A historical marker
honoring a lesbian writer is being proposed for Dayton, Ohio,
and the planned memorial will make clear the writer's
sexual orientation.
Dayton's Cooper
Park could soon be home to a memorial for Natalie Barney, an
author born in Dayton in 1876. Barney, who died in 1972, wrote
extensively on lesbian and feminist themes.
Working with the Ohio
Historical Society's Gay Ohio History Initiative, the gay
community center in Dayton helped raise the $2,300 cost of the
marker. The city commission will vote August 26 on whether to
allow the marker, and according to a
local news station
, two commissioners have already voiced support for
Barney's memorial.
Earlier this week,
Ohio's second-largest county enacted
domestic-partner
benefits for its employees.
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