They started as a friend group of LGBTQ+ Ohioans. Now, they’re running their rural county’s first Pride.

In the past, Van Wert County residents traveled to Indiana for Pride

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House Republicans pass drag ban targeting transgender Ohioans; bill now moves to Senate

Conservative lawmakers said they will use the bill to target transgender Ohioans who use public locker rooms

AudioThis News is So Gay (3/25/26): Exposing How ICE Presence is Impacting HIV Care

Featuring: Sam Donndelinger (Uncloseted Media) and Darian Aaron (GLAAD)

LGBTQ+ Ohioans mark upcoming Transgender Day of Visibility 2026 with community events

Transgender people will celebrate the lives, legacies and futures of transgender Ohioans across the state.

Columbus-based Kaleidoscope Youth Center pauses queer expansion into Northwest Ohio, lays off staff amid drop in grant funding

LGBTQ+ residents attempt to pick up the organizing that no longer has a sponsor

Trans Ohioans create a safe space to teach other trans people how to shoot guns and handle firearms safely

‘People were smiling and happy and feeling comfortable [because] they have access to firearms for the first time in a safe place.’

Next week in Ohio: One committee hearing, two anti-LGBTQ+ bills and two big (potential) votes

The drag ban and the bill to legally protect parents who reject their trans children both have hearings on Wednesday

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