LGBT
New Resource Guide Section
07/27/2022
We've added a new category to our Health and Fitness page… LGBT Resource Guides.
Intelligent.com provides various guides for student success. GayDayton is providing links to their offerings as a service to our community… we are not endorsing their content.
Intelligent.com provides various guides for student success. GayDayton is providing links to their offerings as a service to our community… we are not endorsing their content.
LGBT Center Lunch & Learn
03/01/2022
The Greater Dayton LGBT Center has launched a monthly Lunch & Learn. With so many people working from home these days the Center is offering a Lunch & Learn on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 11:30 am to 12:30 pm so as you enjoy your lunch, you may pop on your computer via zoom and learn more about our community with us. We have many partners in the Greater Dayton area to support and uplift our LGBTQ community so we would like to pick one to highlight each month that we may learn more.
On March 9th we are highlighting “Visible and Resilient” one of our local groups who work with our young people in middle schools through high schools and GSA to offer the invisible, visibility that they may become strong and resilient.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83302339941?pwd=ZThjU1ZIN0Joc3ZGbXFNYTJGU29kUT09
On March 9th we are highlighting “Visible and Resilient” one of our local groups who work with our young people in middle schools through high schools and GSA to offer the invisible, visibility that they may become strong and resilient.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83302339941?pwd=ZThjU1ZIN0Joc3ZGbXFNYTJGU29kUT09
February, 2022, LGBT Center News
01/31/2022
We kick off 2022 in high spirits as we look forward to an exciting new year with many opportunities ahead. For almost two years we have been dealing with the effects of COVID-19 and its variants yet our health departments seems to hopeful that we should be able to safely put this to rest and behind us in 2022, so the future is bright. We plan to kick off 2022 with a new educational program at the LGBT Center, it will be presented via zoom on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 11:30 AM to 12:30 pm as a monthly “Lunch & Learn.” Our first “Lunch & Learn” will simply be an introduction to the many different LGBTQ organizations and helps in our community. Are you familiar with them all? Do you know the various programs of each one? If not, please tune in to our Lunch & Learn, the link will be posted on our website.
We also plan the return of two of our popular fundraising events; the Annual Women’s Dance is returning on February 12, 2022 for all the ladies out there. Door will open at 7 pm along with the cash bar, and the DJ will begin at 8 pm until midnight. This year, by popular demand, we will bring back “Speed Dating” beginning at 9 pm until 10 pm. If you wish to participate in the Speed Dating portion there is a small additional fee if $5.00 Tickets for the event will be sold in advance via the Center’s website, for Center members, the cost will be $15.00, and $20.00 for non-members. Advance tickets will halt sales on February 11th and day of event sales will increase $5.00 ‘At The Door”. So “At Door Tickets” will be $20.00 for members and $25.00 for non-members. You may use this QR code to the ticket page and just scroll down to get to the tickets. The 14th Annual Bowling for PRIDE returns on February 26, 2022 at Poelking Lanes on Wilmington Avenue in Kettering. Doors will open at 1 PM and bowling begins at 2 PM. Tickets will be sold in advance via the Center’s website and if still available, bowlers may purchase spots at the door. Tickets are $20.00 per bowler, which includes shoe rental. This also includes three games of bowling. The first game, is called “Eight to Eat” where when bowling should you knock down 8 pins, with your second ball you must get the spare. If you achieve the spare, you will receive a gift card to a local restaurant for a free meal. The second games is “Bingo” yet to get that Bingo, you must follow the instructions on your information sheet. The third game is a garbage bowl where you are given a list of instructions telling you how and what to achieve to “win” the game. This bowling event is strictly designed for fun! Of course do not forget our ever popular raffle. We work for months gathering together fun and interesting raffle prizes, some very adult in nature and others just clean fun. This year is no exception as we have quite a few adult prizes, some alcohol, and even a super cool slot machine that will be raffled off. Even if you do not bowl, you can come watch the fun as a great time is enjoyed by all.
The new year does look like a very promising year filled with fun and excitement, let us charge ahead!
We also plan the return of two of our popular fundraising events; the Annual Women’s Dance is returning on February 12, 2022 for all the ladies out there. Door will open at 7 pm along with the cash bar, and the DJ will begin at 8 pm until midnight. This year, by popular demand, we will bring back “Speed Dating” beginning at 9 pm until 10 pm. If you wish to participate in the Speed Dating portion there is a small additional fee if $5.00 Tickets for the event will be sold in advance via the Center’s website, for Center members, the cost will be $15.00, and $20.00 for non-members. Advance tickets will halt sales on February 11th and day of event sales will increase $5.00 ‘At The Door”. So “At Door Tickets” will be $20.00 for members and $25.00 for non-members. You may use this QR code to the ticket page and just scroll down to get to the tickets. The 14th Annual Bowling for PRIDE returns on February 26, 2022 at Poelking Lanes on Wilmington Avenue in Kettering. Doors will open at 1 PM and bowling begins at 2 PM. Tickets will be sold in advance via the Center’s website and if still available, bowlers may purchase spots at the door. Tickets are $20.00 per bowler, which includes shoe rental. This also includes three games of bowling. The first game, is called “Eight to Eat” where when bowling should you knock down 8 pins, with your second ball you must get the spare. If you achieve the spare, you will receive a gift card to a local restaurant for a free meal. The second games is “Bingo” yet to get that Bingo, you must follow the instructions on your information sheet. The third game is a garbage bowl where you are given a list of instructions telling you how and what to achieve to “win” the game. This bowling event is strictly designed for fun! Of course do not forget our ever popular raffle. We work for months gathering together fun and interesting raffle prizes, some very adult in nature and others just clean fun. This year is no exception as we have quite a few adult prizes, some alcohol, and even a super cool slot machine that will be raffled off. Even if you do not bowl, you can come watch the fun as a great time is enjoyed by all.
