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Equality Cincinnati wants to hear from YOU! In order to break down community divisions and increase the impact of our mission--folks need to know who we are and what we believe in.

This is YOUR opportunity to stand up and be counted. As a LGBTQ individual or as an ally--tell us what matters to you in the fight for inclusion, fairness, and equality. Tell us YOUR story.

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Welcome Courtney and Darius!

Courtney Smith Darius Chambers

Courtney Smith was born and raised in Chicago, IL and moved to Cincinnati to attend medical school at the University of Cincinnati. She is currently a Health Educator and enjoys spending her free time shopping, cooking, traveling, writing poems and volunteering. Her love of animals has made her a vegetarian and mother of one cat, two box turtles, three newts and the 3rd largest tortoise in the world- a sulcata tortoise.

Darius Chambers a native of Selma, Alabama who recently relocated to Cincinnati. He has worked with the AFL-CIO, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Alabama and Campaign for a New South. Darius is also currently doing research for a book on the African American church and its positions and viewpoints of LGBTQ rights. Darius was educated at Wallace state in Selma and is a certified instrument technician and paralegal.

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