Get Out the Vote in Cleveland, Ohio

The following post comes from HRC Regional Field Director Karin Quimby. Karin is just one of 30 HRC staff that will be on the ground in 16 states by Election Day, working with HRC-endorsed candidates and engaging our membership about the upcoming elections:

A few days ago, Collin Burton, the Ohio Democratic Party LGBT Caucus Director, and I were called to Cleveland, Ohio to help mobilize the LGBT community here in support for the pro-equality Democratic ticket.  We’ve now taken over the Rocky River office and our HRC and allied volunteers are staffing the phones and signing people up to canvass on Get Out the Vote weekend.

It’s been great working with Collin in Columbus for the past 6 weeks and exciting to be in Cleveland now for the final push.  We know that every vote counts and if our volunteers get out and knock on doors that we’ll win this crucial election and Ohio will continue the long march to full equality for all its citizens.

To help us answer the call, please go to:  www.fightforohio.com/gotv.  A few hours of your time now can mean a lifetime of equality for those who come after us.

Paid for by Human Rights Campaign PAC and authorized by the Ohio Democratic Party


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Cleveland Synergy Is Going To Sue Its Way Back Into The Gay Games’ Good Graces

Guess who's not to thrilled with being kicked out of the 2014 Gay Games? The Cleveland Synergy Foundation, which lobbied officials to bring the competition to Ohio but was then booted from its role after everyone started questioning their finances. So of course they're suing.

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What Gay Punchlines Did Mark Indelicato Bring to Hot In Cleveland?

With every episode of Hot In Cleveland I wonder how long it'll be before the typical sitcom jokes about women of a certain age will start repeating themselves. But last night I was distracted by Ugly Betty's Mark Indelicato, who played a, uh, eager high school theater queen. (Spoilers ahead)

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And the Gay Games will be held in…

Cleveland.

Yeah, that’s why I didn’t put it in the headline.

But I kid. Cleveland is great. I suppose. Still, it is part of Ohio, which was instrumental in swinging the 2004 election toward Bush with an anti-gay ballot initiative. But the mayor of the city says they are “prepared to roll out the welcome mat to the LGBT athletes their families and spectators from around the world.” That’s nice.

The Gay Games actually attract more participants than the Olympics (though the TV coverage is oddly less pervasive). Cleveland’s version takes places in 2014; the next ceremony will be in Cologne, Germany in July and August of 2010. Previous host cities include San Francisco (twice),  Vancouver, New York, Amsterdam, Sydney (the same year as the 2002 Olympics there) and the last one, 2006′s in Chicago.

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