Cleveland Pride

On April 15, 2010 the White House released a Presidential Memorandum to include Gay and Lesbian patients the right to have their families present at their greatest time of need.
The subject of this Memorandum “Respecting the Rights of Hospital Patients to Receive Visitors and to Designate Surrogate Decision Makers for Medical Emergencies” brings a sigh of relief for all patients that don’t fit into the ‘societal norm’. To many times have Gay and Lesbian partners been not ‘allowed’ to visit with their loved ones in the most dyer of states and too many times have people been forced to lie about their relationship with one another just to be able to sit next to their loved ones bed side. This is a step in the right direction for the LGBT community to have equality in hospital stays.
President Obama states, “There are few moments in our lives that call for greater compassion and companionship than when a loved one is admitted to the hospital. In these hours of need and moments of pain and anxiety, all of us would hope to have a hand to hold, a shoulder on which to lean.”
For more information, see the full article HERE.

Join us for a pre-show benefit for Cleveland Pride 2010 at the Beachland Ballroom at 15711 Waterloo Road and meet lovely singer songwriter Rachel Sage at a private reception from 7:00 to 7:30 p.m.  The concert begins at 8:00 p.m. and will be opened by Angie Haze.  Tickets for the benefit are $15.00 and can be purchased by calling the Beachland Ballroom at (216) 383-1124. For more information, visit www.beachlandballroom.com.

Singer, songwriter and producer Rachael Sage has penned quirky, melodic pop songs since she was old enough to reach the piano keys. Over the course of her career she has steadily built a loyal grassroots
fan base with a rigorous international tour schedule that has seen her sharing stages with such seminal artists as Eric Burdon, John Lee Hooker, Judy Collins and Colin Hay, and prompted Performing Songwriter Magazine to name her “One of the Top 100 Independent Artists Of The Past 15 Years.” Leaving aside set lists in favor of a more spontaneous approach, every show she performs combines top-notch musicianship with hilarious between-song banter, what The New York Times recently dubbed
Sage’s “Inner Fanny Brice.”

Sage also has an album being released to Itunes on April 20, 2010 and in stores on May 18, 2010.  Delancey Street is the high anticipated album from the New York songstress and Independent Music award winner.  For more information, please visit www.rachelsage.com.