Cleveland Pride

ACLU/Ohio
www.acluohio.org
Founded in 1920, the ACLU is a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization with affiliates in all 50 states dedicated to defending and expanding the civil liberties of all Americans. The mission of the ACLU of Ohio is to aid in maintaining and extending constitutional and other fundamental rights, liberties, privileges, and immunities, and to take all legitimate action in furtherance of that object without political partisanship.

Ambiance, The Store for Lovers
www.ambiance.com
Ambiance, The Store For Lovers is dedicated to helping our customers “enhance the romance” in their intimate relationships by providing a comfortable, upscale, retail shopping experience featuring an extensive selection of personal, romantic and erotic products, with sensitive, caring customer service.

Asians and Friends Cleveland
www.afcleveland.com
Asians & Friends Cleveland promotes Asian culture in a positive, supportive, informative, and fun setting while bridging the gap between various cultures. We contribute a vital facet to the educational and cultural life of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities of Northeast Ohio region.

Attorney Wendy S. Rosett
www.WendySRosett.net
Description coming soon.

Blazing River Freedom Band
www.brfb.com
Description coming soon.

Center for Integrated Therapy
www.cfitonline.org
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Cheveri Tikva Chavurah of Fairmount Temple
www.fairmounttemple.org
Description coming soon.

Cleveland Couples Together
www.clevelandcouplestogether.org
Cleveland Couples Together is an organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered couples involved in a monogamous or committed relationship. The group is primarily, but not limited to being, a social organization and support group for member couples. Our purpose involves, by statement and deed, the support of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered monogamous or committed relationships.

Cleveland Plain Dealer
www.plaindealer.com
The Plain Dealer is the #1 newspaper in daily circulation penetration and the #2 newspaper in Sunday circulation penetration among the nation’s largest newspapers. The Plain Dealer showed a daily circulation increase and outperformed 15 of the nation’s 20 largest newspaper. The Plain Dealer is Ohio’s largest daily newspaper with nearly 800,000 readers daily. On Sunday, average readership jumps to nearly 1.0 million. Established in 1842, it is one of the few organizations that has been a part of the Cleveland landscape for over 165 years.

Cleveland Stonewall Democrats
www.clevelandstonewalldemocrats.org
Description coming soon.

Cleveland Women’s Network
www.clevelandwomensnetwork.org
The Cleveland Women’s Network is an organization whose members represent the diversity of the lesbian community in northeast Ohio. The Network is a member-driven organization governed by an elected board. We encourage members to share their ideas about how we can further lesbian interests in our community. We also welcome member input and participation in planning and carrying out our events.

Emmanuel Fellowship Church
www.efcakron.org
Not feeling accepted in your church? Burnt out on religion? Think God doesn’t care about the details of your life? Then let Emmanuel Fellowship Church reawaken your relationship with God. This is a place where hope abounds and love is restored. We are a non-denominational, open and affirming church located in Akron, Ohio and ALL are welcome here. Our worship experiences are Christ-centered, and we believe in a living and loving God. Lead by Pastor Tee Hines, the services will renew your faith in Jesus and help you to experience and to believe in the endless love He has for you!

Enterprise Rent-a-Car
www.enterprise.com
enterprise is an extended family of more than 65,000; a world-class company with homegrown roots. Through tremendous leadership and the entrepreneurial spirit of our employees, we’ve built the largest rental car company in North America — customer by customer, car by car from the ground up. But our goal has never been to be the biggest; we simply work hard to be the best.

Equality Ohio
www.equalityohio.org
We envision an Ohio where everyone feels at home; living in families and communities where equality, diversity and inclusiveness are universally valued; and where government protects all people and responds to their needs, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. (Adopted April 23, 2005)

Franklin Circle Christian Church
www.franklincirclechurch.org
Description coming soon.

