A gefen arewa maso yammacin Ohio kusa da iyakar Michigan da kusa da bakin tekun Erie, birnin Toledo yana zaune a bakin yammacin tekun tekun Maumee, tare da wani yanki na gari wanda aka sake raya shi a cikin 'yan shekarun nan kuma ya ƙunshi gidajen cin abinci, shaguna, da abubuwan jan hankali. Birnin yana da kimanin mutane 280,000 (kuma 600,000 a yankunan da ke kewaye da ita), wanda ya zama ta shida mafi girma a birnin Ohio.
Dangane da matsin lamba a kan masana'antu a cikin shekaru, yawancin birni sun yi tuntuɓe - kamar sauran garuruwan da ke Midwestern "tsummoki" - a tsakiyar tsakiyar ƙarshen karni na 20, amma daga ƙarshen garin ya ga wani muhimmin matsayi, wasu daga cikin shi ya karu da Toledo ta girma LGBT yawan. Toledo Gay Pride an gudanar da shi a ƙarshen Agusta a cikin Gidan Gidan Gidan Gida, wanda ke kusa da Maumee Riverfront - kwanakin wannan shekara shine Agusta 26 da 27, 2016.
Toledo Pride yana da abubuwa da yawa, ciki har da "Sunday Funday", Nite Glo 5K gudu, da kuma Kiss 'N' Drag - a nan ne cikakkun bayanai game da wasu tarurruka da ke faruwa a cikin kwana uku na karshen mako. Babban babban ranar Pride ne ranar Asabar, Agusta 27, lokacin da Toledo Gay Pride Parade yana jin daɗin shiga daga kamfanoni da kungiyoyi fiye da 50. Yana al'ada ne a cikin gari a tsakar rana.
Yau Toledo Gay Pride a Gidan Farfajiya yana nuna nishaɗi (ciki har da Trurock, wanda yake nuna Michelle Truman), masu sayarwa, abinci, da sauransu a ranar Jumma'a da Asabar.
Idan kuna zuwa garin na kwana ɗaya ko biyu, ku yi la'akari da yin ɗakin dakin da jami'in Toledo Pride ya shirya, da Park Inn da Radisson (101 N. Summit St., 419-241-3000), wanda yake da kasa da wani asusu daga filin zinare a filin Park Promenade kuma yana bada bashi na musamman - kawai ka ambaci Toledo Pride lokacin da kake kira zuwa littafin dakinka.
Birnin Toledo yana kusa da haɗin manyan hanyoyi guda biyu masu tsattsauran ra'ayi, kudu maso yammacin I-75 da gabas-yamma I-80 / I-90. Yana cikin cikin 'yan sa'o'i kadan daga cikin manyan biranen Midwest, ciki har da Detroit (sa'a daya), Wayne Fort Wayne (awa 1.5), Cleveland (2 hours), Columbus (awa 2.5), Dayton (2.5 hours), Cincinnati ( 3.5 hours), Indianapolis (3.5 hours), da Chicago (4 hours).
Toledo Gay Resources
Mutanen Toledo maza da baƙi za su iya bincika wasu jaridu LGBT a yankin don Ohio da kuma labarun tsakiya - wadannan sun hada da Outlook, wanda yake a Columbus; da Jaridar Jama'a, wadda aka samar a Cleveland, da kuma tsakanin La Lines, wadda ta fito ne kawai a arewacin Metro Detroit. Babban birnin mafi kyaun GLBT kayan aiki shine Equality Toledo, wanda ya tsara abubuwan da suka faru, albarkatun, da kuma karin a shafin yanar gizonsa. Bugu da ƙari, madadin takarda mai suna Toledo City Paper ya yi aiki mai kyau a kan al'adun gida da nishaɗi kuma yana da matukar ci gaba, sau da yawa yana shiga cikin batutuwa na LGBT. Kuma
Domin karin bayani akan tafiya akan yankin, duba shafin yanar gizon da ke amfani da shi na Toledo CVB.