New Richmond, Ohio hosts first LGBTQ+ Pride in Clermont County [GALLERY]

New Richmond, Ohio, hosted the first public LGBTQ+ Pride celebration in Clermont County. The Buckeye Flame captured these images.

By H.L. Comeriato (They/Them) ● Community, Pride ● June 17, 2022

In New Richmond, Ohio — a village about 20 miles southeast of Cincinnati — residents publicly celebrated LGBTQ+ Pride for the first time in the history of Clermont County.

On Friday, June 10, attendees kicked off a three-day festival organized by the New Richmond Pride Foundation, gathering at the village’s covered bandstand on the banks of the Ohio River. Not bad for a small town where the Board of Education banned rainbows just last year.

The Bellowing Pines — a queer-fronted band from Cincinnati— played a 50-minute set.

The Buckeye Flame captured these images.

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H.L. Comeriato (They/Them)

H.L. Comeriato is the staff writer for The Buckeye Flame. A queer and non-binary writer and reporter from Akron, Ohio, they covered public health for The Devil Strip via Report for America. Their work has been recognized by multiple journalism organizations, including first place honors from both the Society of Professional Journalists and the Associated Press Media Editors Association for a story they co-created on the relationship between redlining and asthma rates in children.

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H.L. Comeriato (They/Them)

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