ARCHIVE: Miss Oh Gay Pri | Axis Nightclub (Columb, Oh) | 11/11-11/13/2016 – Our Communy Roots

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• AHF CELEBRAT 2017 GAY PRI SEASON
• MISS OH GAY PRISTARA RICHMOND1998MISS COLUMB 1997ERI MARTEZ2004MISS CLEVELAND 2003PAIGE PASSN20071ST ALTERNATE OH GAY PRI 20061ST ALTERNATE METROPOLAN 2005MISS COLUMB 2004NATNAL HOLIDAY2010MISS MIAMI VALLEY 2009HELL BEDD2013MISS METROPOLAN 2012MISS COLUMB 2005DARAY LOREZ2016MISS GEM CY 2015MISS CCNATI 2006MISS MIAMI VALLEY 2005OLIVIA JANE2018 BRNEY BLAIRE2020-2022MISS GEM CY 2019KRYSTAL STONE1999 KIARRA CARTIER FONTAE2005MISS SANDKY 2004MARIA GARRISON2008MISS SHOWGIRL 2007STHIA D MEANOR20112ND ALTERNATE CCNATI 2010MISS DAYTON 2007ASHLEY AT FERRAH2014MISS CAPAL CY 2013REIANNA ALI2017MISS CAPAL CY 2016MISS TOLEDO 2014MISS CLEVELAND 2013JADA FENIX-LOREZ2019MISS GEM CY 2018SASSY STONEHART2020-2022MISS TOLEDO FEMME 2019ALEXIS O'HARA2000-2003MISS COLUMB 1999DANYEL VASQUEZ2006MISS METROPOLAN 2005PENNY TRATN2009MISS DAYTON 2008MISS CCNATI 2007APRIL EVANGELISTA2012MISS TOLEDO 2011MISS CCNATI 2010MISS SANDKY 2009AKASHA O'HARA LORDS2015MISS SHOOTG STAR 2014SABRA CAPRICE HEARTT20181ST ALTERNATE OH GAY PRI 20171ST ALTERNATE METROPOLAN 2016PANDORA FOXX2019 GIZELLE DEVX2023MISS TOLEDO 2022MR OH GAY PRISPA MARTEZ2008 ROB AT2011MR DAYTON 2010IZAYA COLE2014MR CLEVELAND 2013BROCK BRADLY2016MR CCNATI 2015DEVON AYERS2017MR GREAT LAK KG 2016B SHARP20191ST ALTERNATE MR OH GAY PRI 2018MR TRI-STATE 2017STEVIE PHOENIX2020-2022MR TOLEDO KG 2019BRENT FABIAN2009MR COLUMB 2008JOEY FLEMG2012MR COLUMB 2011REX MATTHEWS2015MR METROPOLAN 2014RYR NIGHTLY2016 REDD VALENTE2018MR CAPAL CY 20171ST ALTERNATE COLUMB 2016LAS LANE (TY EP)2019MR GEM CY KG 2018ADONIS LEE O'HARA (ADONIS VAYNE)2023MR TOLEDO 20221ST ALTERNATE DAYTON 2018MR TOLEDO 20171ST ALTERNATE GLASS CY 2016JONATHAN STARR2010MR TOLEDO 2009JOSH FABIAN2013MR METROPOLAN 2012DEXTER2015 DANE DERZA2017MR CAPAL CY 2016V MASTER CHAD2018MR CAPAL CY KG 2017MONROE DEMOORE2020MR CIRCLE CY 2019MX OH GAY PRIS
