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To Saturday, October 10

Reformed Catholic Church Synod, annual meeting of gay-friendly offshoot of the Roman Catholic church, Basilica of the Ascension of Our Lord, 787 East Broad St, Columbus; www.reformedcatholicchurch.org.

Friday, October 9

Coming Out Day Event, for young adults, poetry, fiction and other other performers including Walter Myer reading from his young adult novel Rounding Third, 7 pm, Gypsy Beans and Baking Co, West 65th Street and Detroit Ave, Cleveland; www.lgbtcleveland.org, cduvernay@lgbtcleveland.org.

Mark Moffett Jr. Scholarship Concert, benefits LGBT music students at Ohio State University, variety of solos, chamber groups and ensembles in a collage format, $10 suggested donation, 8 pm, Weigel Auditorium, 1866 College Rd, Columbus; 614-247-7036.

Saturday, October 10

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone, Malaysian film to be shown by Asians and Friends Cleveland, business meeting 4 pm, potluck dinner 6:30 pm, film 8 pm, $4, $2 members, private home in Garfield Heights

www.afcleveland.org.

(Cleveland);

Arktos Bears Chili Cookoff, proceeds go to various charities, desserts, raffles, prizes, 9 pm, Cocktails Cleveland, 9208 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-961-3115; www.arktosonline.com. Sunday, October 11

National Equality March, LGBT march on Washington, http://equalityacrossamerica.org; Ohio website http://2009 Equality March.org or e-mail contactjack@earthlink.net.

National Coming Out Day Celebration, day of events presented by Pride Youngstown and the First Unitarian Church of Youngstown, includes a panel on gays and law enforcement, a festival of LGBT short films and an 18+ mixer, 1105 Elm Street, Youngstown; www.prideyoungstown.com.

Burning River Ride, bicycle ride benefiting the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, starts in the Metroparks South Chagrin Reservation Polo Fields at South Woodland and Chagrin River Rds., Moreland Hills; aid stations every 12 miles; 216-621-0766 ext. 270; http://brr.kintera.org/faf/home/

default.asp?ievent=314756.

Equality Toledo Annual Meeting, followed immediately by writer E.F. Schraeder's story from the anthology Kicked Out, 3 pm, Multipurpose Room, College of Health Sciences and Human Service, University of Toledo, North Towerview Blvd. off of West Bancroft, Toledo; www.equalitytoledo.org.

Monday, October 12

Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, live reading by local actors of the Tectonic Theater Company follow-up to the seminal Laramie Project, 7:30 pm, $15, $10 students and seniors, Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2592 West 14th Street, Cleveland; www.tricpresents.com, 216241-6000.

Tuesday, October 13

Paul Roetzer to speak, founder and president of PR 20/20, on the importance of effective use of Web 2.0 and social network marketing, 6 pm, Avenue District Condominium Project, 1238 St. Clair Ave, Cleveland; www.thinkplexus.org. Thursday, October 15

What Banks Look for in a Business, second installment of the Plexus Fall 2009 Business Roundtable Series, 7:30 pm, KeyBank Building, 4910 Tiedeman Rd, Brooklyn (Cleveland); www.thinkplexus.org.

Friday to Sunday, October 16 to 18

Leather Bowl, joint run of the Iron Eagles and the Rangers featuring a football theme, "tailgate" parties, formal leather dinner, Mr. Leather Ohio contest and other events, $99 before August 1, $110 before August 31, $125 after, host hotel Akron City Centre, 20 West Mill Street, Akron; www.ironeagles.com, www.rangersinc.com.

Saturday, October 17

Race for the Rainbow, 1K, 5K and kid's balloon dash to benefits diversity programs of the Cleveland LGBT Center, $20 advance registration, $25 day of event includes T-shirt and post-event party, 9 am, Lakewood Park, 14532 Lake Ave, Lakewood (Cleveland); www.clevelandplaysracing.com, 216-

577-1091.

The Chronicles of Genderia, forum on gender, transgender and intersex issues, presented by Colors of Cleveland Pride, 12 noon, Cleveland Pride Office, 11100 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-923-1518,

www.colorsofclevelandpride.org.

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Christine Havrilla and Equals Four, Pride concert presented by the Akron Pride Center, $10, $7.50 students, 7 pm, Musica at Mocha Maiden, 51 East Market St, Akron; www.akronpridecenter.org.

Sunday, October 18

Roast, benefits Community AIDS Network, pork and chicken, side dishes, melon and drink ticket, $20, 3 pm, Square, 820 West Market St, Akron; 330-374-9661, www.communityaidsnetwork.org.

Bereavement Seminar, six-week seminar and support group for separated, divorced or widowed people regardless of sexual orientation, different topic each week, $30, 3 pm, Plymouth Church, 2860 Coventry Rd, Shaker Heights (Cleveland); register to 216-921-3510 or Lannich@plymouthchurchucc.org.

Sister Spit: The Next Generation, multimedia literary explosion of zinesters, fashion plates, novelists, performance artists, poets and fancy scribblers, featuring Michelle Tea, Beth Lisick, Ben McCoy, Ariel Schrag, Kirya Traber, Sara Seinberg and Rhiannon Argo, 7 pm, $10, the Nickel, 4365 State Road, Cleveland; www.radarproductions.org, 216-661-1314.

