4+ hour, 5+ min ago   (210+ words) Fremont Pride was held on Saturday in Northwest Ohio on a different expanse of grass than previous festivals. For its sixth year, Fremont Pride moved to Birchard Park, located in almost the exact center of Fremont. “Previously we were isolated…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (565+ words) After sparking recent backlash among many Democrats and LGBTQ+ people across the state, Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton has added language to her campaign platform in support of LGBTQ+ Ohioans. On June 30 – while discussing the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (250+ words) Ohio is home to more than 150 LGBTQ+ nonprofit organizations supporting and empowering the LGBTQ+ community. These organizations cover so many aspects of the LGBTQ+ lived experience: from the accessibility of LGBTQ+ healthcare, to lively LGBTQ+ social opportunities, to the coordination…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (347+ words) This piece originally was published by The 19th and appears here with permission. Americans’ support for LGBTQ+ rights has slid downward after peaking in the early 2020s, according to a new Gallup poll. Support for marriage equality has been steadily declining since…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (126+ words) Thousands gathered in downtown Cleveland Saturday for the city’s Pride in the CLE festival and march, organized by the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland. The Buckeye Flame captured these images. 🔥 H.L. Comeriato (they/them) is an award-winning multimedia…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (521+ words) Several hundred people gathered at the Butler Institute of American Art’s Beecher Court atrium on May 28 to celebrate the release of the Greater Mahoning Valley LGBTQ+ Community Needs Assessment’s findings. The survey includes responses from 463 people in Trumbull, Mahoning, Columbiana…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1857+ words) We must declare ourselves, become known; allow the world to know this life of ours which connects kings and farm boys, artists and clerks. Let them see that the important thing is not the object of love but the emotion…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1754+ words) This piece originally appeared in the Athens County Independent and is reprinted here with permission. Chauncey Village Council met for nearly four hours on May 14, discussing plans to repeal discrimination protections for renters and LGBTQ+ residents and a resolution that…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (722+ words) Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has resigned from his role in order to join the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) – a longstanding anti-LGBTQ+ hate group responsible for thousands of pieces of anti-transgender legislation across the country. Yost announced he will step…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1793+ words) This article was created in partnership with The Ohio Capital Journal, who produced the companion piece: Want to tell legislators how you feel about policy? Here’s one way to do it. Kim Burroughs was not planning on testifying in front…...