• MR. OH GAY PRI
• MR. COLUMB GAY PRI KG
• MISS OH GAY PRI
• ARCHIVE: MISS OH GAY PRI | AXIS NIGHTCLUB (COLUMB, OH) | 11/11-11/13/2016
• MISS OH GAY PRISTARA RICHMOND1998MISS COLUMB 1997ERI MARTEZ2004MISS CLEVELAND 2003PAIGE PASSN20071ST ALTERNATE OH GAY PRI 20061ST ALTERNATE METROPOLAN 2005MISS COLUMB 2004NATNAL HOLIDAY2010MISS MIAMI VALLEY 2009HELL BEDD2013MISS METROPOLAN 2012MISS COLUMB 2005DARAY LOREZ2016MISS GEM CY 2015MISS CCNATI 2006MISS MIAMI VALLEY 2005OLIVIA JANE2018 BRNEY BLAIRE2020-2022MISS GEM CY 2019KRYSTAL STONE1999 KIARRA CARTIER FONTAE2005MISS SANDKY 2004MARIA GARRISON2008MISS SHOWGIRL 2007STHIA D MEANOR20112ND ALTERNATE CCNATI 2010MISS DAYTON 2007ASHLEY AT FERRAH2014MISS CAPAL CY 2013REIANNA ALI2017MISS CAPAL CY 2016MISS TOLEDO 2014MISS CLEVELAND 2013JADA FENIX-LOREZ2019MISS GEM CY 2018SASSY STONEHART2020-2022MISS TOLEDO FEMME 2019ALEXIS O'HARA2000-2003MISS COLUMB 1999DANYEL VASQUEZ2006MISS METROPOLAN 2005PENNY TRATN2009MISS DAYTON 2008MISS CCNATI 2007APRIL EVANGELISTA2012MISS TOLEDO 2011MISS CCNATI 2010MISS SANDKY 2009AKASHA O'HARA LORDS2015MISS SHOOTG STAR 2014SABRA CAPRICE HEARTT20181ST ALTERNATE OH GAY PRI 20171ST ALTERNATE METROPOLAN 2016PANDORA FOXX2019 GIZELLE DEVX2023MISS TOLEDO 2022MR OH GAY PRISPA MARTEZ2008 ROB AT2011MR DAYTON 2010IZAYA COLE2014MR CLEVELAND 2013BROCK BRADLY2016MR CCNATI 2015DEVON AYERS2017MR GREAT LAK KG 2016B SHARP20191ST ALTERNATE MR OH GAY PRI 2018MR TRI-STATE 2017STEVIE PHOENIX2020-2022MR TOLEDO KG 2019BRENT FABIAN2009MR COLUMB 2008JOEY FLEMG2012MR COLUMB 2011REX MATTHEWS2015MR METROPOLAN 2014RYR NIGHTLY2016 REDD VALENTE2018MR CAPAL CY 20171ST ALTERNATE COLUMB 2016LAS LANE (TY EP)2019MR GEM CY KG 2018ADONIS LEE O'HARA (ADONIS VAYNE)2023MR TOLEDO 20221ST ALTERNATE DAYTON 2018MR TOLEDO 20171ST ALTERNATE GLASS CY 2016JONATHAN STARR2010MR TOLEDO 2009JOSH FABIAN2013MR METROPOLAN 2012DEXTER2015 DANE DERZA2017MR CAPAL CY 2016V MASTER CHAD2018MR CAPAL CY KG 2017MONROE DEMOORE2020MR CIRCLE CY 2019MX OH GAY PRIS

