"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.

Maxim Thorne

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

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.

Gaye Adegbalola

Adegbalola is a musician, founding member of Saffire — The Uppity Blues Women, plays guitar, harmonica and a composer. Read more about her on her website.

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.

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.

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.

Sandra Kurt

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

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.

Dan Choi

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

Urvashi Vaid

Vaid is a LGBT civil rights activist. View her Wikipedia entry.

Michael Hawk

Michael just bought a historic 1920s bungalow in east Dayton, Ohio.

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.

Kevin Johnson

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

David Lauri

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

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.

Alice Wu

Wu is a film director and screenwriter. View her Wikipedia entry.

Eric Resnick

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

Billy Strayhorn

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

Amanda Armstrong

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

Raeanna Biddle

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

Jim Sands

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