November 9, 2001
1. Three
Gay men and a woman win office in three Ohio cities
2. Voters
strongly back rights and benefits
3. Anti-marriage
bill might be halted in Senate
4. Activists
honored, endowment begun at Stonewall birthday bash
5. Skeeter
Hunt takes the top post at David’s House
6. News
Briefs

November 2, 2001
1. ‘Defense of marriage’
passes Ohio House
2. Longtime
activist seeks suburban council seat
3. McDonald’s
must pay man $5 million for AIDS bias
4. Drag
sentence is criticized by community leaders
5. ‘A
mom with an opinion and a story'
6. School
board candidate criticized for ‘gay agenda’ letter
7. Sailor
in Ohio navy to find out: Will Taft let him stay?
8. Woman,
demoted for dating co-worker, sues chain
9. News
Briefs
10. Evenings
Out

October 26, 2001
1. Rights ordinance
haunts mayor race
2. Montreal,
not Cleveland, will be site of gay and lesbian chorus festival
3. Campbell
joins five council candidates at Cleveland forum
4.Court
denies child to gay couple, says they had no surrogate agreement
5. News
Briefs
6. L.I.E.

October 19, 2001
1. Governor signs
California partner rights into law
2. Ohio
marriage ban opponents pack Statehouse hearing
3. Council
member sets off a flap with his opt-out e-mail
4. Navy
criticized for slur on bomb; AP for pulling photo
5. Judge
reverses suspension of transgendered firefighter
6. School
backtracks, allows same-sex date at dance
7. News
Briefs
8. Working
for world peace is the best source of security, says Holly Near

October 12, 2001
1. Procter & Gamble
announces partner benefits at workplace summits
2. Kolbe
honors September 11 dead at Log Cabin dinner
3. Both
Campbell and Pierce support partner benefits
4. Akron
council candidates say they support equal rights law
5.
Maryland civil rights law may avoid a referendum
6. Man
found guilty in toilet-cam case; he will appeal
7. ‘Gay’
isn’t descriptive enough, says filmmaker John Waters
8. News
Briefs
9. Dan
Bucatinsky on producing All Over the Guy

September 28, 2001
1. 12th Cincinnati
AIDS Walk has sunny skies, sobering message
2. Attacks
don’t keep crowds from Cleveland AIDS Walk
3. No
lines for the rides at Kings Island Pride Night
4. One
man challenges police videotaping in restroom
5. Cleveland
mayor candidates speak on AIDS issues
6. Without
fanfare, gay man takes Romanian envoy post
7. Services
enact temporary halts on 'Don't ask, don't tell' discharges
8. News
Briefs
9. Evenings
Out

September 21, 2001
1. Remembering our
own
2. Police
videotape every man using east Ohio public restroom
3. Court
overturns Ohio’s same-sex proposition ban
4.
Falwell: Gays, ACLU helped make terror attacks happen
5. Pentagon
temporarily halts ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
6. ‘Survivor’
honors lost friend with AIDS Walk appearance

September 14, 2001
1. Gay New York
in shock after World Trade Center terror
2. Thirteen
is a lucky number for the Ohio Lesbian Festival
3. Fewer
walkers, but Tri-County AIDS walk raises more money
4. Two
gay candidates advance in primary election
5.
Man accused in Glenn Brown stabbing drowns
6. Jury
splits in Kent State restaurant assault case
7. LGBT
labor group featured at Jobs with Justice confab
8.
College has financial aid for students coming out
9. News
Briefs
10. Finding
love in a forgotten hometown

September 7, 2001
1. University Hospitals
to offer domestic partner plans
2. 26-way
race for council includes one gay man
3. Cincinnati
suburb to consider gay civil rights measure
4. Federal
judge upholds Florida lesbian-gay adoption ban
5. Special
master will decide if Maryland will vote on rights
6. News
Briefs

August 31, 2001
1. Scout gay ban
protested in two cities
2. Cincinnati
schools add gays to conduct code
3. Union
Station hit in closing-time robbery
4. New
date and rainstorms lower picnic attendance
5. Drag
in the pool, wig and all, raises $3,600 for swimmers
6. Petition
to repeal 3-year-old rights law is challenged
7.
News Briefs

August 24, 2001
1. U.S. census:
We really are everywhere
2. Cleveland
is in the running for 2004 world chorus fest
3. Final
J.R. Warren killer gets 20 years
4. Denial
of TG name change is appealed to Ohio high court
5.
Anti-Hand letter violated law, election panel rules
6. News
Briefs

