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Friday Aug 22, 2025
The Akron Pride Festival 5K (AP 5K) steps off August 22. 2025, at 6:30PM, with an exciting start and finish line located at Canal Place in Akron, Ohio.
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Categories: Festivals & Celebrations, Community, Recreation & Sports, Pride
Saturday Aug 23, 2025
We can t wait to see you all in Downtown Akron! We celebrate Akron LGBTQ+ Pride 2025! Join us as Pride takes over downtown Akron. Enjoy local and national entertainers, exhibitors, interactive children's area, food trucks, nosh and so much more! We begin our annual March at 10am. Our Equity March registration opens ...
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Categories: Festivals & Celebrations, Community, Pride
Saturday Aug 23, 2025
Join us for a day of sustainable fashion fun — a free event full of exciting activities focused on eco-friendly fashion and education.
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Sunday Aug 24, 2025
On August 24th from 9a-3p we’re teaming up with Dahlia Coffee Company to benefit the Young Latino Network!
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Categories: Festivals & Celebrations, Arts & Culture, Community, Clubs/Organizations
Sunday Aug 24, 2025
Join us for a vibrant and heartfelt Pride Benefit Brunch at Northside Marketplace, celebrating community, joy, and the power of showing up for one another.
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Categories: Community, Akron Network Night, Pride
Tuesday Aug 26, 2025
Have you been thinking about being certified but didn't have the time? Plexus has set aside some time to help you apply. This hands-on session will begin with an overview of the importance of being certified and what to expect during the process. We will then work on our applications together during this session with live support throughout the event.
The NGLCC LGBTBE® certification process is open to any business that is 51%+ owned by individuals within the LGBTQ+ collective.
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Categories: Community, Chamber Of Commerce, Networking, Plexus Connects
Wednesday Aug 27, 2025
The Young Latino Network, CAIR Ohio, and Arab Americans of Cleveland Young Professional Network are thrilled to invite you to the Cleveland Candidates? Forum happening on August 27, 2025, at The Aviator!
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Categories: Community, Government, Clubs/Organizations
Wednesday Sep 3, 2025
Connect, learn, and grow in a welcoming community focused on LGBTQ+ and Ally employee experiences in educational workplaces. Each session explores timely topics impacting LGBTQ+ communities in education, while uplifting allyship and intersectional equity in the workplace.
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Categories: Chamber Of Commerce, Employee Resource Groups, Training & Educational Programs
Friday Sep 5, 2025 -
Sunday Sep 7, 2025
The 16th Annual TransOhio Trans & Ally Symposium!
The largest gathering of trans people in the Midwest, the TransOhio Trans & Ally Symposium began as a one day event in '08 attended by less than 100 & has since grown to a three day conference with over 200 participants, 40+ workshops, community, entertainment, food, & continuing ed credits.
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Categories: Community, Clubs/Organizations, Training & Educational Programs
Friday Sep 5, 2025
Grab your favorite mug and join us for a relaxed and informal Zoom Coffee Hour with the Executive Director and members of the Plexus community. Free & Open to All!
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Categories: Chamber Of Commerce, Networking, Virtual
Saturday Sep 6, 2025
World Afro Day is a celebration of hair and identity. Underlying this event is a desire to bring together the Black and Latinx community in Cleveland.
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Categories: Community, Member Hosted
Saturday Sep 6, 2025 -
Sunday Sep 7, 2025
Pandemonium, Cleveland Public Theatre's annual benefit transforms the CPT campus into a labyrinth of theatre, dance, visual art, and performance in every corner
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Categories: Arts & Culture, Soiree, Member Hosted
Wednesday Sep 10, 2025
ERGs have long been champions of inclusion within the workplace, but their influence doesn't have to stop there. Join us for a strategic discussion exploring how ERGs can expand their impact by promoting supplier diversity and supporting LGBTQ-owned businesses.
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Categories: Chamber Of Commerce, Continuing Education, Employee Resource Groups, Virtual
Wednesday Sep 10, 2025
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Region
We invite our Young Professional Members & Friends to join us for an evening of great conversation over dinner with an LGBTQ+ executive. This QEO Dinner we'll be hearing about the life and career of a long-time leader in the entertainment and communications industries, Brian Offutt!
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Categories: Community, Young Professional, Networking
Friday Sep 12, 2025
The 10th Annual Drag Pride Showcase will take place on Friday September 12th! Featuring performances from Melissa Ross, Denise Russell, Veranda L'Ni, Sassy Sascha, Bella Sin, Ryder Slowly, Gaia Naturi, Bram Stroke-Her, and Ariyah Fuego.
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Categories: Festivals & Celebrations, Arts & Culture, Community
Friday Sep 12, 2025
Get into the creepy crawly spirit while having a chuckle! Join Cleveland's 5th best drag king, Abel N. Willing, for a special, spooky installment of Jester's Privilege, a silly drag king show. Abel will be joined by Marquis Gaylord, Sir Guy, AndroNTT and Rubber Duckie for a night of laughs and drag.
