Happy Pride Month, fellow queers and allies! I come to you with a report from Cleveland Pride, hopefully in time to influence the organizers of other Pride events this summer. Cleveland.com reports that “This year, the LGBT Community Center has emphasized accessibility in its plans”. However, we found the event to be more inaccessible than … Continue reading Happy Pride Month

Deb Lemire By now we have all read something about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscar’s.  Supposedly it was in defense of “his woman’s honor.”  And I am sure many of us have formed opinions on the event, the aftermath and its impact.  Whatever your opinion, understand we witnessed: Toxic masculinity – “violence … Continue reading The Slap Heard ‘Round the World

Rev Joan Van Becelaere Reprinted from the UUJO Blog, posted on April 30, 2020 Some say we are at a time of Apocalypse.  Frankly, I hope we are. The word Apocalypse doesn’t mean what many think it means.  It does not mean the End or a Cataclysm.  Rather, in the Greek, it means “unveiling” or “revelation.” … Continue reading Apocalypse Now?