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  • June, 2025
    Calendar
    June 1 Happy Pride Month
    June 2 7:00 PM LGBTQ AA group Center
    June 4 6:00 PM Rainbow Elder Care Center
    June 5 6:00 PM LGBT Center Board Meeting Center
    June 5 7:00 PM Interfaith Service St. Johns
    June 6 6:00 PM Friday Night Affair St Clair
    June 7 11:00 AM Dayton Pride Parade Line up on Jefferson St
    June 7 12:00 PM Dayton Pride Festival St Clair
    June 8 9:00 AM Running with PRIDE Eastwood Park
    June 9 7:00 PM LGBTQ AA Group Center
    June 10 6:30 PM PFLAG Monthly Meeting Center
    June 11 Q+ Youth Center Activists email qyouthcenter@gmail.com for details
    June 12 7:00 PM Yoga at the Center Center
    June 14 2 & 8 PM The Power of Love - DGMC Roger Glass Center
    June 16 7:00 PM LGBTQ AA Group Center
    June 17 7:00 PM Gatlyn Dame Group Center
    June 19 7:00 PM Yoga at the Center Center
    June 20 7:00 PM Dungeons and Dragons Center
    June 23 7:00 PM LGBTQ AA Group Center
    June 26 7:00 PM Yoga at the Center Center
    June 28 11:30 AM Coffee & Conversation Center
    June 30 7:00 PM LGBTQ AA Group Center

    “It’s never wrong to love, but it’s always wrong to hate…”
    - Lady Gaga

  • True's June Notebook
    What PRIDE Is All About…

    Every June, people around the world come together to celebrate PRIDE Month— a time dedicated to honoring the LGBTQ+ community and advocating for equality, acceptance, and love. PRIDE stands for personal freedom, the right to live authentically, and the ongoing fight for the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and other gender-diverse people.

    The roots of PRIDE Month trace back to the Stonewall Uprising in New York City in June 1969. After a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar, members of the LGBTQ+ community stood up against ongoing harassment and discrimination. This act of resistance became a turning point, sparking the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. In remembrance of this event, June was chosen as PRIDE Month.

    PRIDE is both a celebration and a call to action. It celebrates the progress that has been made, including the legalization of same-sex marriage in many countries and increasing visibility of LGBTQ+ people in media and politics. At the same time, PRIDE also shines a light on the challenges that remain. Discrimination, violence, and inequality continue to affect LGBTQ+ individuals around the world.

    For many, PRIDE is still a protest—a time to raise awareness and demand change. During PRIDE Month, cities host parades, festivals, and events that showcase LGBTQ+ culture and history. People wear rainbow colors and fly Pride flags as symbols of diversity and inclusion. Educational forums and community outreach events help spread understanding and promote support for LGBTQ+ rights. But PRIDE is more than a single month. It represents a lifelong commitment to equality and human rights. It reminds us that everyone deserves to be treated with respect and dignity, no matter who they are or who they love.

    In its truest form, PRIDE is about living openly, loving fully, and standing together. It is a powerful affirmation that love is love—and that everyone should be free to live without fear, shame, or silence.

  • Transgender
    Day of
    Remembrance
    2024
    Transgender Day of Remembrance
    November 20 - 7:00 PM - Sinclair CC

    We are very please to announce our Keynote speaker for Transgender Day of Remembrance 2024 is singer/song-writer, dancer, model, actor and activist, Laith Ashley.

    Transgender Day of Remembrance is an annual event here in Dayton to honor those transgender and non-conforming individuals who lost their lives in 2024 due to violence. All to often these individuals are estranged from their families so it is altogether fitting that we honor them and celebrate the life lived.

    On November 20th at 7:00 pm at Sinclair Community College’s conference center we will read their names, and light a candle for these individuals. Additionally, Khris Goins, founder of Black Trans Men of Ohio will speak along with Judas, a 21 y.o. person, and Chrissy Ray, a trans female and of course our keynote speaker, Laith Ashley.

    Laith launched his career with a campaign for Barneys New York, back in February 2014. In 2017 he was the first transgender man to be featured in a Diesel campaign, and in February 2020, became one of the faces of the Abercrombie FIERCE campaign. Laith has been on the cover of countless magazines and has had featured stories published in countless others all around the world. Laith was on the cast of reality TV series “Strut”, with executive producer by Whoopi Goldberg in 2016, and raised the heart rates of viewers in his appearances on season one of hit series, “Pose”, on FX, and Taylor Swift’s love interest in the music video for Lavender Haze.

    Laith graduated Fairfield University in 2012 with a degree in Psychology. Before beginning his career in the entertainment industry, Laith was a counselor for homeless youth in New York City and spearheaded trans sensitivity training in medical facilities and homeless shelters. He now uses his platform to help inform others about the trans experience, and the experience of other marginalized groups, as well as advocating for social justice, in hopes for a more open, loving and accepting world. Tickets for this FREE event are available on our website.

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