The new year does look like a very promising year filled with fun and excitement, let us charge ahead!
LGBT Center in 2022
12/30/2021
Thoughts from the LGBT Center Director
We kick off 2022 in high spirits as we look forward to an exciting new year with many opportunities ahead. For almost two years we have been dealing with the effects of COVID-19 and its variants yet our health departments seems to hopeful that we should be able to safely put this to rest and behind us in 2022, so the future is bright.
We plan to kick off 2022 with a new educational program at the LGBT Center, it will be presented via zoom on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 11:30 AM to 12:30 pm as a monthly “Lunch & Learn.” Our first “Lunch & Learn” will simply be an introduction to the many different LGBTQ organizations and helps in our community. Are you familiar with them all? Do you know the various programs of each one? If not, please tune in to our Lunch & Learn, the link will be posted on our website.
We also plan the return of two of our popular fundraising events; the Annual Women’s Dance is returning on February 12, 2022 for all the ladies out there. Door will open at 7 pm along with the cash bar, and the DJ will begin at 8 pm until midnight. This year, by popular demand, we will bring back “Speed Dating” beginning at 9 pm until 10 pm. If you wish to participate in the Speed Dating portion there is a small additional fee if $5.00 Tickets for the event will be sold in advance via the Center’s website, for Center members, the cost will be $15.00, and $20.00 for non-members. Advance tickets will halt sales on February 11th and day of event sales will increase $5.00 ‘At The Door”. So “At Door Tickets” will be $20.00 for members and $25.00 for non-members. You may use this QR code to the ticket page and just scroll down to get to the tickets. The 14th Annual Bowling for PRIDE returns on February 26, 2022 at Poelking Lanes on Wilmington Avenue in Kettering. Doors will open at 1 PM and bowling begins at 2 PM. Tickets will be sold in advance via the Center’s website and if still available, bowlers may purchase spots at the door. Tickets are $20.00 per bowler, which includes shoe rental. This also includes three games of bowling. The first game, is called “Eight to Eat” where when bowling should you knock down 8 pins, with your second ball you must get the spare. If you achieve the spare, you will receive a gift card to a local restaurant for a free meal. The second games is “Bingo” yet to get that Bingo, you must follow the instructions on your information sheet. The third game is a garbage bowl where you are given a list of instructions telling you how and what to achieve to “win” the game. This bowling event is strictly designed for fun! Of course do not forget our ever popular raffle. We work for months gathering together fun and interesting raffle prizes, some very adult in nature and others just clean fun. This year is no exception as we have quite a few adult prizes, some alcohol, and even a super cool slot machine that will be raffled off. Even if you do not bowl, you can come watch the fun as a great time is enjoyed by all.
The new year does look like a very promising year filled with fun and excitement, let us charge ahead!
We kick off 2022 in high spirits as we look forward to an exciting new year with many opportunities ahead. For almost two years we have been dealing with the effects of COVID-19 and its variants yet our health departments seems to hopeful that we should be able to safely put this to rest and behind us in 2022, so the future is bright.
We plan to kick off 2022 with a new educational program at the LGBT Center, it will be presented via zoom on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 11:30 AM to 12:30 pm as a monthly “Lunch & Learn.” Our first “Lunch & Learn” will simply be an introduction to the many different LGBTQ organizations and helps in our community. Are you familiar with them all? Do you know the various programs of each one? If not, please tune in to our Lunch & Learn, the link will be posted on our website.