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Categories: Arts & Culture, Member Hosted
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
This panel is designed exclusively for solopreneurs , business owners who choose to build, grow, and sustain a company of one. Whether you're a coach, freelancer, consultant, digital product creator, or micro-agency owner, this session will deliver practical strategies, automation tools, and mindset shifts to help you scale smartly without hiring a team. Join an amazing panel taking a deep dive into what it takes to thrive as a solopreneur.
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Categories: Community, Networking, Employee Resource Groups
Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
Engage! Cleveland began its DE&I journey in 2020 with Takeover Tuesday: Band Together CLE, an initiative that shared stories, advice, and resources with emerging professionals. What started as a digital series soon evolved into our Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Conference.
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Categories: Young Professional, Training & Educational Programs
Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
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Join Out in Tech Cleveland for #CLETechWeek's best LGBTQ+ happy hour and help relaunch the OIT Cleveland Chapter with our first event in 2 years as well!
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Categories: Community, Networking, Member Hosted
Thursday Sep 18, 2025
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Region
Celebrate our one year anniversary at our office in the Gordon Square Arcade as we open our doors for the Plexus Open House!
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Categories: Community, Networking, Plexus Team, Ribbon Cutting
Thursday Sep 25, 2025
On Sep. 25th, join the Cleveland Professional Twenty-Thirty Club for an evening celebrating extraordinary women who are shaping the future of Cleveland
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Categories: Community, Young Professional, Clubs/Organizations, Member Hosted
Thursday Sep 25, 2025
Workshop Training Panel Discussion Transgender LGBTQ LGBTQIA LGBTQ+ Gender Affirming Care
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Categories: Community, Continuing Education, Employee Resource Groups, Training & Educational Programs, Pride
Friday Sep 26, 2025
Sip & Pitch is a virtual event where LGBTQ+ and interested and allied suppliers pitch their businesses to a panel of experts and corporate partners for feedback in a fun, informal setting. It?s a great way to discover new businesses, offer insights, and build meaningful connections.
Whether you're looking to connect with diverse suppliers, grow your network, or just learn more about incredible LGBTQ-owned businesses, this is a can't-miss event.
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Categories: Networking, LGBTBE
Saturday Sep 27, 2025 -
Sunday Oct 19, 2025
?Joy Unshaken: Queer Youth Rising in Times of Distress? will be on display at Standing Rock Cultural Arts located at 300 N. Water St., with artwork created by local youth artists including paintings, visual art with poetry, collages/photo collages, 3D art, and photography.
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Categories: Arts & Culture, Community, Akron Network Night, Pride
Sunday Sep 28, 2025
Dahlia and Young Latino Network's iconic yard is transforming into a magical marketplace again this Sunday, September 28th from 9am–3pm
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Categories: Arts & Culture, Community, Member Hosted
Monday Sep 29, 2025
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Region
Our comprehensive LGBTQ+ Affirming Business Program offers you a FREE opportunity to become a community leader in small business inclusion.
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Categories: Training & Educational Programs
Wednesday Oct 1, 2025
Connect, learn, and grow in a welcoming community focused on LGBTQ+ and Ally employee experiences in educational workplaces. Each session explores timely topics impacting LGBTQ+ communities in education, while uplifting allyship and intersectional equity in the workplace.
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Categories: Chamber Of Commerce, Employee Resource Groups, Training & Educational Programs
Wednesday Oct 1, 2025
Akron-Summit County Region
Our 2025 Fall Akron Network Night will take place at Northside Marketplace! One of our favorite venues in the 330, Northside Marketplace features 100+ local restaurants and shops all under one roof.
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Categories: Community, Chamber Of Commerce, Akron Network Night
Friday Oct 3, 2025
Grab your favorite mug and join us for a relaxed and informal Zoom Coffee Hour with the Executive Director and members of the Plexus community. Free & Open to All!
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Categories: Chamber Of Commerce, Networking, Virtual
Friday Oct 3, 2025
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Join us at No Class Cleveland for Oh Yes, Honey - a Young Professionals Happy Hour designed to bring Cleveland's LGBTQ+ and allied professionals together.
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Categories: Community, Young Professional, Chamber Of Commerce, Networking
Saturday Oct 4, 2025
The Cleveland Pride Band invites you embark on a journey with them, where they'll bring the seven deadly sins to the stage.
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Categories: Arts & Culture, Community
Wednesday Oct 8, 2025
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Through candid conversations and real-world examples, panelists will delve into the unique challenges and triumphs of navigating careers and education as LGBTQIA+ individuals.
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Categories: Chamber Of Commerce, Continuing Education, Employee Resource Groups
Thursday Oct 9, 2025
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Start your work day right and come Perk Up With Plexus on October 9th at Dahlia Coffee Co.!
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Categories: Community, Chamber Of Commerce, Networking
Friday Oct 10, 2025
Saturday Oct 11, 2025
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Get to know the candidates running for the New Wards 5, 7, and 12 starting in 2026!
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Categories: Chamber Of Commerce, Member Hosted
Monday Oct 13, 2025 -
Thursday Oct 16, 2025
Out & Equal's Workplace Summit is the world?s largest gathering of LGBTQ+ and allied professionals committed to building workplaces of belonging. Each year, thousands of executives, ERG leaders, inclusion and HR professionals, talent strategists, and changemakers come together for an experience that informs, inspires, and ignites action.