Frito-Lay
www.fritolay.com
Something wonderful—a company that’s all about good fun—doing good things when it comes to making snacks and caring for the environment. You get a company called Frito-Lay, a proud member of the PepsiCo family. For more than 75 years, we have enjoyed making the best snacks on earth, starting with simple, farm-grown ingredients. Frito-Lay North America is the $11 billion convenient foods business unit of PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), which is headquartered in Purchase, NY. In addition to Frito-Lay, PepsiCo business units include Pepsi-Cola, Quaker Foods, Gatorade and Tropicana.

House of Blues
www.houseofblues.com
To create a profitable, principled, global entertainment company; to celebrate the diversity and brotherhood of world culture; to promote racial and spiritual harmony through love, peace, truth, righteousness and non-violence.” The goal of HOB: “To educate the public about the blues, its roots and its excellence.”

Human Rights Campaign
www.hrc.org
The Human Rights Campaign is America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end discrimination against LGBT citizens and realize a nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all.

KeyBank
www.keybank.com
Cleveland-based KeyCorp is one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $98 billion. Key companies provide investment management, retail and commercial banking, consumer finance, and investment banking products and services to individuals and companies throughout the United States and, for certain businesses, internationally. The company’s businesses deliver their products and services through branches and offices; a network of 1,479 ATMs; telephone banking centers 1-800-KEY2YOU® (1-800-539-2968); and a website, Key.com®, that provides account access and financial products 24 hours a day.

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Community Center of Greater Cleveland
www.LGBTcleveland.org
Founded in 1975, the Center is a community-based non-profit agency working toward a society free of homophobia and gender oppression by advancing the respect, human rights and dignity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.

Log Cabin Republicans of Greater Cleveland
www.lcrcleveland.org
Log Cabin Republicans is the nation’s only organization of Republicans who support fairness, freedom, and equality for gay and lesbian Americans. Log Cabin has state and local chapters nationwide, full-time staff in California and Washington, DC, a federal political action committee, and state political action committees. We are loyal Republicans. We believe in limited government, strong national defense, free markets, low taxes, personal responsibility, and individual liberty. Log Cabin Republicans work to make the Republican Party more inclusive, particularly on gay and lesbian issues.

Mercy for Animals
www.mercyforanimals.org
Mercy For Animals is a national 501(c)(3) non-profit animal advocacy organization. Founded in 1999 and over 25,000 members strong, MFA works to create a society where animals are treated with the respect and compassion they so rightly deserve. MFA believes non-human animals are irreplaceable individuals with morally significant interests and hence rights. This includes the right to live free from unnecessary suffering and exploitation. MFA is dedicated to establishing and defending the rights of all animals. Over 99% of cruelty to animals in the United States occurs at the hands of the meat, dairy, and egg industries – which confine, mutilate, and slaughter over 9 billion animals each year. As such, MFA primarily focuses on farmed animal advocacy and promoting cruelty-free food choices. MFA works to be a voice for animals through proactive consumer education and advertising campaigns, research and undercover investigations, rescues, working with news media, and grassroots activism.

NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio
www.naral.org
For 40 years, NARAL Pro-Choice America has been the nation’s leading advocate for privacy and a woman’s right to choose. With more than one million members and supporters, NARAL Pro-Choice America is fighting to protect the pro-choice values of freedom and privacy. With the Supreme Court one vote away from overturning Roe v. Wade and many state legislatures under anti-choice control, our work has never been more important.
www.prochioce.com
Empowering woman to make informed decisions regarding their pregnancy options, Pro-Choice Ohio is dedicated to all the women that were told they had a choice, but never had it explained to them that there is more than one.

North Coast Men’s Chorus
www.NCMChorus.org
The North Coast Men’s Chorus is a community-based musical organization which affirms the gay experience by presenting entertaining, quality performances for diverse audiences; providing a supportive environment for its members; and promoting a positive presence in the gay community and beyond. With many voices singing as one, the North Coast Men’s Chorus is an integral and valued member of the Northeast Ohio Arts Community through the music we sing, the pride we feel, and the people we cherish.

Ohio Housing Finance Agency
www.ohiohome.org
OHFA helps low- to moderate-income Ohioans purchase new homes, or find quality, affordable rental housing through a variety of different programs.

