LGBTQ+Allies Lake County
LGBT Lake County is a grass roots response, to an overwhelming need of resources in every facet for the LGBT community.
07/11/2024
November free movie night! Red One:
Join us at Diamond Atlas Cinema in Mentor on Friday, November 15th. The movie starts at 7:15pm. Please check in with an LGBTQ+ Allies representative at the entrance to the theatre. Click on the event link to secure your free tickets to the movie. * Movie is subject to change.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/november-movie-night-tickets-1075600442879?aff=oddtdtcreator
06/11/2024
06/11/2024
Thank you Lakeland Community College for inviting us to be apart of your resource fair!!
03/11/2024
We are thrilled to offer Free Safe Space Training to our community! This training is designed to help individuals, organizations, and businesses create inclusive and supportive environments for LGBTQ+ individuals. This incredible opportunity has been made possible by a generous grant from United Way of Lake County. Together, we are working towards a more inclusive and supportive community. Let's make Lake County a place where everyone feels safe and valued.
For More Information and to Register for Training:
👉 https://lgbtlakecounty.org/safespacetraining/
02/11/2024
🦃 Gobble Gobble!
Turkey Bowl Sponsor Alert!
We would like to give a shoutout to LGBTQ+ Allies Lake County for being an Exclusive Lane Sponsor at the WWLCC Turkey Bowl, presented by Universal Metal Products, taking place on Saturday, November 9 at Wickliffe Lanes, located at 30315 Euclide Ave in Wickliffe from 2:30-5:30pm.
LGBTQ+ Allies Lake County is the first and only LGBTQ non-profit in Lake County. With a focus on helping to support members within the community who suffer from addiction, violence and su***de, LGBTQ+ Allies Lake County provides resources from compassionate individuals who are mostly from the LGBTQ+ community themselves. LGBTQ+ Allies Lake County also takes a special interest in promoting LGBTQ+ owned businesses. LGBTQ+ Allies Lake County works toward a mission of “fostering a safe place for the LGBTQ+ community in Lake County, through advocacy, compassion, education, and services. Our passion and drive to close this gap is immeasurable.”For more information, please visit: https://lgbtlakecounty.org/
Thank you for joining us at the Turkey Bowl! 🎳
Team tickets have sold out, but individual tickets are still available at https://business.wwlcchamber.com/events/details/2024-turkey-bowl-non-bowler-registration-2764
LGBTQ+Allies Lake County
Don't just Join. Belong! 💫
24/10/2024
Tonight’s the night! Join us this evening for a lot of fun and make new friends!
16/10/2024
Free Skate is back on Thursday October 17th!!! Sign up for free through the Eventbrite link below!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/october-lgbtq-allies-lake-county-free-skate-tickets-1038179672347?aff=oddtdtcreator
16/10/2024
Need some support? Join us for our peer-to-peer LGBTQ+ Support Group Wednesday, October 16th, 7-8pm at the LGBTQ+ Allies Lake County offices, 270 E. Main St, Suite 50, Painesville, OH 44077. Parking is available in the front and back of the building. Doors may be locked, so please call 216-296-9443 to be let into the building.
16/10/2024
Need some support? Join us for our peer-to-peer TRANS-Support GROUP. We will meet at our offices October 16th, 6pm-7pm. If you or someone you know is transgender and looking for support, please join our TRANS-Support meeting.
For more information go to https://lgbtlakecounty.org/transsupport/
The building doors may be locked earlier than our meeting. If the building is locked please call our offices to be let in 440-296-9443
Who We Are?
OUR MISSION: Fostering a safe place for the LGBTQ+ community in Lake County, through advocacy, compassion, education, and services.
LGBTQ+ Allies Lake County is a grass roots response, to an over whelming need of resources in every facet for the LGBTQ+ community. Our passion and drive to try to close this gap is immeasurable. We see the people in our community losing because of drugs, violence, and su***de. LGBTQ+ Allies Lake County answers the need for access to support services and resources. They should not have to find some underground network of people because everyone is afraid to be known. This is unacceptable in 2019. Everyday that goes by, more lives are lost.
We live and work in Lake County. Like many others in this community, we have had to hide the fact that we are le****ns. We are risking a lot to stand out and say this out loud. We have children that may be ridiculed, family members that may take the brunt of our choice to speak up. The change must start with one person, we want to be that person that says, “it’s time for change”. Many individuals are still hiding. They are afraid of losing their housing, children, and jobs. We know gay and le***an individuals who are married, and still hiding the fact that they are married. Currently there are no laws on the books that protect the LGBTQ+ community from discrimination, there it is a huge misconception that there is. In January 2019, Cuyahoga County became the first county in Northeast Ohio to pass a non-discrimination ordinance.
Education and advocacy must be the driving force behind any change. Without it there are to many misconceptions, second-hand information, or just plain old lack of knowing. We are not trying to change anyone’s beliefs, what we are trying to do is make every life matter. After getting involved with the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland, we understood how great that need is. We had to go to Cleveland to find any agency that had extensive knowledge and resources, or that had any staff devoted exclusively to the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. At this time, when Lake County residents are in need of any resources in the LGBTQ+ community, they are most likely referred to The LGBT Community Center in Cleveland. This should not be a luxury, it should be the norm in every community, including Lake County. Why has this gone unnoticed for so long?
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