With many Cleveland gay bars closing even before the pandemic, owners are relied on their close community ties to keep their businesses afloat when Covid-19 posed an existential challenge.
For a lot of people in Northeast Ohio, including many in the LGBTQ+ community, The Side Quest was more than just a bar, it was home. Now, it’s been shuttered by the pandemic.
A new theatre education program is coming to Cleveland and this one is targeted specifically to LGBTQ+ youth in the area.
Superheroes helped Mike Boyce navigate life as queer young person. Now, as an art therapist, they’re helping other LGBTQ+ children see themselves as superheroes.
In a tweet last month, U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel took aim at a Cleveland Drag Queen Story Hour event calling it “child abuse” and threatening that it “must be stopped.”
With the sea change of leadership that is about to hit Cleveland as the new mayoral and council administration takes office, a number of LGBTQ+ leaders will find themselves not only sitting at the table, but also holding positions of great influence.
From her studio in Cuyahoga Falls, Coco Miletti and her assistant of 2 years, Jake Hallett, ply a trade synonymous with transformation: cosmetics. In their perch above Front Street, Miletti and Hallett offer a wide range of services, from hair and make-up styling for boudoir photography and weddings to ground-up makeup lessons and instructions for people who are transitioning.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: two drag queen walk into a sausage shop. And a fun time is had by all. But no, this is not a joke. It’s the unique idea devised by Melissa Khoury, one of the Lady Butchers behind Saucisson, the famed butchery and lunch spot in Cleveland’s Slavic Village. Dubbed “The Sunday Matinee Sausage Party,” the monthly event is a hands-on, sausage-making, drag-entertaining extravaganza. Needless to say, meat puns abound.
At LGBTQ+-owned Barbercult and LGBTQ+-friendly Black Cat Barbershop, getting a haircut doesn’t mean just finding a style that suits you. It also means being a part of an environment that is warm and inclusive to every patron who sits in those swiveling chairs.
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