Cleveland: Finalist for Gay Games, 2014

Thanks to UrbanCincy.com for the heads up:

Cleveland is a finalist to host the 2014 Gay Games, along with Washington, DC and Boston. UrbanCincy notes that the event could help pump nearly $60million into the northeastern Ohio economy, bringing in visitors and sportsmen from around the world. The bid was spearheaded by the Cleveland Synergy Foundation, and their full bid book is available online here.

The Gay Games have been around since 1984. Previous host cities have included New York City, Sydney (Australia), San Francisco, Vancouver, Amsterdam, and Chicago. The 2010 Games will occur in Cologne.

It's Tea

A friend of mine from college emailed me today and gave me the heads up on his new(ish) blog...

It's Tea

His blog focuses on street art, hip-hop, and urban life for a young buck here in our dear city. I'm going to categorize this as "UrbanCincy for the Cool Kids." :-) That was neither an insult to UrbanCincy or the Cool Kids.

You know what, I don't have to explain myself. :-) I'm just sayin'.

BLOGGING: Soapbox Media Puts the Word out on Local Blogs...

...sadly, QueerCincinnati is not one of them.

But they do highlight a lot of great blogs here in the city. I've never heard of a few of them, though the buzz is that they focus almost exclusively on male-written blogs, which is true.

They leave out some significant ones, but that's the Cincinnati blogosphere shiftin since Jackie Danicki left.

The Cincinnati blog scene, and it is a “scene,” in the sense that bloggers tend to make references to one another, repost their friends’ articles and link their favorite blogs within their own space, is vibrant and prolific. It is also varied; you can find anything from info on how to improve your personal finances to where to buy a rare spice. Some of it is artistic, some political, some is comical, some whimsical – but it is all Cincinnati.

And the blogworld does feel "scene-like" here sometimes. But that's ok, I'm not above being the bastard step-child of another group. :-)

Our friends who are mentioned:

Cincinnati Blog
CityKin
Make Cincinnati Weird
Cincinnati Locovore (yea, Valeree!!!!)
UrbanCincy
'Nati Life
Somewhere Over the Rhine

YEA! Congrats you guys!

PS There's a local blogger's convention? I think I may just have to show up. My new MO: showing up uninvited to places. Or, rather, places I've been sort of invited to. I suppose that is an open event.

OHIO/CINNKY: Equal Housing and Employment Act Graphic

I asked Equality Ohio to provide an image that local bloggers could use to show their support for the Equal Housing and Employment Act (blogged here and here).

This is what they provided. It's not perfect, but it's something. I was looking for more something that is like the Cincy Streetcar support stickers you can find on Edro Edro or UrbanCincy.

Doesn't look like there's much movement on the bills at the moment, and I can barely find any news about it, but Do What's Right Ohio says there will be no more movement until the Senate and House returns on November 12th. But the United Church of Christ came out in support of it -- THANK YOU!

Check out my original post to find contact information or check out the Facebook groups (mine and theirs).

PS 400th Post! Oh, and much love to Cincinnati Blog for this post that I missed. I'm telling you, I'm behind this week :-).

Updated: This blog read really poorly -- I was being rushed out the door for dinner -- so it's better now. And I am strongly encouraging you to use this image on your own blog to show your support. You can link it to Do What's Right Ohio -- http://www.dowhatsrightohio.com/ -- or Equality Ohio -- http://www.equalityohio.org/ -- websites as I have done on the right side of this page.