AHF CELEBRAT 2017 GAY PRI SEASON

As Oh has extremely ld wters, is a relief that the gay pri celebratns habually take place June, meang party enthiasts n benef om the warm weather and celebrate their pri relaxed, summer attire. Started the event as a way to raise awarens of the gay culture Oh, and to give visors and lols alike an outlet for their pri. In terms of numbers and participants, the only larger gay ftival the Midwt is the one Chigo, Illois.

MISS OH GAY PRISTARA RICHMOND1998MISS COLUMB 1997ERI MARTEZ2004MISS CLEVELAND 2003PAIGE PASSN20071ST ALTERNATE OH GAY PRI 20061ST ALTERNATE METROPOLAN 2005MISS COLUMB 2004NATNAL HOLIDAY2010MISS MIAMI VALLEY 2009HELL BEDD2013MISS METROPOLAN 2012MISS COLUMB 2005DARAY LOREZ2016MISS GEM CY 2015MISS CCNATI 2006MISS MIAMI VALLEY 2005OLIVIA JANE2018 BRNEY BLAIRE2020-2022MISS GEM CY 2019KRYSTAL STONE1999 KIARRA CARTIER FONTAE2005MISS SANDKY 2004MARIA GARRISON2008MISS SHOWGIRL 2007STHIA D MEANOR20112ND ALTERNATE CCNATI 2010MISS DAYTON 2007ASHLEY AT FERRAH2014MISS CAPAL CY 2013REIANNA ALI2017MISS CAPAL CY 2016MISS TOLEDO 2014MISS CLEVELAND 2013JADA FENIX-LOREZ2019MISS GEM CY 2018SASSY STONEHART2020-2022MISS TOLEDO FEMME 2019ALEXIS O'HARA2000-2003MISS COLUMB 1999DANYEL VASQUEZ2006MISS METROPOLAN 2005PENNY TRATN2009MISS DAYTON 2008MISS CCNATI 2007APRIL EVANGELISTA2012MISS TOLEDO 2011MISS CCNATI 2010MISS SANDKY 2009AKASHA O'HARA LORDS2015MISS SHOOTG STAR 2014SABRA CAPRICE HEARTT20181ST ALTERNATE OH GAY PRI 20171ST ALTERNATE METROPOLAN 2016PANDORA FOXX2019 GIZELLE DEVX2023MISS TOLEDO 2022MR OH GAY PRISPA MARTEZ2008 ROB AT2011MR DAYTON 2010IZAYA COLE2014MR CLEVELAND 2013BROCK BRADLY2016MR CCNATI 2015DEVON AYERS2017MR GREAT LAK KG 2016B SHARP20191ST ALTERNATE MR OH GAY PRI 2018MR TRI-STATE 2017STEVIE PHOENIX2020-2022MR TOLEDO KG 2019BRENT FABIAN2009MR COLUMB 2008JOEY FLEMG2012MR COLUMB 2011REX MATTHEWS2015MR METROPOLAN 2014RYR NIGHTLY2016 REDD VALENTE2018MR CAPAL CY 20171ST ALTERNATE COLUMB 2016LAS LANE (TY EP)2019MR GEM CY KG 2018ADONIS LEE O'HARA (ADONIS VAYNE)2023MR TOLEDO 20221ST ALTERNATE DAYTON 2018MR TOLEDO 20171ST ALTERNATE GLASS CY 2016JONATHAN STARR2010MR TOLEDO 2009JOSH FABIAN2013MR METROPOLAN 2012DEXTER2015 DANE DERZA2017MR CAPAL CY 2016V MASTER CHAD2018MR CAPAL CY KG 2017MONROE DEMOORE2020MR CIRCLE CY 2019MX OH GAY PRIS

Home to one of the largt populatns of rints intifyg as gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr, Columb has long sought to protect the rights and secure the safety and well-beg of those cizens who often fd themselv subject to opprsn and attack. Skip to ma ntentDayton, OHParkersburg, WVMarietta, OHOxford-Miami Universy, OHCcnati, OHCanton, OHNorth Canton, OHFairlawn-Bath, OHAkron, OHStrongsville, OHOhTop Natnal NewsSee All CommuniFrom AHF: AIDS Healthre Foundatn (AHF), the largt global AIDS anizatn, is proud to once aga jo the LGBTQ muny celebratg the 2017 Gay Pri season through s planned participatn more than two dozen Pri events across the untry.

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“Our AHF staff and patients always look forward to jog wh the LGBTQ muny celebratg life and beg out and proud at gay pri celebratns across the untry each year.