August 17, 2001
1. School board
looks at adding gays to code
2. Spingola
faces new charges for gas splash
3. First
American same-sex couple weds in Netherlands
4. Slain
transgender teen honored at Goodale Park vigil
5. Founder
shares history with Ohio Prime Timers
6. Redfield
voted co-chair of national GLBT federation
7. News
Briefs

August 10, 2001
1. Panel
to study Ohio 'faith-based' funding
2. Weekend
moves ‘toward a community agenda’
3. Senate
panel approves hate crime bill; DeWine’s ‘yea’ riles anti-gays
4. Home
violence numbers are up but incidents may not be, groups say
5. Taskforce
warns of party drug harm after two overdoses at Dancin’
6. Use
uniformed patrol, not park sex stings, cops told
7. Brown
may run for governor, he tells Stonewall Democrats
8. News
Briefs
9. Evenings
Out - The techno without the circuit.

August 3, 2001
1. Dancin’
in the Amphitheater
2. ENDA
reintroduced, Lawmakers consider anti-gay discrimination bill for the
fifth time
3. Bush
moves to soften ‘faith based’ opposition
4. Rights
confab denounce Cincinnati’s anti-gay amendment
5. Being
openly gay has been positive for Escobar
6. News
Briefs
7. Evenings
Out - Nico and Dani

July 27, 2001
1. A second gay
man seeks at-large council seat
2.
‘Faith-based’ bill passes with rights dodge intact
3. Fired
lesbian’s suit against child agency is dismissed
4.
Backstreet Café shooter gets four life sentences
5. One
of J.R. Warren’s killers pleads guilty, gets 15 to life
6. Maryland
equal rights law will be put to a vote in 2002
7. News
Briefs
8. Evenings
Out

July 20, 2001
1. ‘Faith-based’
discrimination House bill would exempt religious charities from local
gay equal rights laws
2. Two
more gay men seek seats on Toledo council
3. A
sunny day in the garden raises $50,000 for center
4. Stonewall
Cincinnati to drop their only full-time staffer
5. Special
election may send another lesbian to Congress
6. News
Briefs
7. The
Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival is coming in August

July 13, 2001
1. Bush would let
groups ignore rights laws
2. 1990
census changed the sex of partners who checked ‘spouse’
3. Council
forces group to drop out of Issue 3 study
4. Group
seeks Constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
5. NEA
drops gay resolution in favor of February action
6. Ohio
Methodists call for church to look at gay doctrine
7. O.U.
gay fraternity may be first to join campus council
8. News
Briefs
9. Cool
viewing for hot summer nights

July 6, 2001
1. Gays can’t be
changed, says surgeon general
2. Ohio’s
gay proposition ban is challenged a second time
3. Man,
raped in jail, sues sheriff for ignoring it
4. United
Nations debates lesbian and gay issues for the first time
5. Maryland’s
new equal rights law is headed for the ballot
6. General
Electric job bias case heads to appeals court
7.
News Briefs
8. Evenings
Out

June 29, 2001
1. Thousands join
20 marshals marking 20 years of Pride
2. Ohio
same-sex households quadruple in 2000 census
3. Preacher
charged for burning another rainbow flag
4. A
third gay hat is tossed into Cleveland council race
5. Phobe
pitcher Rocker is now playing for the Tribe
6. Bernhard
no-show doesn't mar Stonewall dinner
7. A
human red ribbon
8. June
sees changes for three Ohio gathering spots
9. Evenings Out
A photographer follows the maturation
of one model

June 22, 2001
1. Sunny skies,
candidates greet Cleveland Pride
2. Performers,
politicos join in Dayton Pride events
3. Politics
said to keep city HIV money from gays
4. HIV
is rising among young gay and bisexual men
5.
Senate Scout measures were more for show than effect
6. GLSEN
chapter founder Judy Mongomery bids farewell
7. News
Briefs
8. Lucie
Blue Tremblay says she will sing until she is 90

June 15, 2001
1. Second gay man
runs for Cleveland council
2. Cincinnati
Pride is twice as big in second year of return
3. Protesters
gather at Pride weekend ‘ex-gay’ confab
4. Gay
military discharges up in 2000, says Pentagon
5. Council,
Nationwide honored at HRC dinner
6. News
Briefs
7. ‘Queer
as Folk ‘co-star plays gay in a most effective way

