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H.L. Comeriato

H.L. Comeriato (they/them) is an award-winning multimedia journalist living and working in Ohio. They were honored with the Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for National LGBTQ+ Journalist of the Year.

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H.L.'s Latest Articles

‘Bans off our bodies:’ Cleveland rallies for abortion access [GALLERY]

Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio hosted rallies across the state. In Cleveland, hundreds gathered to support legal abortion access.

LGBTQ+ Ohioans need abortions too. Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio helps explain.

LGBTQ+ people already face complicated barriers to abortion access, and further limiting their resources will have awful consequences.

“Polarizing” & “Life-Saving”: What actually *IS* gender-affirming care? We spoke to an Ohio doc to find out.

We sat down with Ohio's Dr. Crystal Cole to talk about the realities of gender affirming care and why it is important.

How the Center for Gender Affirming Medicine is helping Ohio’s transgender youth survive & thrive

Trans & gender diverse youth face disproportionate mental health risks. Here's how one Ohio center is changing the game to support them.

Studio West 117 unveils new mural by Cleveland artists Stina Aleah and Aja Joi Grant

The Fieldhouse, scheduled to open to the public in 2022, will host fitness classes, open gym times and the LGBTQ+ Youth Sports League.

Each summer, Ohio’s Camp Lilac invites trans campers to be themselves

Campers between ages 12 and 17 are invited to be themselves — many for the first time in their entire lives.

Gay Community Endowment Fund’s Sugar Plum Tour celebrates 20 years of local giving and holiday magic

Today, the Sugar Plum Tour brings in $150,000+ in ticket sales & philanthropic donations. But in 2001, it was a different story.

Akron Native Marcy Bones Tells a Queer, Heartfelt Tale in Animated Series “The Other Town”

Marcy “Bones” Jones, who was born and raised in Akron, has been developing “The Other Town” since she was in college.

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