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17 June 2018

Shortly after the Columbus Community Pride festival started on Saturday, June 16 at Mayme Moore Park in Columbus, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy – an activist for more than 50 plus years fighting for Black Tran’s Liberation – gave a speech on...

People on both sides of a street protesting each other
16 June 2018

A hundred or more Columbus people stood in a single file line in front of the Omar Ibn El-Khattab Mosque to protect it from a few dozen protestors -- presumably the "God Hates Fags" folks that arrive in the city every year to preach...

Police al suited up with helmets and bikes attacking stationary black people with black tape over their mouths
16 June 2018

Gay, lesbian, trans, queer people including drag queens shut down a major street downtown, disrupt traffic in the middle of the day on Friday, June 15 to protest Vice President Mike Pence – and what do the Columbus Police do? Let them...

People dancing and a rainbow flag flying
16 June 2018

Yesterday, June 14, 2018, Vice President Mike Pence came to Columbus, ironically during Gay Pride week. LGBTQ groups protested his visit, hosting DJs and drag queens in a dance party to make the notorious homophobic uncomfortable.

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Black fist rising up from the ground like a tree with Columbus scene in the background
16 June 2018

Saturday, June 16, 11am-7pm
Mayme Moore Park, 867 Mt. Vernon Ave.

Join us for a day-long festival centering on QTIPOC and on those at the intersections of oppression. Our pride is taking no corporate sponsorship and police...

People marching outside in shorts with trees in background carrying signs, one saying Give us your tired poor
16 June 2018

Families in Columbus Ohio, along with their children, came together and took to the streets on Thursday, June 14th from 5-7pm EST. They came together at Goodale Park, to talk about and protest for the end of family separation. The...

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