Bayard Rustin LGBTQ+ Resource Center

10/13/2026

What a wonderful evening at Bayard's Table: Rooted & Rising!

We're sending a big thank you to everyone who joined us for this year's celebration. From our speakers and sponsors to our community partners and guests, each of you helped make the evening special.

Events like Bayard's Table are an opportunity to celebrate the people and partnerships that continue to move our work forward. We're grateful for the relationships we've built, the new connections we've made, and the community that continues to stand alongside us.

Thank you for your generosity, your presence, and your continued support. We look forward to all we'll accomplish together!

10/08/2026

We love a reason to give le****ns their flowers.
To the women who found each other, chose each other, built community with each other, and made space for others to live a little more freely: we see you, and we celebrate you.
Here’s to le***an love, history, joy, and the freedom to be exactly who you are.

10/06/2026

Listen, we’re not closing the guest list just yet.

Bayard’s Table is almost here, and we want our community in the room with us. Come eat, connect, celebrate how far we’ve come, and help us keep building what LGBTQ+/SGL people in Akron deserve.

We’ll save you a seat.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bayards-table-a-fall-fundraiser-tickets-1992796517027?aff=oddtdtcreator

09/30/2026

Akron, we’ve got somewhere to be.
Voting is about more than Election Day. It’s one way LGBTQ+/SGL people, our families, and our communities have a say in the decisions that affect our lives.

Join us and Kelley Robinson, President of the Human Rights Campaign, for a Get Out the Vote Rally as we come together, get informed, and get ready to vote.

Bring somebody with you. Come ready to connect. Leave ready to vote.

We’ll see y'all there.

09/25/2026

Some tables are where we eat. Others are where we build community. On October 9th, we’re coming together for Bayard’s Table: Rooted & Rising, an evening celebrating the people and history that have brought us this far and investing in where we go next. Every ticket and table helps support the Bayard Rustin LGBTQ+ Resource Center and our work serving LGBTQ+/SGL people in Akron. Pull up a chair. There’s a place for you at our table.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1992796517027?aff=oddtdtcreator

09/23/2026

Being bi+ isn’t determined by who you’re dating.
Bi+ people can experience erasure both inside and outside of the LGBTQ+/SGL community, especially when others make assumptions about their identity based on their current relationship.
On Celebrate Bisexuality Day, we’re celebrating bi+ people in every kind of relationship, at every stage of figuring things out, and in all the ways they show up in our community.
Your identity is yours. You don’t have to prove it to belong.

09/17/2026

Bayard Rustin knew something about building tables.

He helped organize movements, bring people together and imagine a freer world, even when being a gay Black man meant others sometimes tried to push him out of the story. We carry his name because his story reminds us that none of us should have to leave part of ourselves at the door to have a seat at the table.

On October 9, we’re making room for all of us.

Pull up a chair.

Bayard’s Table | October 9
Tickets and tables: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bayards-table-a-fall-fundraiser-tickets-1992796517027?aff=oddtdtcreator

09/14/2026

We’re setting the table, y'all.

On October 9th, we’re gathering for Bayard’s Table, an evening celebrating the people, stories and community that continue to move us forward. Join us for dinner, connection and an evening rooted in the legacy of Bayard Rustin and the power of our community.
Come as you are. Bring somebody you love. Pull up a chair.

October 9 | 6–8:30 PM | The Bank at East End
Get your tickets or host a table: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bayards-table-a-fall-fundraiser-tickets-1992796517027?aff=oddtdtcreator

09/10/2026

Our fall fundraiser will be here before you know it. Get tickets for Bayard’s Table today!

Rooted in community. Rising in power. Join us or an evening celebrating LGBTQ+ resilience and resistance in Akron.

09/08/2026

Join us for bingo EVERY Wednesday night🤑. Tomorrow, we’ve even got dinner covered.