Stonewall Columb is gearg up for the annual Columb Pri Ftival and March later this celebratns e amid creased anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and a flurry of anti-gay and anti-trans legislatn sweepg through Oh and several other Porteo, Executive Director of Stonewall Columb, tells WOSU the rhetoric is nothg new. Miss Oh Gay PrisTara Richmond1998Miss Columb 1997Eri Martez2004Miss Cleveland 2003Paige Passn20071st Alternate Oh Gay Pri 20061st Alternate Metropolan 2005Miss Columb 2004Natnal Holiday2010Miss Miami Valley 2009Hell Bedd2013Miss Metropolan 2012Miss Columb 2005Daray Lorez2016Miss Gem Cy 2015Miss Ccnati 2006Miss Miami Valley 2005Olivia Jane2018Brney Blaire2020-2022Miss Gem Cy 2019Krystal Stone1999KiArra Cartier Fontae2005Miss Sandky 2004Maria Garrison2008Miss Showgirl 2007Sthia D Meanor20112nd Alternate Ccnati 2010Miss Dayton 2007Ashley At Ferrah2014Miss Capal Cy 2013Reianna Ali2017Miss Capal Cy 2016Miss Toledo 2014Miss Cleveland 2013Jada Fenix-Lorez2019Miss Gem Cy 2018Sassy StoneHart2020-2022Miss Toledo Femme 2019Alexis O'Hara2000-2003Miss Columb 1999Danyel Vasquez2006Miss Metropolan 2005Penny Tratn2009Miss Dayton 2008Miss Ccnati 2007April Evangelista2012Miss Toledo 2011Miss Ccnati 2010Miss Sandky 2009Akasha O'Hara Lords2015Miss Shootg Star 2014Sabra Caprice Heartt20181st Alternate Oh Gay Pri 20171st Alternate Metropolan 2016Pandora Foxx2019Gizelle DeVx2023Miss Toledo 2022Mr Oh Gay PrisPa Martez2008Rob At2011Mr Dayton 2010Izaya Cole2014Mr Cleveland 2013Brock Bradly2016Mr Ccnati 2015Devon Ayers2017Mr Great Lak Kg 2016B Sharp20191st Alternate Mr Oh Gay Pri 2018Mr Tri-State 2017Stevie Phoenix2020-2022Mr Toledo Kg 2019Brent Fabian2009Mr Columb 2008Joey Flemg2012Mr Columb 2011Rex Matthews2015Mr Metropolan 2014Ryr Nightly2016Redd Valente2018Mr Capal Cy 20171st Alternate Columb 2016Las Lane (Ty Ep)2019Mr Gem Cy Kg 2018Adonis Lee O'Hara (Adonis Vayne)2023Mr Toledo 20221st Alternate Dayton 2018Mr Toledo 20171st Alternate Glass Cy 2016Jonathan Starr2010Mr Toledo 2009Josh Fabian2013Mr Metropolan 2012Dexter2015Dane Derza2017Mr Capal Cy 2016V Master Chad2018Mr Capal Cy Kg 2017Monroe DeMoore2020Mr Circle Cy 2019Mx Oh Gay PrisRiley Poppyseed2023.

MR. COLUMB GAY PRI KG

The gay muny Cleveland the 1970s was nnected to the larger gay liberatn movement growg the Uned Stat, which was propelled by the Stonewall Rt New York Cy 1969. 1970 to memorate the gay, lbian, and transgenr people who risted their ntued harassment and discrimatn by the police at Stonewall. Cleveland’s gay muny the 1970s anized self orr to do the same.

After the early years of Pri Cleveland the 1970s sponsored by numero anizatns, gay muny members and anizers Cleveland elected to jo the larger Pri celebratns Columb, Oh through the 1980s.

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The ncellatn led to the anizatn of Pri the CLE by the LESBIAN/GAY COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER OF GREATER CLEVELAND which anized celebratns 2016 and 2017 before the anizatns rned 2018. The gay muny publitn HIGH GEAR claimed that the first Gay Pri March Cleveland took place July 1972 wh 70 atten.

However, the stunt newspaper at CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, The Observer, claimed that the Gay Pri March that took place on September 15, 1973 was the first event of s kd Cleveland. On September 15, the Gay Activists Alliance sponsored a Gay Pri March that began outsi of a gay bar lled “The Change” and moved along Euclid Avenue to a rally Public Square.

ARCHIVE: MISS OH GAY PRI | AXIS NIGHTCLUB (COLUMB, OH) | 11/11-11/13/2016

There was a hope that around two-hundred people would be attendance, but only forty attend the march, which anizers attributed to fear by many the gay muny that they would be regnized and ostracized.