Tuesday, October 20

Insight Monthly Dinner Meeting, Cleveland's premier LGBT personal, social and business networking organization; 216-556-0576 for location and reservations.

Monday, October 26

Nightcrawlers, by Bill Pronzini, to be discussed at the 10% Book Club, 7:30 pm, Liberation UCC, 13714 Madison Ave, Lakewood (Cleveland); damichcoop@roadrunner.com. Wednesday, October 28

Rita Mae Brown, lesbian best-selling mystery author and memoirist, reading from her second memoir, Animal Magnetism: My Life with Creatures Great and Small, $18, $15 students and seniors, Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave, Columbus; 614-464-1032, www.thurberhouse.org.

Friday, October 30

Halloween Party, for LGBT and allied youth 14-24, costume contest, food, games, music, dancing, 4-8 pm, Cleveland LGBT Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-651-5428, www.lgbtcleveland.org.

Diana Chittester, energetic young singersongwriter, the Nickel, 4365 State Road, Cleveland; 216-661-1314, www.myspace.com/ TheNickelBar.

Saturday, October 31

Halloween Potluck and Masquerade, presented by Asians and Friends Cleveland, private home in the Cleveland area, 5 pm; www.afcleveland.org.

Holly Near in concert, fall benefit for Muse, Highlights of upcoming weeks

Cincinnati's women's choir, 5:30 pm, $75$500, private home in Cincinnati; http:// musechoir.org/store/tickets/625.

Wednesday, October 21

Speed Dating for the Queer Community, benefits Human Rights Campaign, $10,7 pm, Union Café, 782 North High St, Columbus; www.hrc.org/speed dating, candacehrc@hotmail.com.

Sunday, October 25

Natalie Clifford Barney Historical Marker, dedication of first Ohio historical marker honoring an LGBT person, 2 pm, Cooper Park next to the Dayton Metro Library, 215 East Third St, Dayton; www.daytonlgbtcenter.com.

For a detailed list of events extending months into the future, see our web site: www.gaypeopleschronicle.com

Thursday, November 19

Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil, presented by BRAVO, TransOhio and other community organizations, 7 pm, King Ave. Methodist Church, 299 King Ave, Columbus; www.transohio.org, www.bravo-ohio.org.

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The position is being advertised, and there has been some interest..

Castle expects to announce the new director at the group's Statewide Leadership Summit to be held December 5. Bowman will organize that event.

Castle said that if there is a period of time between Bowman's departure and the new director taking charge, "the board will provide executive leadership."

Castle said the new director will need to live in Ohio, but not necessarily in Columbus. Other staff positions that are currently open, including communications and fundraising, will not be filled until the new director is hired.

None of the "design team" that established Equality Ohio remains on the board, and many board members are relatively new.

"Lynne has stretched herself to hold the board's hand," Castle said, acknowledging that the board has work to do in its governance of the organization.

"The board is going to have to step up more intentionally in that role," Castle continued. "The board is going to have to take more ownership in its role as a board."

Getting EHEA through the Ohio Senate remains a board priority too, said Castle.

"We're not going to stand by and watch it go up in smoke," Castle said, "and we will work the strategic plan through 2010."

Castle said the boards of Equality Ohio and its related Equality Ohio Education Fund have been using the services of two consultants to help them work through the transition.

The transition team includes Castle, Education Fund chair Jeff Smith and members of the two boards: James Elliott, Melanie Falls, Phil Martin, Lee Gibson, Lynn Calloway and Jack Jack-

son.

For the rest of her tenure, Bowman and the board will need to focus on fundraising.

Bowman said donations to Equality Ohio are down this year about 25 percent, or about $65,000.

Asked to reflect on her tenure as director, Bowman is most proud that Equality Ohio is still around.

"I'm also proud of the messaging we do," Bowman said, "and how we talk about what we do."

A little farther down the list, she talks about passing EHEA in the House. Asked why it's not higher up, Bowman replied, "Because it's not passed yet." Bowman is also proud of her involvement with the LGBT community in Cleveland.

Her time as director is not without some rough spots.

Equality Ohio experienced relatively high staff turnover. Most people who left did not have new jobs to go to, and they have not worked in the LGBT movement since leaving.

The board generally did not conduct exit interviews to find out why em-

ployees left, and Castle was unaware of any staffing issues the board needs to deal with.

Bowman reflected on the organization's genesis, and said, "There were benefits to starting with a paid executive director on day one, and the benefits probably outweigh the disadvantages."

"But," Bowman continued, "if the board operated without a paid executive director for a while, my sense is that there would be a stronger sense of community ownership [of the organization] now."

Bowman said she regrets that there are still people who don't know that Equality Ohio exists.

"If I could do it again, I'd figure out a way to change that," Bowman said. "I'd also like to see us stronger in places like Marietta, Portsmouth and Youngstown.”

Bowman also regrets that the group's

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effort to identify LGBT-supporting voters across the state got “pushed right out the door."

"We need to be doing that in order to repeal the amendment, but it has been a matter of resources and the sense that there is no immediate need for it," Bowman lamented.

"It was a Herculean effort to get EHEA through the Ohio House," said Castle, "and Lynne brought us enormous gifts and talent and passion. We want to celebrate her leadership of Equality Ohio." ✓

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