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This year marks the 26th Anniversary for Stonewall Columbus and we are proud to bring you this directory! After twenty-three years, the Lavender Listings remains an important publication in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community of Central Ohio.

Stonewall Columbus is proud to present one of the most useful resources for the community. The Lavender Listings serves as a model for many other cities; however, Columbus remains one of the few cities to produce its own GLBT business directory. 100% of the proceeds from this project goes directly back to serving and meeting the needs of the local GLBT community center, the Center on High and its’ programs. We want to thank the incredible partners in this endeavor: our generous advertisers, volunteers, and the project management company, Succeeding Steps.

Welcome to the 2007 – 2008 annual edition of Stonewall Columbus’ Lavender Listings. Again this year, we are proud to present a colorful directory that we hope will entice more people throughout the year to pick it up and use it often. We also have listened to the suggestions of our consumers and are getting the publication out much earlier than in the past. A new component this year will include online advertising. All of our advertisers will be included in our online Lavender Listings Directory at www.stonewallcolumbus.org and will have the option to purchase banner advertising as well. Our website currently receives over 3000 hits a month. This organization is committed to improving its online presence which will continue to increase traffic to Lavender Listings and subsequently, your businesses.

Since 1984, this publication has grown from a 24-page booklet with 50 advertisers to the current Lavender Listings which is a 90+ page publication with more than 300 businesses and organizations listed. Successful businesses make great cities and your support of this publication reinforces the fact that Columbus, Ohio is one of the best cities to work, play, and raise our LGBT families.

To all of our Lavender Listings advertisers this year, THANK YOU! By advertising, you enable the Center on High to offer many services and programs to LGBT citizens: the telephone referral hotline, educational seminars, the speaker’s bureau, health initiatives, support groups, meeting spaces, the Pride Holiday celebration, and other special events. You also reach tens of thousands of readers who we hope will patronize your business. This year alone, we expect 110,000 participants at Pride celebration which is one of our primary distribution points.

To our LGBT consumers, please support the businesses and organizations that give back to you! We hope you will contact us to find out additional ways to support the Center on High throughout the year as a sponsor of our many events or through your personal gift of membership. As we celebrate 26 years serving our community, we hope you will join us!

Lavender Listings is THE resource to the GLBT community. Keep it by the phone. Use it often. Refer others to these listings. And be sure to let them know that Stonewall Columbus sent you!

Karla Rothan
Executive Director
Stonewall Columbus