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Editor’s Note: The letter below was submitted to The Buckeye Flame by a parent who is in the process of moving her family out of Ohio…
by Micah Smith (they/them), Student Body President, Kenyon College, ’22 For many students in Kenyon College’s class of 2022, I was the first out transgender–and specifically…
by Ginger Williams, TransOhio Transgender youth are under attack yet again. This time the attack comes at the local school board level. TransOhio has received an…
(This commentary was provided by Policy Matters Ohio, a nonprofit public policy institute.) Last year, while candidates for mayor and city council ran for office, a…
by Lis Regula Here in Ohio, we are just gearing up for primaries and a midterm election later this year, with relatively high stakes. Many of…
by Justin Glanville Not long ago, I got a call from George Costanzo, then at the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland. George was looking to…
Cleveland Heights mayoral candidate Barbara Danforth sat for an endorsement interview with Cleveland Stonewall Democrats this summer. Her responses to their questions were so shocking that…
by Ginger Marshall Tuesday evening, I was relaxing at home when both of my phones started blowing up. Coworkers and friends were reaching out about Ohio…
by Alvin McEwen There is no other way to say this. Dave Chappelle is an ignorant son of a bitch whose embrace of stereotypes about LGBTQ…
(Editor’s note: Equitas Health is an advertiser on the website of The Buckeye Flame. Go here for the evolving timeline of statements and demands with regards…