Rural Ohio LGBTQ+ community comes together to celebrate Fremont Pride [GALLERY]

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ community members and allies participated in the Sandusky County celebration, 35 miles southeast of Toledo.

By Ken Schneck ● Galleries, Pride, Queer Joy, Rural ● July 20, 2025

A rural Ohio community turned out in droves to celebrate Fremont Pride on July 19.

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ community members and allies participated in this 5th annual Sandusky County celebration, 35 miles southeast of Toledo. The six-hour festival featured live music, drag performers, vendors and community resource providers.

Below are some of the images we captured from throughout the day.

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Learn more about Fremont Pride by visiting their website here.
There are still more than a dozen LGBTQ+ Ohio Pride celebrations left in 2025. Check them out by visiting our Pride Guide here.

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Ken Schneck

Dr. Ken Schneck (he/him) is the editor of The Buckeye Flame, Ohio’s LGBTQ+ newsroom. For this work, he was honored with the Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for National LGBTQ+ Journalist of the Year. He is the author of “Seriously, What Am I Doing Here? The Adventures of a Wondering and Wandering Gay Jew” and three LGBTQ+ Ohio history books. Schneck spent 25 years working in higher education, including 10 years as a dean of students and 13 years as a tenured professor of education. He is a graduate of the Executive Program in News Innovation and Leadership at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York.

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