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Ohio LGBTQ+ Nonprofit Guide " The Buckeye Flame
5+ hour, 13+ min 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…...
Support for LGBTQ+ rights has dipped. What changed?
3+ week, 5+ day 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 it…...
Cleveland's LGBTQ+ Pride festival draws thousands
1+ mon, 1+ day 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 journalist living…...
Greater Mahoning Valley LGBTQ+ Community Needs Assessment adds to growing body of data
1+ mon, 5+ day 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…...
2026 Ohio LGBTQ+ Pride Guide
1+ mon, 5+ day 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…...
Rural Ohio village to repeal LGBTQ, renter protections, Palestine resolution
1+ mon, 2+ week 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…...
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost resigns to join national anti-LGBTQ+ hate group
1+ mon, 3+ 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…...
LGBTQ+ Ohioans testify for the first time and encounter "bullying" from the lawmakers elected to represent them
2+ mon, 2+ week 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…...
Sing out! A new choir camp will let Ohio LGBTQ+ youth raise their voices.
3+ mon, 6+ hour ago (503+ words) As Ohio lawmakers continue to pass legislation to restrict the experiences of LGBTQ+ youth, a new opportunity will provide LGBTQ+ youth with a chance to raise their voices: in song." The Music Settlement, a community music school in Cleveland founded…...
Next Week in Ohio: One committee hearing, two anti-LGBTQ+ bills and two big (potential) votes
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (518+ words) Ohio's LGBTQ+ community will be watching the Ohio House Judicial Committee on March 25, as two anti-LGBTQ+ bills have hearings, with one scheduled for a possible vote." First up, the committee will have a fourth hearing for HB 249, "The Enact the…...