Those for the immediate resignation of Todd J Saporito from Cleveland Pride
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Jill
10 years ago
Ridiculous. There were issues last year as well.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
Shame.
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Danielle Bumpers
10 years ago
I've been going since 89. Every other city had theirs so far, we host an RNC and suddenly we are blaming social climate, not enough time to prepare??? No. Pride needs to go back to how it was back when it started. There was amazing performances, parade,
house and disco music, great food, etc.
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Jeff Steinberg
10 years ago
As the former President of Cleveland Pride for 3 years, I agree. The date of Pride was moved to accommodate the new location-this gave an additional 2 months to do what needed to be done. Cancelling is un called for. What is being done with the money that was raised from last year (insurance settlement for rain cancellation)?? I know the amount of money (and time) it takes to do the event......
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Nannette porozynski
10 years ago
This isn't right!
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Veronica Johnson
10 years ago
At the very time that we should be out LOUD AND PROUD, you'd have us hide in the shadows? If we do, the haters win. Go forward with PRIDE!
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Dale hendershot
10 years ago
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Bethany Lawrence
10 years ago
You should be ashamed of yourself.
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Jason Runner
10 years ago
The LGBT community are some of the bravest people I know , now this makes them look like cowards and weak....shame on you Todd!
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Debbie Tatulinski
10 years ago
Time to breathe new life into Pride !
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rachel kacenjar
10 years ago
I appreciate all of the unpaid labor that goes into planning an event like this, but if you were worried about security, why didn't you reach out to the community to do something about it sooner? The lack of transparency, not to mention the message this is sending, is deplorable.
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Daniel
10 years ago
#pulseorlando
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Anonymous
10 years ago
Please do tell what the details of why the pride festival is cancelled. The real details. Funny the Gay Games were over and now Pride events in Cleveland are thrown to the wayside.
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Tony Mosley
10 years ago
Boot him!!
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David Contreras
10 years ago
Boot him!
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Sarah Young
10 years ago
We fear violence so we HIDE? Was Stonewall "safe"? Was it safer 46 years ago when Pride was founded? Was it safer when we gathered, outdoor and publicly, to mourn the dead and reaffirm our unwillingness to be chased from our community in the days following Orlando? It was bad enough we rescheduled out of Pride Month for the damned RNC, but this is obscene. The is a denigration of the history and meaning of Pride, an abdication of our activist history, and craven cowardice and capitulation to fear.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
Unless we can all come to an agreement that we do Pride anyways and show these folks that we're not afraid I think you should resign
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Daniel
10 years ago
If CLE can put on a successful Gay Games, it should be able to put on a successful Pride celebration. Shameful!
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Heather
10 years ago
Lame reason to cancel pride!!!
This is NOT the time to cancel!!
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John H
10 years ago
My heart is with my LGBT brothers and sisters who just came out and needed Pride this year.
Ridiculous. There were issues last year as well.
Shame.
I've been going since 89. Every other city had theirs so far, we host an RNC and suddenly we are blaming social climate, not enough time to prepare??? No. Pride needs to go back to how it was back when it started. There was amazing performances, parade, house and disco music, great food, etc.
As the former President of Cleveland Pride for 3 years, I agree. The date of Pride was moved to accommodate the new location-this gave an additional 2 months to do what needed to be done. Cancelling is un called for. What is being done with the money that was raised from last year (insurance settlement for rain cancellation)?? I know the amount of money (and time) it takes to do the event......
This isn't right!
At the very time that we should be out LOUD AND PROUD, you'd have us hide in the shadows? If we do, the haters win. Go forward with PRIDE!
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You should be ashamed of yourself.
The LGBT community are some of the bravest people I know , now this makes them look like cowards and weak....shame on you Todd!
Time to breathe new life into Pride !
I appreciate all of the unpaid labor that goes into planning an event like this, but if you were worried about security, why didn't you reach out to the community to do something about it sooner? The lack of transparency, not to mention the message this is sending, is deplorable.
#pulseorlando
Please do tell what the details of why the pride festival is cancelled. The real details. Funny the Gay Games were over and now Pride events in Cleveland are thrown to the wayside.
Boot him!!
Boot him!
We fear violence so we HIDE? Was Stonewall "safe"? Was it safer 46 years ago when Pride was founded? Was it safer when we gathered, outdoor and publicly, to mourn the dead and reaffirm our unwillingness to be chased from our community in the days following Orlando? It was bad enough we rescheduled out of Pride Month for the damned RNC, but this is obscene. The is a denigration of the history and meaning of Pride, an abdication of our activist history, and craven cowardice and capitulation to fear.
Unless we can all come to an agreement that we do Pride anyways and show these folks that we're not afraid I think you should resign
If CLE can put on a successful Gay Games, it should be able to put on a successful Pride celebration. Shameful!
Lame reason to cancel pride!!! This is NOT the time to cancel!!
My heart is with my LGBT brothers and sisters who just came out and needed Pride this year.