We also plan the return of two of our popular fundraising events; the Annual Women’s Dance is returning on February 12, 2022 for all the ladies out there. Door will open at 7 pm along with the cash bar, and the DJ will begin at 8 pm until midnight. This year, by popular demand, we will bring back “Speed Dating” beginning at 9 pm until 10 pm. If you wish to participate in the Speed Dating portion there is a small additional fee if $5.00 Tickets for the event will be sold in advance via the Center’s website, for Center members, the cost will be $15.00, and $20.00 for non-members. Advance tickets will halt sales on February 11th and day of event sales will increase $5.00 ‘At The Door”. So “At Door Tickets” will be $20.00 for members and $25.00 for non-members. You may use this QR code to the ticket page and just scroll down to get to the tickets. The 14th Annual Bowling for PRIDE returns on February 26, 2022 at Poelking Lanes on Wilmington Avenue in Kettering. Doors will open at 1 PM and bowling begins at 2 PM. Tickets will be sold in advance via the Center’s website and if still available, bowlers may purchase spots at the door. Tickets are $20.00 per bowler, which includes shoe rental. This also includes three games of bowling. The first game, is called “Eight to Eat” where when bowling should you knock down 8 pins, with your second ball you must get the spare. If you achieve the spare, you will receive a gift card to a local restaurant for a free meal. The second games is “Bingo” yet to get that Bingo, you must follow the instructions on your information sheet. The third game is a garbage bowl where you are given a list of instructions telling you how and what to achieve to “win” the game. This bowling event is strictly designed for fun! Of course do not forget our ever popular raffle. We work for months gathering together fun and interesting raffle prizes, some very adult in nature and others just clean fun. This year is no exception as we have quite a few adult prizes, some alcohol, and even a super cool slot machine that will be raffled off. Even if you do not bowl, you can come watch the fun as a great time is enjoyed by all.
The new year does look like a very promising year filled with fun and excitement, let us charge ahead!
Deck Your Halls – HIV Testing
11/30/2021
Deck Your Halls – December 18, 2021 – 8:00 PM to 1:00 AM
Rapid HIV Testing!
Raffle prizes!
Come and Get Tested… before Santa comes down the chimney!
Ho! Ho! Ho!
Rapid HIV Testing!
Raffle prizes!
Come and Get Tested… before Santa comes down the chimney!
Ho! Ho! Ho!
October Events
10/01/2020
It is October in Dayton and as always is one of the busiest months of the year in the Gay Community aside from Pride month. On top of each weekend sporting an event, we all like to sprinkle a few halloween parties in between. So here is the breakdown for 2020.
The first weekend in October features a number of Halloween events such as a Scream Park on Valley Street, Brimstone Haunt in Wilmington, Land of Illusion’s Haunted Scream Park, Octoberfest at 1400 E. Fifth Street, The Dayton Art Society’s Illuminate: A lens based juried art exibition at High Street Gallery, “Antigone” being presnted by Sinclair Theatre, and of course a Poetry Slam on Sunday at Yellow Cab. So a full weekend.
The Second weekend in October is another full weekend with many of the Haunt type things continueing throuout the month. To that we add the Apple Butter Festival, 15 & 5K Gem City Classic Race, and A Christmas Bazaar in October. Of course this weekend kicks of the Dayton LGBT Film Festival at the Neon with many of the selections this year being virtual. Which simply means you may view them in your own home for a limited period of time.
The Third weekend of course is Sweetest Day weekend so of course all the haunt fest type events will continue and to that we add a Chocolate and Beer Sweetest Day 5K, 10K Run along with the Grand Event: Masquerage at 8 pm. For the 1st time ever this event will be Virtual, so logon and party with us!
On October 21st at 6:30 pm is the 2nd Annual Rubi Awards by Dayton’s HER/HIStory Project as we honor our local heros of our LGBTQ community. Last year was a banquet was held and this year, due to the pandemic, you may choose to order your dinner and pick it up at Wheat Penny to watch at home as this year the event will be virtual via Zoom. To register, For the final weekend of October the Haunt fest types continue along with Ohio Hospice’s Dayton’s Remembrance Walk on the 24th beginning at 8:30 am. On October 30th the orginal cast of “Hocus Pocus” will do a virtual reunion as a fundraiser. Tickets here to join the cast online.
The first weekend in October features a number of Halloween events such as a Scream Park on Valley Street, Brimstone Haunt in Wilmington, Land of Illusion’s Haunted Scream Park, Octoberfest at 1400 E. Fifth Street, The Dayton Art Society’s Illuminate: A lens based juried art exibition at High Street Gallery, “Antigone” being presnted by Sinclair Theatre, and of course a Poetry Slam on Sunday at Yellow Cab. So a full weekend.
The Second weekend in October is another full weekend with many of the Haunt type things continueing throuout the month. To that we add the Apple Butter Festival, 15 & 5K Gem City Classic Race, and A Christmas Bazaar in October. Of course this weekend kicks of the Dayton LGBT Film Festival at the Neon with many of the selections this year being virtual. Which simply means you may view them in your own home for a limited period of time.
The Third weekend of course is Sweetest Day weekend so of course all the haunt fest type events will continue and to that we add a Chocolate and Beer Sweetest Day 5K, 10K Run along with the Grand Event: Masquerage at 8 pm. For the 1st time ever this event will be Virtual, so logon and party with us!
On October 21st at 6:30 pm is the 2nd Annual Rubi Awards by Dayton’s HER/HIStory Project as we honor our local heros of our LGBTQ community. Last year was a banquet was held and this year, due to the pandemic, you may choose to order your dinner and pick it up at Wheat Penny to watch at home as this year the event will be virtual via Zoom. To register, For the final weekend of October the Haunt fest types continue along with Ohio Hospice’s Dayton’s Remembrance Walk on the 24th beginning at 8:30 am. On October 30th the orginal cast of “Hocus Pocus” will do a virtual reunion as a fundraiser. Tickets here to join the cast online.