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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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Ken's Latest Articles

Audio This News is So Gay (9/23/26): Breaking Down the Anti-Trans Strategies of Democrat Candidates

Featuring: David DeWitt (Ohio Capital Journal) and Dani Kington (Athens County Independent)

HIV decriminalization supporters to hold first-ever Advocacy Day at Ohio Statehouse

Ohio still has six laws on the books that criminalize living with HIV. And the laws are actively enforced.

The doors that closed on Studio West 117 will open to a new space centering connection and well-being

A $4.1 million winning bid paved the way for a vision to preserve the entertainment and food amenities alongside new health and wellness services.

Democratic U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur releases two anti-transgender ads ahead of Election Day

‘I voted with Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of our schools'

Audio This News is So Gay (9/16/26): Challenging the myth of solidarity in the LGBTQ+ community

Featuring: Dr. Kaila Adia Story ('The Rainbow Ain't Never Been Enuf')

How one Ohio Black trans poet found power in brevity

Zuggie Tate’s chapbook ‘Abomination Pink’ explores the beauty that survives every attempt at erasure.

The Buckeye Flame 2026 Impact Report

Without The Buckeye Flame, Ohio would join the 18 states that don't have an LGBTQ+ newsroom. We refuse to let that happen.

How many LGBTQ+ adults are in Ohio? New research says it’s astronomically higher than we thought.

Ohio joins the 40 states with an LGBTQ+ population greater than 10%.

Equality Ohio changes grade for Amy Acton from ‘Pending’ to ‘B’

Equality Ohio had changed Acton’s grade from 'A' to 'Pending' on July 28, following what they called 'harmful remarks related to transgender people.'

Audio This News is So Gay (9/2/26): Reporting on Gays Behaving Badly

Featuring: Joseph Darius Jaafari (LOOKOUT) and Daniel Villarreal (LGBTQ Nation)

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