Cleveland and Columbus celebrate legal victory for LGBTQ+ residents in federal lawsuit against Trump

Trump’s executive orders prohibited cities from using federal grant dollars to fund programs that promote DEI and ‘gender ideology.’

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Lorain, Ohio unanimously passes resolution supporting LGBTQ+ civil rights

An LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination ordinance could be hot on the resolution’s heels

LGBTQ+ survivors of intimate partner violence sometimes fear emergency shelters. One Ohio org has booked an alternative.

LGBTQ+ people have higher barriers to seeking and getting help, fearing mistreatment from social workers, healthcare workers and law enforcement.

AudioThis News is So Gay (7/8/26): Chronicling Hyperlocal Efforts to Protect LGBTQ+ Lives

Featuring: Ben Jodway (The Buckeye Flame) & Divya Karthikeyan (Queer Kentucky)

This Art is So Gay! 7 LGBTQ+ art exhibits and displays in Ohio you must check out this summer

From Toledo to Cincinnati to Cleveland to Athens, there is some incredible LGBTQ+ art on display waiting for your eyes.

Dr. Amy Acton betrays Ohio’s trans community and yet again forces us into the ‘lesser of two evils’ debate

Just weeks after walking in Columbus Pride and being showered with love from the LGBTQ+ community, she chose to legitimize a discriminatory law that targets an infinitesimally small number of vulnerable youth in Ohio.

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