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  • July, 2025
    Calendar
    July 2 6:00 PM Rainbow Elder Care Board Meeting Center
    July 3 6:00 PM Dayton LGBT Center Board Meeting Center
    July 3 7:00 PM Yoga at the Center Center
    July 4 Happy Independence Day
    July 7 7:00 PM LGBTQ AA Group Meeting Center
    July 8 6:30 PM PFLAG Dayton Meeting Center
    July 9 Q-Youth Center Activities email qyouthcenter@gmail.com Center
    July 10 7:00 PM Yoga at the Center Center
    July 14 7:00 PM LGBTQ AA Group Meeting Center
    July 15 7:00 PM Gatlyn Dame Group Center
    July 17 7:00 PM Yoga at the Center Center
    July 18 7:00 PM Dungeons & Dragons Gaming Center
    July 21 7:00 PM LGBTQ AA Group Meeting Center
    July 22 Q-Youth Center Activities email qyouthcenter@gmail.com Center
    July 23 7:00 PM Pozitive Attitudes Center
    July 24 7:00 PM Yoga at the Center Center
    July 24 11:30 AM Coffee & Conversation Center
    July 28 7:00 PM LGBTQ AA Group Meeting Center
    July 31 7:00 PM Yoga at the Center Center


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

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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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