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  • May, 2025
    Calendar
    May 1 6:00 PM LGBT Center Monthly Board Meeting Center
    May 1 7:00 PM Yoga at the Center Center
    May 3 2:00 PM Annual Spring Dinner Center
    May 4 11:00 AM Belly Dancing with Josh Center
    May 4 2: 00 PM Rally for Trans Rights (Meet at Center at Noon) Rally at Court House Square
    May 5 Cinco De Mayo
    May 5 7:00 PM LGBTQ AA Group Meets Center
    May 7 7:00 PM Rainbow Elder Care Meets Center
    May 8 7:00 PM Yoga at the Center Center
    May 10 2:00 PM Zine Making with TransOhio Downtown Metro Library
    May 11 11:00 AM Belly Dancing with Josh Center
    May 12 7:00 PM LGBTQ AA Group Meets Center
    May 13 6:30 PM PFLAG Meets Center
    May 14 Contact for Info Q-Youth Center Activities Center
    May 15 7:00 PM Yoga at the Center Center
    May 16 7:00 PM Dungeons and Dragons at the Center Center
    May 17 11:00 AM PRIDE ROCKS Levitt Pavilion
    May 19 7:00 PM LGBTQ AA Group Meets Center
    May 20 7:00 PM Gatlyn Dame Group Center
    May 22 - 26 The Greater Dayton LGBT Center Is Closed for NATO
    May 29 7:00 PM Yoga at the Center Center
    May 31 11:30 AM Coffee and Conversations Center

    “Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”
    - Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • True's May Notebook

    Blurryvisions
    Paperback – 153 pages
    $15.00
    March 21, 2025
    by True Rivir Newland

    Blurryvisions is a visceral collection of poetry and prose that delves into disillusionment, identity, and the contradictions of modern America. Through striking imagery and raw emotion, the book explores societal decay, political corruption, media manipulation, and the fragile line between myth and reality.

    At its heart, blurryvisions is also a deeply personal exploration of sexuality, gender, and the universal need for love and acceptance. It challenges rigid societal norms, embracing the truth that everyone deserves to be seen and loved for who they truly are.

    Interwoven with themes of immigration, religion, climate catastrophe, and memory, the collection forces readers to confront both the world’s horrors and its lingering beauty. In the blurred spaces between hope and despair, between past and future, blurryvisions finds its voice—one that demands to be heard.

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  • 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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