Ohioans to Stop Executions
www.otse.org
OTSE was founded in 1987 to end the use of capital punishment in the state of Ohio through educational programming. The views of the members that underlie this purpose are many but can be summarized in two broad categories of opposition, as follows:
1) a moral commitment to life that precludes the purposeful killing of any human being andor,
2) recognition that the death penalty, as it is being implemented in Ohio, is not fair, fails to serve its legal purposes, and is overwhelmingly imposed on indigent, minority, underprivileged and disadvantaged members of society.

Old South Church United Church of Christ
oldsouthchurch.org
Invitation, Hospitality and Welcome – No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you will find a spiritual home in this United Church of Christ congregation. Old South Church is a loving, welcoming and inclusive Christian community, which gathers for worship where we are challenged spiritually and socially. This results in awareness and a call to action. As Christian stewards, we provide diverse educational programs and engage in meaningful outreach. We are a recognizable Christian force in the community.

OSU GLBT Alumni Society
www.OSULGBT.org
The Ohio State University Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Alumni Society’s mission is to promote the best interests of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender alumni and students of The Ohio State University. The Society sponsors a scholarship program, social events for students and alumni and collaborates with community organizations regularly to promote awareness and education of GLBT issues.

Overeaters Anonymous
www.oa.org
Description coming soon.

PETCO
www.petco.com
PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc., founded in 1965, is the leading specialty retailer of premium pet food and supplies through a national chain of superstores. With 40 years of success, PETCO continues to solidify its position as the leader in the pet food and supply industry. PETCO operates over 950 stores and 11 Distribution Centers within the United States.

Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ
www.PilgrimAlive.org
Our services are enriched by the incredible gifts not only of our pastors but of the people of this church, beginning with music. We have a vibrant music ministry that includes our Chancel Choir, the Voluntary Brass, the Handbell Choir, and various other instrumentalists who bring their own distinctive beauty to worship. Our arts groups, including Antaeus Dance, Arts Renaissance Tremont, and the North Coast Men’s Chorus give added dimension to our experience of God through our worship. Most importantly, the people of Pilgrim Church live out a heartfelt commitment to hospitality, so every person who walks through the door is extended a warm and gracious welcome. Our time together, downstairs, after worship, is a time to get to know one another, to enjoy one another’s company, to lend a word of support, encouragement, and celebration. We leave, feeling empowered, strengthened, called.

Planned Parenthood of Northeast Ohio
www.plannedparenthood.org/ppneo
Description coming soon.

Playhouse Square
www.Playhousesquare.org
Description coming soon.

Plexus
www.thinkplexus.org
The Northeast Ohio Equality Business Association dba Plexus (“Plexus”) is dedicated to connecting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender business community with the larger business community and to connecting LGBT employees within the larger business community

SpangleMagazine.com
www.spanglemagazine.com
Spangle is art. Spangle is culture. Spangle is entertainment. Spangle is life. More importantly, Spangle is your art, your culture, your entertainment, your life. Spangle is the only Northeast Ohio source dedicated to news and information in these areas for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.

Stonewall Democrats of Summit County
www.stonewallsummitdems.org
Stonewall Democrats of Summit County is a local Democratic organization serving the Greater Akron, OH community. We seek to advance equal rights for all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. The organization works to educate all Democratic candidates and office holders, the Democratic Party in general, and the community at large, to the issues and concerns of the LGBT community.

Uniquely Different Jewelry Creations
www.prideid.com
We “pride” ourselves on constantly creating new and interesting jewelry, designed for everyone. We offer the best in body jewelry, Sterling Silver & Stainless Steel jewelry, as well as a wide variety of Pride-themed shopping.

West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church
www.wsuuc.org
An open-armed welcoming congregation, our purpose is to inspire more people to lead lives of meaning and purpose.

Whole Foods Market
www.wholefoodsmarket.com
Back in 1980, we started out with one small store in Austin, Texas. Today, we’re the world’s leader in natural and organic foods, with more than 270 stores in North America and the United Kingdom. What a long, strange trip it’s been. We still honor our original ideals, and we think that has a lot to do with our success.