June 8, 2001
2. Bush
will not designate June as Pride Month
3. Cincinnati
prepares for a week of Pride festivities
4. Decked
Out dinner-dance promises fun on the water
5. Judy
Tenuta, Ultra Naté headline Cleveland Pride festival
6. Rack
‘em and crack ‘em in eight-ball pool tournament
7. Dayton
expo, dinner and fair is ‘too much to keep inside’
8. Neon
Movies has a month-long GLBT film festival
9. Columbus
Pride Holiday celebrates two decades
10. First
Lollapalooza, then Lilith…

June 1, 2001
1. Scouts usher
troop out of
gay-friendly church
2. New
director Lorri Jean seeks to revitalize the NGLTF
3. Cincinnati
prepares for a week of Pride festivities
4. Commission
ignores gender issue, suspends firefighter
5. News
Briefs
6. A
celluloid cornucopia

May 25, 2001
1. Maryland governor signs
gay equal rights bill. Opponents are collecting signatures for a repeal
2. 150
lobby Congress on gender equality
3. Helms
measure would cut funds for schools that limit Scouts
4. Phone
book won’t publish after collecting ad money
5. Many
facets of identity can propel activism, poet says
6. News
Briefs
7. Evenings Out: Can
a diva turn lead into gold? Maria Callas and an alchemy scam cap the
Cleveland theater season

May 18, 2001
1. Suit may strengthen
TG worker rights
2. Rockers
won’t join other WNBA teams with lesbian outreach
3. With
warm weather, park cruising arrests return
4. Kansas
court says TG marriage is valid, not ‘same-sex’
5. News
Briefs
6. Evenings
Out: School drug ring is Motor City sleuth’s latest puzzle

May 11, 2001
1. Tristan Hand
defeated in Warren council primary
2. 3,000
tour Columbus to raise money for AIDS services
3. Summit
County job bias rule passes unanimously
4. Service
providers gather to discuss HIV housing needs
5. ‘We
are at a watershed moment,’ Birch tells HRC dinner
6. Pride,
Stonewall, and Wall Street top ‘Outie’ awards
7. Tobacco
giant targeted gays with ‘Project SCUM’
8. Survey
to test voter attitudes toward repeal of Issue 3
9. Police
aren’t buying ‘gay panic’ motive for beating
10. News
Briefs
11. Evenings
Out: Michelle Malone

May 4, 2001
1. Ohio House considers
‘super’ marriage ban
2.
High court asked to review Ohio’s gay-only proposition ban
3. Summit
job bias measure has unanimous support
4. Neither
right nor left now controls the capital, Birch says
5. Students
rally for bashed man, hate crime law
6. News
Briefs
7. Evenings Out: Anne
E. DeChant

April 27, 2001
1. CATF names Sue
Crumpton as new executive director
2. NGLTF
head Elizabeth Toledo to step down
3. How
‘friendly’ is northeast Ohio? It’s a mixed bag
4.
Sheriff found liable for murder of Brandon Teena
5. Restaurant
attack leads to rally for hate crime law
6. Will
dispute says marriage to TG husband is invalid
7. News
Briefs
8. Evenings Out: Sideshow

April 20, 2001
1. Gay man seeks
city council seat in Warren
2. Group
vows to fight Ohio marriage ban
3. Yelling
‘Pervert,’ men smash up Akron home with bricks
4. Hate
crime down slightly in Columbus, but more violent
5. Parents
protest gay story in high school newspaper
6. Report
shows increased risk of cancer for lesbians
7. Homophobes
invited to ‘faith-based’ House summit
8. News
Briefs
9. Evenings Out: Blow
Dry

April 13, 2001
1. Bush names gay
man to head AIDS office
2. Two
suspects charged in murders of two gay men
3. Students
at two universities keep silent to support gays
4. Ohio
marriage ban bill to be introduced in late April
5. Record
$3.3 million HIV grant is marked for housing
6. Nation’s
first gay athletic director awaits GLAAD awards
7. News
Briefs
8. Eve Out: Wexner
festival features wide variety of GBLT films

April 6, 2001
1. Another Ohio marriage
ban is proposed
2. World
first: Dutch lesbians and gay men legally marry
3. Court
dismisses GE gay bias case
4. King
Ave. Church receives $600,000 for LGBT programs
5. Maryland
is set to become 12th state with rights law
6. Equal
rights bills advance in two state houses
7. News
Briefs
8. Evenings
Out

