Tag: LGTBQ

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August 29, 2018

GOHI Talks with WOSU

Eric Feingold, History Curator at the Ohio History Connection discusses Columbus’s robust LGBTQ community in WOSU’s Curious Cbus series: Eric Feingold, curator at the Ohio History Connection, works with the Gay Ohio History Initiative. He says that the city was, in general, far ahead of the rest of the state. “Columbus has been holding, for instance, […]
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June 1, 2017

Historic Reflections: A Conversation with Lori Gum of Stonewall Columbus

Anthony Gibbs Local History Manager, Ohio History Connection   Rare is the evidence of Columbus, Ohio’s first Pride March. Stories are told of protestors wearing paper bags over their heads as speakers called from a makeshift stage and a P.A. system ran through an old van. Last year, we celebrated 35 years of Pride as […]
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May 1, 2017

The David Zimmer Collection

Eric Feingold, History Curator Ohio History Connection At the Ohio History Center, visitors can see everything from American Indian artifacts to a Lustron home. Now, they can also find a display of materials related to an early LGBTQ activist and drag performer from Central Ohio. In 2016, we received a number of objects, photographs, and […]