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I'm just curious, even though I don't live in Cincinnati (I currently live in Atlanta and have for the past 8 years), is anyone aware of a LGBT FC Cincy fan group? I'm a gay man who is a Cincinnati native. Hope this is ok to ask here.

I don't put it past this toddler in chief to try to screw over the LGBT community in this country to put sanctions on Canadian media. Nothing surprises me anymore.

Cincinnati traffic was mentioned, particularly Channel 9 reporter dropping an expletive on air when a car crash happened via traffic cam.

Hi everyone. I'm a 38-year-old guy who was raised Roman Catholic from birth through high school. I even went to an all-male Catholic high school.

I was very much in the closet during those years. I spent a lot of time trying to convince myself that I just hadn't met the “right woman” yet because admitting to myself that I was attracted to men didn't feel safe. I finally came out at 29, about nine years ago.

I honestly don't think I've regularly attended a church service since my high school years, so it's been roughly 20 years. Since then, I've only gone to Mass occasionally, usually for something like a family funeral.

Over the years, I've developed a lot of resentment toward the Roman Catholic Church, particularly because of how my sexuality affected my relationship with faith. I've found myself becoming less and less interested in religion because of that baggage, even though part of me still misses having some kind of connection to a church community.

I've recently been looking into the Episcopal Church. I live in the Marietta, Georgia area, although I'm originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, and I've found a local Episcopal parish that appears to be openly affirming and welcoming toward LGBT people. I've even reached out to them.

But honestly, I'm scared to go to my first service.

After being away from church for so long, I don't really know what to expect. And despite knowing intellectually that being gay isn't something wrong with me, I still carry a lot of the feelings I grew up with. There's a part of me that still feels like I'm somehow out of favor with God because I'm gay. I know that's not who I want to be, and being gay isn't something I can, or would want to, change.

So I guess my question is: Could the Episcopal Church be a home for someone like me?

For those of you who came from Catholicism or another tradition, especially if you had been away from church for a long time, what was your experience taking that first step? Did you feel nervous walking into your first Episcopal service? And is there anything you wish someone had told you beforehand?

I'm not really sure what I'm hoping to get out of this post. I think I just needed to say this somewhere and see whether there might actually be a place for me in a church again.

Edit: Thank you all SO much for your amazing advice and welcoming. I can't get to everyone to thank you personally but please know I mean it for every one of you. It makes me much more comfortable with joining this church.

So I'm a lapsed Catholic, haven't regularly gone for years. Honestly really hurt by the Church making me feel I'm not an equal and having to be lonely throughout my teenage years and into my 20s due to heteronormativity. I sometimes hope that there's a "Vatican 3" where they significantly reform the Catechism where they fully accept LGBT people into the Church just like many other Christian denominations such as Episcopal (I know not all are O&A) churches do. I would love to one day be able to get married in the Catholic Church, but im beginning to think I will never see it in my lifetime and therefore have completely left religion, but may return to an O&A church.

Is this just a pipe dream for me or do we actually have a realistic chance at this in my lifetime (I'm 38)?

So I went to an all guys Catholic high school in Cincinnati, Ohio. Elder High School. Graduated in 2006. I was so lonely due to the heteronormativity of the Catholic conservative area of Cincinnati I grew up in, the "West Side". I finally had the courage to come out as a gay man 9 years ago at 29. It was such a freeing part of my life, and I couldn't believe I actually did it in my hometown. I did it because I met LGBT friends in Michigan a couple years prior and they gave me the courage and safety to be honest with myself, what I didn't have back in Cincinnati.

I'm now living in Atlanta, been here for 8 years. It's a cool enough area. I've only been to Cincinnati a handful of times over the years, and I was invited to my 20 year high school reunion in September. I declined. A couple years ago I sent a professional, courteous email to my high school principal, cutting contact ties with them for the time being. They were very kind in responding. I did so because I don't want to be associated with a Church that doesn't see me as an equal.

Even though this reunion won't be one of them, I can only imagine the looks I'll get from the crowd if I'm attending a high school football game there, holding hands with a male partner while my heterosexual counterparts would do the same with their wives and get no reaction at all. It's not fair. Why do I have to feel like an "other" just because of who I love? God made me this way, and isn't God infallible? Aren't I made in the image of God, as the Catholic Church says?

I can't stand the hypocrisy and sanctimony of this Church. Here's hoping the Catholic Church reforms to include LGBT people like many Christian denominations do, but I'm not gonna hold my breath.