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Categories: Continuing Education, Employee Resource Groups
Monday Oct 13, 2025
Find the Main Street Kent Unicorn in 18 downtown businesses as we celebrate Kent Rainbow Weekend!
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Categories: Community, Akron Network Night, Pride
Monday Oct 13, 2025
Want to make your business more inclusive and welcoming? Join the Plexus LGBT & Allied Chamber of Commerce during Kent Rainbow Weekend for an interactive LGBTQ inclusion workshop designed for small business owners.
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Categories: Chamber Of Commerce, Continuing Education, Training & Educational Programs
Wednesday Oct 15, 2025
Join NGLCC?s Heritage Committee and Plexus LGBTQ & Allied Chamber of Commerce in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with Voices That Resonate: Authentic Engagement with Hispanic and Latinx Communities. This interactive session will provide insider perspectives and actionable strategies to authentically connect with Hispanic and Latinx audiences. Attendees will explore how to incorporate cultural elements into campaigns, craft marketing narratives that truly resonate, strengthen Supplier Diversity programs, and apply an equity lens to engagement initiatives. Whether you?re looking to expand your reach, build stronger relationships, or ensure your efforts reflect genuine inclusion, this discussion will offer valuable tools to help your organization thrive.
This session will be led by Paulette Piñero, an award-winning social entrepreneur, writer, brand consultant, and speaker dedicated to closing the leadership gap for Latinas and Women of Color. Through her company, Unstoppable Latina LLC, Paulette empowers women of color and gender-expansive leaders to harness their strengths, amplify their voices, and live with purpose?becoming unstoppable CEOs of their own lives. With an equity- and justice-focused approach, Paulette champions a vision of leadership that is diverse, purpose-driven, and joyful.
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Categories: LGBTBE, Training & Educational Programs, Virtual
Wednesday Oct 15, 2025
Learn about bias, stereotypes, current vocabulary, and best practices for handling gender and sexuality topics with sensitivity.
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Categories: Community, Training & Educational Programs, Akron Network Night, Pride
Friday Oct 17, 2025
Bring in the weekend and shake off the week with us! ?
Join Plexus LGBT & Allied Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Portage County, and the Kent Area Chamber of Commerce for a casual networking social to kick off Kent Rainbow Weekend. Our theme this year: Visibility is Victory?because showing up matters, and so does community.
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Categories: Chamber Of Commerce, Networking
Friday Oct 17, 2025
As part of Kent Rainbow Weekend, join us for Courageously Queer Storytelling?an annual celebration of truth, resilience, and pride. This year?s theme, Visibility, features five powerful storytellers from the LGBTQ+ community sharing personal narratives that uplift, inspire, and remind us of the strength found in being seen.
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Categories: Community, Akron Network Night
Saturday Oct 18, 2025
Legal Aid partners with the Cleveland Public Library to enhance understanding of the law by hosting a Brief Advice Clinic at a different library branch each month.
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Categories: Community, Training & Educational Programs
Saturday Oct 18, 2025
The Rainbow Weekend 5K is returning during Main Street Kent's fifth annual Rainbow Weekend, which takes place each October in Kent, Ohio, to celebrate our city's LGBTQ+ community.
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Categories: Community, Akron Network Night, Pride
Saturday Oct 18, 2025
Celebrate Rainbow Weekend at Acorn Alley?s special market full of works by queer makers, creators, and local artists while supporting community, pride and small business!
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Categories: Community, Pride
Saturday Oct 18, 2025
Kent Rainbow Weekend presents Handmade with Pride, an ''around town'' event where participants engage in rainbow-themed arts and crafts activities at each stop!
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Categories: Community, Akron Network Night, Pride
Saturday Oct 18, 2025
Heights Halloween Festival presented by Dobama Theatre
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Categories: Festivals & Celebrations, Arts & Culture, Community, Holiday
Saturday Oct 18, 2025
Saturday Oct 18, 2025
Come take a tour of the Kingsville Lodge wedding venue. See the new waterfall!
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Categories: Member Hosted
Saturday Oct 18, 2025
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Join Main Street Kent at the Kent State Hotel & Conference Center for a screening of 'Just Kids', a documentary that follows three teens in states that restrict gender-affirming care.
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Categories: Community, Akron Network Night, Pride
Saturday Oct 18, 2025
Celebrate Pride at the Kent Pride Bar Crawl! Part of Rainbow Weekend with Main Street Kent . Come and support local businesses!
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Categories: Community, Akron Network Night, Pride
Sunday Oct 19, 2025
Join Main Street Kent as we ?Kick the Hate? with Kent Parks & Recreation and make a $100 contribution to the LGBTQ+ Fund of the Portage Foundation.
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Categories: Community, Akron Network Night, Pride
Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
In this session, join Upton Rand, owner of NGLCC-certified business, gaymensfieldguide.com, who will lead participants in an exploration of practical applications of AI in daily operations and business strategies.
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Categories: Community, Training & Educational Programs, Plexus Connects, Virtual
