Difficult times, choices Ms. Beiser grew up in Hamilton and has degrees from Miami University and the University of Kentucky. She's lived in Cincinnati 25 years. When she was younger, just starting out at the library, she kept her brown hair short. She thinks Cincinnati today is more tolerant of gays, lesbians and bisexuals than it was a generation ago, but change, she says, happens slowly. And people here are generally afraid of differences.
Librarians tend to be more open-minded and more aware.
I own my own house, so I don't have to worry about being evicted because I'm a lesbian. For Ms. Beiser, Issue 3 is more a symbol than a serious threat. Mr. White views the lack of protection under Issue 3 as a very real threat. He shares an apartment with another gay man and a lesbian at the foot of a Clifton hill, a typical college apartment strewn with empty soda cans, phone bills and a cat named Whitman. Mr. White worries about being thrown out.