So I went to an all guys Catholic high school in Cincinnati, Ohio. Elder High School. Graduated in 2006. I was so lonely due to the heteronormativity of the Catholic conservative area of Cincinnati I grew up in, the "West Side". I finally had the courage to come out as a gay man 9 years ago at 29. It was such a freeing part of my life, and I couldn't believe I actually did it in my hometown. I did it because I met LGBT friends in Michigan a couple years prior and they gave me the courage and safety to be honest with myself, what I didn't have back in Cincinnati.

I'm now living in Atlanta, been here for 8 years. It's a cool enough area. I've only been to Cincinnati a handful of times over the years, and I was invited to my 20 year high school reunion in September. I declined. A couple years ago I sent a professional, courteous email to my high school principal, cutting contact ties with them for the time being. They were very kind in responding. I did so because I don't want to be associated with a Church that doesn't see me as an equal.

Even though this reunion won't be one of them, I can only imagine the looks I'll get from the crowd if I'm attending a high school football game there, holding hands with a male partner while my heterosexual counterparts would do the same with their wives and get no reaction at all. It's not fair. Why do I have to feel like an "other" just because of who I love? God made me this way, and isn't God infallible? Aren't I made in the image of God, as the Catholic Church says?

I can't stand the hypocrisy and sanctimony of this Church. Here's hoping the Catholic Church reforms to include LGBT people like many Christian denominations do, but I'm not gonna hold my breath.

Hi Trakt team,

I've been using Trakt since 2016 and have been a VIP member since 2022. I wanted to share some constructive feedback from the perspective of someone who has relied on Trakt almost daily for years.

First, I'd like to acknowledge what Trakt does well. The API has been fantastic, and it's the reason I've enjoyed using apps like Showly alongside the website. Trakt has become an important part of how I track what I watch, which is why I care enough to write this.

My biggest concern with V3 is the desktop experience.

To me, V2 excelled because it presented a large amount of information in a clear, desktop-friendly layout. When deciding what to watch, checking upcoming episodes, or managing my watch history, having that information visible at a glance made the site incredibly efficient.

The new interface feels much more like a mobile app brought to the desktop. Features like horizontally scrolling "Continue Watching," "Up Next," and calendar sections require more navigation and make it harder to quickly scan information.

Rather than simply saying "bring back V2," I'd love to see the desktop experience move back toward the strengths that made V2 so useful: information density, efficient navigation, and less reliance on horizontal scrolling.

I'd also like to suggest two improvements to watch tracking:

Make it easier to log multiple rewatches of movies over time.

Add the ability to start a full series rewatch without clearing existing watch history. For example, I've watched The West Wing three times over the years, but currently there's no straightforward way to track a complete rewatch while preserving my previous viewing history.

I know redesigning a platform is a significant undertaking, and I appreciate the work that has gone into V3. My hope is simply that feedback from long-time users helps shape future improvements. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Starting a watch on Netflix of the series today with the original so I can watch the prequel for the first time with fresh memory of the lore. I can't recall when I first watched it but it just feels like the events of recent years feel more and more prescient.

Given how much Trakt changed from V2 to V3, and removed A TON of great functionality from V2 and that they silenced my dissent, I don't really feel the "warm and fuzzies" for this platform anymore, after 10 years of use and many years of VIP membership. I have a little more than a year left and I really wish I could just get that money back now that I cancelled my renewal and looking to move to a competing service. Anyone else feel similarly?

Cincinnati native here, living in Braves Country now. I can't not follow the Reds but they make me sad when I consistently look at the standings in the division lately and see them so far back and not great for the wild card either. Is there reason for me to have any hope for this season and if not when did we really lose it? Was it that horrific slump in May after our hot April?

I just watched this clip, which is not the well known clip of Clayton announcing he is getting married, which happens in a 1991 episode, but this was in December 1988, 9 months after I was born.

When Blanche says something to the effect of "I don't know if I know you anymore", Clayton hit it right on the head in responding "I'm the same person I always was...I spent a long time lying to myself. It felt a lot better when I stopped".

That was me when I finally got the courage to come out at 29. It felt like I had a new lease on life. Like I was finally living MY life, not the expectation someone had of me. I am still the guy who likes anime, politics, and sports, but I admitted to people that yes, romantically, I like men. It's not my whole personality, but it is part of who I am.

The Golden Girls, for this reason, will be forever loved by our community, at least in my opinion.