights bill. Via Spangle: By adding the words “gender identity or expression” to a criminal law that provides protection in areas of employment, housing and public accommodations, council members took a huge step forward, supporters said. “Basically, it means that I won’t have to worry about being fired,” longtime activist …

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2014 Gay Games Go To Cleveland

In an announcement just live-streamed from Cologne, Germany, organizers announced that the 2014 Gay Games have been awarded to Cleveland. Washington DC and Boston were the other finalists. Two weeks ago the Cleveland city council pledged $2M in cash and in-kind services to support the games.

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Cleveland City Council Pledges $2M To 2014 Gay Games

The city council of Cleveland has pledged $700K in cash and $1.3M in in-kind donations in their bid to bring the 2014 Gay Games to Ohio. An additional $500K in private donations has been pledged to defray the expected $8.2M cost of the games. A delegation from Cleveland will be in Cologne, Germany at the end of the month to …

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