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Studio West 117 in Cleveland to close this month

By Cleveland Scene ● Community ● December 2, 2025

The Fieldhouse at Studio West 117, the ambitious, $100-million attempt at building a nucleus for Cleveland’s LGBTQ+ community, will be closing its doors on December 28, the owners announced in an Instagram post on Monday.

In Cleveland’s Post-Covid DIY Revival, Queer Black Drag in Midtown and Hardcore in Taco Bell Parking Lots

By Cleveland Scene ● Culture ● December 3, 2023

New spaces and voices are guiding Cleveland’s homegrown music scene into inclusive and interesting places

Cleveland City Hall Opens First Gender-Inclusive Bathroom

By Cleveland Scene ● Community ● July 2, 2023

The restroom will be ADA-accessible and open to all gender identities.

Ohio’s new $100 million LGBTQ+ hub aims to create a community destination. Some are asking, ‘But at what cost?’

By Cleveland Scene & The Buckeye Flame ● Community ● May 31, 2023

Leaders of the Studio West 117 project admit to some early growing pains. Some in Cleveland’s LGBTQ+ community think that undersells the problems.

Ohio Bill Would Create a State Bureau of Hate Crimes

By Cleveland Scene ● Policy/Legislation ● May 23, 2023

“We should be leading and providing more resources and making it clear that hate has no home in Ohio”

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