From a Facebook page to a full multi-purpose community space, Have a Gay Day is now offering free food, free resources, and a safe space to Dayton, Ohio’s LGBTQ+ community.
Executive Director of Have a Gay Day, Michael Knote, says the non-profit was started as a Facebook page to raise money and support for the family of Jamey Rodemeyer, a New York teen who took his own life as a result of relentless homophobic bullying.
After his death, Knote says he wanted to create a safe space in his own community for others like Rodemeyer. This week, Have a Gay Day officially opened its food pantry which will hand out food, pet food and other resources like pots and pans or space heaters to those in need. “Everyone should have access to what they need;