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Ohio House Democrats announce Marriage Equality Act, protecting LGBTQ+ and interracial couples’ right to marry

By H.L. Comeriato ● Policy/Legislation ● October 20, 2023

The Marriage Equality Act would update the Ohio Revised Code to include all marriages —protecting LGBTQ+ and interracial couples regardless of federal law.

Ohio’s proposed transgender bathroom ban has second hearing, mirrors legislation drafted by anti-LGBTQ+ hate group

By H.L. Comeriato ● Policy/Legislation ● October 11, 2023

Ohio House Bill 183 would ban transgender individuals from using group restroom facilities and locker rooms in Ohio public schools and colleges.

Same four Ohio colleges named ‘The Absolute Worst Campuses for LGBTQ Youth’ three years in a row

By H.L. Comeriato ● Faith ● October 5, 2023

For the third time, these four Ohio colleges have been ranked among the most dangerous and discriminatory for LGBTQ+ students.

‘It’s about listening to people’: Out LGBTQ+ candidate Arienne Childrey to run against Rep. Angela King in Ohio’s 84th district

By H.L. Comeriato ● Politics ● September 27, 2023

Transgender candidate Arienne Childrey has announced a run against Rep. Angela King, who protested alongside neo-Nazis at Celina’s Small Town Pride festival earlier this year.

‘We’re not going anywhere’: A targeted Ohio LGBTQ+ center fights back against racist, anti-LGBTQ+ violence

By H.L. Comeriato ● Youth ● September 21, 2023

Faced with threats from white supremacists and other anti-LGBTQ+ extremists, Colors+ staff want queer and trans youth to know they’ll never back down.

Transform Cincy provides transgender youth with a personal stylist, fresh wardrobe and a sense of LGBTQ+ community

By H.L. Comeriato ● Youth ● September 1, 2023

Transform Cincy creates personalized shopping and styling experiences for trans youth. Now, the Cincinnati-based non-profit plans to make their de facto status as an LGBTQ+ community center official.

Rural Ohio community under assault; hundreds of screenshots, videos depict anti-LGBTQ+ attacks

By H.L. Comeriato & Ken Schneck ● Community ● August 22, 2023

For months, organizers in Celina have faced an onslaught of harassment and threats from anti-LGBTQ Christian and white-supremacist groups

How queer deathcare is changing the way LGBTQ+ Ohioans die

By H.L. Comeriato ● Community ● July 28, 2023

LGBTQ+ Americans come from a rich legacy of community-based deathcare. In Ohio, they are reclaiming the practice with creativity and self-determination.

New Ohio bill would allow unlicensed chaplains to work in public schools

By Ken Schneck, H.L. Comeriato & Riley Roliff ● Policy/Legislation ● July 25, 2023

LGBTQ+ advocates are sounding the alarm on this and a similar bill in Texas that has chaplains replacing school counselors.

Ohio Democrats introduce legislation to provide statewide LGBTQ+ protections for the eleventh time

By H.L. Comeriato ● Policy/Legislation ● June 29, 2023

After ten failed attempts, Ohio Democrats will reintroduce a bill to protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination.

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