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Audio This News is So Gay (9/16/26): Challenging the myth of solidarity in the LGBTQ+ community

Featuring: Dr. Kaila Adia Story (‘The Rainbow Ain’t Never Been Enuf’)
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How one Ohio Black trans poet found power in brevity
Zuggie Tate’s chapbook ‘Abomination Pink’ explores the beauty that survives every attempt at erasure.
Ohio is a hotbed for queer cryptids. Yes, queer cryptids.
Ensconced in shadows and myth, cryptids often live along the edge of two worlds, almost invisibly.
It’s the 150th birthday of one of Ohio’s most influential lesbians. Here’s why you need to know Natalie Clifford Barney.
The Ohio-born author, salon hostess and proud lesbian was the toast of early 20th century Paris. Her story can and should continue to inspire.
Political ads with made-up trans people are being used to bash Democrats
Elon Musk’s super PAC dropped dozens of ads this week in key Senate races (including in Ohio), and the majority of them focus on trans people. Others are resorting to AI.
‘We the People’ needs to include incarcerated trans Ohioans. Right now it does not.
“Whatever disagreements we may have about criminal justice or accountability, we do not sentence people in this country to rape or sexual assault.”
Author Peyton June channels her Ohio childhood into sci-fi horror novel ‘The Monsters We Made’
“I feel like teenagers – especially with times like these, especially queer kids – are either going to want something that’s wish fulfillment, light and fluffy to escape or something that reflects the horrors that they feel are happening.”

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