What’s better than starting out a lazy Sunday? Brunch. It doesn’t matter if you are a breakfast or a lunch person all your gastronomic needs are met with brunch and it’s the perfect excuse to slow down and hang out with friends — new and old.

No matter where you are in the world, brunch makes everything better whether it’s simply to cure a hangover, hang with your favorite people, or refuel after a sporting it up.

Girls That Roam was pleased to find on a trip to Cleveland three of the city’s best brunch spots. These three places are sure to satiate the hungriest of the hungry with savory and sweet breakfast favorites and some surprises served up in healthy portions. Many of these hot brunch spots even offer vegetarian and vegan options. More >

The post Hot (brunch) in Cleveland first appeared on Lesbian.com.

It’s tough having good chops and the “Butcher Babes” have got the best to offer at the West Side Market in Cleveland, Ohio.

Emma Beno, 24, and Alexia Rodriguez, 32, owners of the Pork Chop Shop (1979 West 25th Street, Stand E4; 216-394-0382; ThePorkChopShopWSM.com) at the market infuse the flavor of the neighborhood and their own tastes into their pork in the Ohio City neighborhood.

The women dress up their bacon, pork chops, sausages and more using a variety of flavors from ale to spice and everything in between, they say. More >

The post Butcher babes bring home the bacon first appeared on Lesbian.com.

Stepping into the lobby of the InterContinental Cleveland, I knew that I was in excellent care.

The lobby itself speaks sophisticated comfort with its elegant cherry wood check in desk, walls softly lit by white shaded lamps surrounded by carefully placed glass vases with flowers in a vast entryway.

I wasn’t disappointed by this luxury hotel as it is everything it touts it is. More >

The post InterContinental Cleveland offers sophisticated luxurious comfort first appeared on Lesbian.com.

The post Dare2Care PSA first appeared on Lesbian.com.

And another one bites the dust. Since last year’s Supreme Court decision, anti-gay state marriage laws have been biting the dust everywhere they are challenged.

Friday, a federal judge from Ohio’s Southern District indicated that he would require Ohio to recognize same-sex marriages performed legally in other states. Judge Timothy S. Black heard arguments from four same-sex couples who are seeking to have both parents listed on their child’s birth certificates.

The written ruling comes on April 14, but Judge Black said that Ohio’s refusal to recognize valid same-sex marriages violated constitutional protections, according to lawyers from both sides. Furhter, he indicated that he would issue a permanent injunction, barring the state from denying all the rights and benefits of marriage to same-sex couples who were validly married elsewhere.

While the ruling does not allow same-sex couples to legally marry within the state, it is a huge step forward.

“This is a huge day for married same-sex couples in Ohio and, most significantly, for their children,” Susan Sommer, director of constitutional litigation for Lambda Legal, which argued the case, told the New York Times. “Children already born and children soon to be born were being forced by Ohio to travel through life without the security of an accurate birth certificate and without the state’s recognition that they have two parents, not just one.”

The post Ohio on the verge of equal marriage first appeared on Lesbian.com.

The Cedar Point amusement park has cancelled a wedding contest after a gay couple protested their exclusion from it.

WKYC in Cleveland reported on Aug. 20 that Eric Morrison and Scott Kenimond wanted to be among the 13 couples to tie the knot during the opening of Cedar Point’s Halloween celebration next month. The television station said only heterosexual couples could enter the contest because Ohio law does not allow same-sex marriage.

Read more at Washington Blade

Washington Blade is America’s leading gay news source.

The post Cedar Point cancels wedding contest after gay couple enters first appeared on Lesbian.com.