Thursday, June 13, 9pm-12midnight, Skate Zone 71, 4900 Evanswood Dr.

This is the fourth Community Pride event and the last one before the Community Pride Festival!

This event is 18+!

We are partnering with Skate Zone 71 on their Pride Skating Party to bring you Skate Against State Violence! Come through with your cutest looks and show us what you’ve got on the floor! We plan on having an area at the rink dedicated to letter-writing to incarcerated trans folks, as well as collecting donations for the Marsha P. Johnson Institute.

This event is regrettably the only one of ours that is not free — folks will have to pay for admission and skate rental (if you don’t own your own pair). But a portion of the proceeds will go back into Community Pride, so your attendance will help sustain us as we build this grassroots Pride celebration. If you are unable to pay, please email us at columbuscommunitypride@gmail.com so that we will be able to make note of your name and we will cover your entry. We don’t want anyone to be turned away because of lack of funds!

Access details: Skate Zone is near several COTA bus lines [#11, #4, and #34] off of Morse Rd. The distance down Evanswood is a little over ¼ mile. There is parking available for Skate Zone 71 attendees. There are no steps to get into the building and the front-door access is compatible for wheelchairs. Restrooms will be temporarily labeled as gender-neutral. Restrooms are not considered to be ADA-compliant, but there are wider stalls available. If you need accommodations to use the restroom, please let one of the event organizers know. As long as the skating floor does not become too busy, folks in wheelchairs can be out on the floor. For adult skate, there are typically skaters at a higher level of experience, so it will be at the discretion of the floor guards if they believe that people in wheelchairs are not safe with the current skaters on the floor.

Hosted by Columbus Community Pride and Skate Zone 71.