Bob Vitale

Writer, Freelance
Dining Reporter, The Columbus Dispatch

Cleveland, Columbus, Ohio

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What's a Guy Like This Doing Accepting a Diversity Award? - PRIZM News

prizmnews.com — Prizm News / August 10, 2018 / By Bob Vitale (Publisher's Note: Prizm Editor Bob Vitale was part of a panel that discussed diversity at Thursday's Diversity in Business event hosted by Columbus Business First. He asked DeWine to comment on LGBTQ issues after the event and wrote this story.)

Aug. 10, 2018

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Bill Would Force Ohio Teachers to Violate Confidence of Trans Kids - PRIZM News

prizmnews.com — Prizm News / June 26, 2018 / By Bob Vitale By Bob Vitale A bill introduced by two Ohio lawmakers would make it a fourth-degree felony-the same level crime as grand theft auto or sexual conduct with a minor-for teachers not to tell parents when a kid shows signs of gender dysphoria.

June 26, 2018

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Can Richard Cordray Win Ohio Back? - PRIZM News

prizmnews.com — PRIZM News / June 1, 2018 / By Bob Vitale Two years after our state's turn toward Trump, the candidate for governor delivers a pro-LGBTQ message of fairness and progress. By Bob Vitale It's 9:45 a.m. on a Friday in May and Rich Cordray's tie hangs untied around his neck.

June 1, 2018

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UPDATED: Meet the 13 LGBTQ Ohioans Running for Office in 2018 - PRIZM News

prizmnews.com — Editor's Note: This story appeared in the April 2018 issue of Prizm, but only included 11 candidates. We learned of Rebecca Howard's candidacy in Ohio House District 53 and Matthew Guyette's candidacy in the state's 8th Congressional District after our deadline.]

May 7, 2018

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Cuyahoga County Democrats Snub Ground-Breaking LGBTQ Legislator - PRIZM News

prizmnews.com — Prizm News / February 9, 2018 / By Bob Vitale By Bob Vitale Cuyahoga County Democrats-the ones in charge of the party, anyway-have turned their backs on the first openly gay person elected to the Ohio General Assembly in favor of the man who championed a 2009 ordinance that let Cleveland businesses dictate the restrooms used by transgender customers.

Feb. 12, 2018

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Lack of Anti-Bias Law Could Steer Amazon Away From Ohio - PRIZM News

prizmnews.com — Prizm News / February 2, 2018 / By Bob Vitale By Bob Vitale Ohio lawmakers' refusal to follow the lead of 19 other states and dozens of major corporations in banning discrimination based on people's sexual orientation and gender identity could prove to be a $5 billion mistake.

Feb. 2, 2018

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It's All Hands On Deck - PRIZM News

prizmnews.com — Prizm News / February 1, 2018 / By Bob Vitale An openly gay Columbus dad is challenging Ohio's highest-ranking member of Congress. He's not as long a longshot as you might think. By Bob Vitale A year ago at this time, the dining room table probably looked a lot like the rest of Rick Neal's ...

Feb. 1, 2018

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Prizm Cover Story: Cincinnati's Political Power Shift - PRIZM News

prizmnews.com — Prizm News / November 2, 2017 / By Bob Vitale By Bob Vitale Let us finally bury the old trope about conservative, anti-gay Cincinnati. Yes, local prosecutors charged the head of the city's Contemporary Arts Center with obscenity over an exhibit of Robert Mapplethorpe photographs. That was in 1990.

Nov. 2, 2017

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Here Are 100 Reasons for Hope in LGBTQ Ohio - PRIZM News

prizmnews.com — PRIZM News / October 3, 2017 / By Bob Vitale By Bob Vitale Was it really just two summers ago that we set down our champagne glasses and headed to our county courthouses to marry the loves of our lives?

Oct. 1, 2017

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Why gay people refuse to leave states that ban gay marriage

wapo.st — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that could open the door for gay couples to marry nationwide. Though historic, a decision in favor of gay rights would primarily affect just 13 states - those that have gay-marriage bans on the books, including my home state of Ohio.

Aug. 28, 2018

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