"Gay" is like having a propensity similar to an addicit[sic]'s to be hooked on crack, alcohol, etc.

This page was created by David Lauri (read why). If you’re an addict who’d like to be featured on this page or if you know of a famous addict who should be featured on this page, send an e-mail to addict@davidlauri.com. Refresh the page to see more addicts.

Eric Resnick

Eric was elected to the Canton City School Board in 2009. Read more about him on his website.

Jim Sands

Jim is a member of the Athens, Ohio, City Council, first elected in 1999. Read more about him on this profile.

Mark Tumeo

Mark is a member of the Cleveland Heights, Ohio, City Council, first elected in 2005 and re-elected in 2009. Read more about him on his Fenn College faculty profile.

Amanda Armstrong

Amanda was elected in 2009 to the Medina, Ohio, Educational Service Center Governing Board. Read more about her on this profile.

Dan Choi

Choi is a combat veteran of the Iraq war. View his Wikipedia entry.

Kevin Johnson

Kevin won election in 2009 to Portsmouth, Ohio, city council. Read more about Kevin on his blog.

Nickie Antonio

Antonio is a Lakewood, Ohio, City Councillor, first elected in 2005 and re-elected in 2009. Read more about her on her campaign website.

Maxim Thorne

Thorne currently serves as senior vice president of the NAACP. View his Wikipedia entry.

Mike Castle

Mike is pastor of Cross Creek Community Church in Centerville, Ohio, where he lives with his partner Dan.

Margarethe Cammermeyer

Cammermeyer is a former colonel in the Washington National Guard and a gay rights activist. Read more about her on her website.

Max Wolf Valerio

Valerio is a poet, author and actor. View his Wikipedia entry.

Sandra Kurt

Sandra won election in 2009 to Akron, Ohio, city council. Read more about Sandra on her website.

Joe Lacey

Joe is a member of the Dayton Board of Education, first elected in 2005 and re-elected in 2009. Read more about Joe on his blog.

Mary Wiseman

Elected in 1998 to serve on Dayton’s City Commission, Wiseman is now a Montgomery County, Ohio, Common Pleas Court judge, appointed in 2007 and elected in 2008. Read more about Judge Wiseman on her court profile.

Larry LaFountain

LaFountain is an author, performer and professor. Read more about him on his web page.

Angie Pierson

Angie and her partner Lynda live in Springfield, Ohio.

Jerry Larson

Larson was appointed to Akron Municipal Court in 2009 and won election to retain his seat in November. Read more about Judge Larson on his website.

Brian Jarvis

Brian Jarvis is the Beavercreek City Council member who claims that all the other people on this page are defective, as good for their communities as crack addicts or alcoholics. To learn more about him, visit his Beavercreek City Council page.

Raeanna Biddle

A previous pastor of Eternal Joy MCC church, Raeanna and her partner Judy live in Dayton, Ohio.

Beth Brant

Brant is a Mohawk Indian, a lesbian, a mother, a grandmother, an activist, and a feminist. Read her Voices from the Gaps profile.

Pete Hager

Pete has worked for the City of Dayton since 1989, most recently as director of the department of central services. Pete lives in Dayton with his partner Eli.

Carol Fey

Carol won election in 2009 to her first term as a member of the Bexcley School Board. Read more about Carol in this Facebook profile.

Billy Strayhorn

Strayhorn was an American composer, pianist and arranger best known for working with Duke Ellington. View his Wikipedia entry.

David Lauri

David Lauri is the creator of the “Addicts” webpage. To learn more about him, visit his website.