The Pri events 1973 took place over Gay Pri Weekend. Sandy Block (left) and Tony Rogers, members of Cleveland’s Gay Activists Alliance 1972.

After the 1973 Gay Pri Weekend, the next documented Gay Pri event appears to have occurred 1975. On June 22, GEAR (THE GAY EDUCATION AWARENESS AND RESOURCES FOUNDATION) sponsored a Gay Pri Piic at EDGEWATER PARK that had an attendance of around 100 people.

MISS OH GAY PRISTARA RICHMOND1998MISS COLUMB 1997ERI MARTEZ2004MISS CLEVELAND 2003PAIGE PASSN20071ST ALTERNATE OH GAY PRI 20061ST ALTERNATE METROPOLAN 2005MISS COLUMB 2004NATNAL HOLIDAY2010MISS MIAMI VALLEY 2009HELL BEDD2013MISS METROPOLAN 2012MISS COLUMB 2005DARAY LOREZ2016MISS GEM CY 2015MISS CCNATI 2006MISS MIAMI VALLEY 2005OLIVIA JANE2018 BRNEY BLAIRE2020-2022MISS GEM CY 2019KRYSTAL STONE1999 KIARRA CARTIER FONTAE2005MISS SANDKY 2004MARIA GARRISON2008MISS SHOWGIRL 2007STHIA D MEANOR20112ND ALTERNATE CCNATI 2010MISS DAYTON 2007ASHLEY AT FERRAH2014MISS CAPAL CY 2013REIANNA ALI2017MISS CAPAL CY 2016MISS TOLEDO 2014MISS CLEVELAND 2013JADA FENIX-LOREZ2019MISS GEM CY 2018SASSY STONEHART2020-2022MISS TOLEDO FEMME 2019ALEXIS O'HARA2000-2003MISS COLUMB 1999DANYEL VASQUEZ2006MISS METROPOLAN 2005PENNY TRATN2009MISS DAYTON 2008MISS CCNATI 2007APRIL EVANGELISTA2012MISS TOLEDO 2011MISS CCNATI 2010MISS SANDKY 2009AKASHA O'HARA LORDS2015MISS SHOOTG STAR 2014SABRA CAPRICE HEARTT20181ST ALTERNATE OH GAY PRI 20171ST ALTERNATE METROPOLAN 2016PANDORA FOXX2019 GIZELLE DEVX2023MISS TOLEDO 2022MR OH GAY PRISPA MARTEZ2008 ROB AT2011MR DAYTON 2010IZAYA COLE2014MR CLEVELAND 2013BROCK BRADLY2016MR CCNATI 2015DEVON AYERS2017MR GREAT LAK KG 2016B SHARP20191ST ALTERNATE MR OH GAY PRI 2018MR TRI-STATE 2017STEVIE PHOENIX2020-2022MR TOLEDO KG 2019BRENT FABIAN2009MR COLUMB 2008JOEY FLEMG2012MR COLUMB 2011REX MATTHEWS2015MR METROPOLAN 2014RYR NIGHTLY2016 REDD VALENTE2018MR CAPAL CY 20171ST ALTERNATE COLUMB 2016LAS LANE (TY EP)2019MR GEM CY KG 2018ADONIS LEE O'HARA (ADONIS VAYNE)2023MR TOLEDO 20221ST ALTERNATE DAYTON 2018MR TOLEDO 20171ST ALTERNATE GLASS CY 2016JONATHAN STARR2010MR TOLEDO 2009JOSH FABIAN2013MR METROPOLAN 2012DEXTER2015 DANE DERZA2017MR CAPAL CY 2016V MASTER CHAD2018MR CAPAL CY KG 2017MONROE DEMOORE2020MR CIRCLE CY 2019MX OH GAY PRIS

In 1976, the sponsorship of the year’s Gay Pri events shifted aga. In July, Dan Richmond, the worship ordator of the Cleveland Metropolan Church, led a Gay Pri March om Gypsy’s Rtrant at 2418 St.