Cleveland Gender Freedom Policy needs 5,000+ signatures for City Council vote

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AudioThis News is So Gay (6/3/26): Navigating Pride Month as a Queer Journalist and Previewing Upcoming LGBTQ+ Films

Featuring: Dana Piccoli (News is Out) and John Parker (The Gaily Show)

Your input needed: Equality Ohio’s legal clinic launches survey to assess LGBTQ+ needs

‘2026 is very, very different from 2019.’: The community’s needs have changed drastically since the clinic launched 7 years ago.

New poll: Supermajority of Ohio voters believe politicians use trans issues as a distraction

Affordability/inflation is 5 times more a concern than transgender issues.

2026 LGBTQ+ Ohio Pride Guide

To #FindYourPride, our 2026 guide has sections organized by city and by date.

Draw 4: Marriage Equality is a losing game of Uno unless Ohioans take action

‘Ohio’s LGBTQ+ community cannot afford to assume that existing rights will remain untouched simply because they exist today.’

A Lifeline Long Overdue: New Cleveland-based health clinic specializes in LGBTQ+, Latino care

Neighborhood Family Practice is bringing culturally rooted, community-based care directly to one of the city’s most underserved communities

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