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by Reverend Dr. Tim Morrison Thirteen years ago, I felt moved to explore college chaplaincy. There is something about journeying with young people who are at…
by J. Bennett Guess, Executive Director, ACLU of Ohio I am a gay man who understands that abortion access is fundamental to my own freedom. I…
We’ve been hearing a lot of discourse this past year about curriculum bans, or, what children should and shouldn’t be learning about in school. We’ve even…
By Jenna Spinelle You don’t need to look far these days to find reasons to despair about the state of American politics. From Supreme Court decisions…
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…