March 30, 2001
1. Judge: Religion
doesn’t trump Louisville equality law
2. Detectives
seek leads in man’s beating death
3. Students
band together to find acceptance in high school
4. News
Briefs
5. Kate
Clinton

March 23, 2001
1. Paris becomes
world’s first major city with a gay mayor
2. Kentucky
town repeals fairness ordinance
3. Maryland
anti-bias bill likely to pass after panel’s okay
4. News
Briefs

March 16, 2001
1. Issue
3 backer named to state civil rights panel
2. Michael
Belcher acquitted in stabbing death of Glenn Brown by Anthony Glassman
3.
State board deletes ‘sexual orientation’ from ethics code
4. Judge
hears case of TG girl removed from parents’ home
5. News
Briefs

March 9, 2001
1. Hate bill’s foes
decry imagined gay benefit
2. Drug
maker shunned by AIDS service groups
3. Second
trial begins for hustler who stabbed man to death
4.
‘Bush gay advisor’ turns out to be one-man hoax
5. Oops:
Marriage ban bill almost outlawed gay sex
6.
Lawyer seeks to add straight man to sodomy challenge
7. News
Briefs

March 2, 2001
1. Appeals court
rejects shared parenthood
2. TG
woman must keep man’s name, judge says
3. McMahon
receives the first Mr. Cleveland Leather crown
4. Seven
hundred enjoy ‘sexy, fun’ Variety Show and party
5. Kentucky
considers expanding, or canceling, rights laws
6. News
Briefs

February 23, 2001
1. Courts
refuse couple the same last name
2. Activist
severely beaten in anti-gay attack
3. Dinner and show
raise
4. Court strikes
down school anti-harassment policy
5. Dog-maul victim’s
partner may test spouse rights law
6. Vermont considers
‘no promo homo’ and DOMA
7. Texas panel passes
hate crime bill that Bush opposed
8. News Briefs

February 16, 2001
2. Five
states are considering civil union or marriage bills
3. Protests,
resolution mark National Freedom to Marry Day
4. Gays
are third most likely hate crime target, FBI says
5. White
House AIDS office is out, then back in
6. News
Briefs
Evenings
Out - A far-reaching look at the conflict between black identity and
gay identity

February 9, 2001
1. Ohio United Ways
will keep funding Scouts
2. Bucyrus
man is town’s first gay candidate
3. Drive-by
incident leaves coffee shop owner worried
4. Movement
has shifted to the states, Dem leader says
5.
Study finds thirty percent of young, black gay men are positive
6. News
Briefs

February 2, 2001
1.Tremont resident
is first gay man to run for Cleveland council
2. ‘Laura’
show moves to midnight; gay spot shelved
3. Police
can’t stop needle exchanges, court rules
4. OSU
awareness week focuses on transgender lives
5. Asians
and Friends celebrate the Year of the Snake
6. Center
report analyzes health needs in Cleveland
7. News
Briefs

January 26, 2001
1. GLBT groups join
thousands in protesting inauguration
2. Counterfeit
AIDS drug in Ohio, FDA warns
3. Hate
Crime in Marion
4. Dramatically
higher rates of HIV hit men of color
5. Kentucky
bill would legalize gay panic defense
6. News
Briefs

January 19, 2001
1. John Ashcroft
faces nomination hearings while protests continue
2. Akron
Center celebrates second anniversary
3. Where
do we go from here...
4. Army
stops attempts to discharge Steve May
5. Wiseman
calling it quits
6. Co-founder
of military watchdog resigns
7. Toronto
performs first legal lesbian-gay weddings
8. News
Briefs
9. Evenings
Out

January 12, 2001
1. Civil rights
groups rally to halt Ashcroft nomination
2. GE
lawsuit brings bad things to light
3. AIDS
Taskforce/Housing Council merger complete
4.
LGBT groups stage historic protest at Vatican
5. Movie
about Shepard kicks off MTV hate crimes work
6. News
Briefs

January 5, 2001
1. Cincinnati airs
lesbian-gay positive TV commercial
2.
Leather club, Wal-Mart and Pepsi work together for HIV fundraiser
3.
Year 2000: news in review
4. Stonewall
Democrats to hold convention in Cleveland
5. Activists
call for a national Winn-Dixie boycott
6. News
Briefs