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The Akron Marathon blazes a sole-ful path for LGBTQ+ participants

By Ken Schneck ● Health & Wellness ● August 21, 2025

Organizers efforts for acceptance and visibility are a step ahead.

AudioThis News is So Gay (8/20/25): Marriage Equality Fearmongering & Disappearing Queer Data

By Ken Schneck ● Podcasts ● August 20, 2025

Featuring: Jasmine Mithani (The 19th), Juan Michael Porter II (The Sero Project) and H.L. Comeriato (The Buckeye Flame)

Whitehall, Ohio passes LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination protections, bans conversion therapy on minors

By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● August 19, 2025

The City Council for the Columbus suburb voted unanimously to join a growing list of Ohio municipalities offering these LGBTQ+ protections.

AudioThis News is So Gay (8/13/25): Conversion Therapy Headlines & the Queer Loss of Public Broadcasting

By Ken Schneck ● Podcasts ● August 13, 2025

Featuring: Susan Tebben (The Ohio Capital Journal), Adam Rhodes (Investigative Reporters and Editors) and Lauren Chapman (Indiana Public Broadcasting).

Ohio AG certifies Equal Rights Amendment and Right to Marry Amendment

By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● August 11, 2025

885,916 signatures now needed to get both on future ballot

As proposed statewide LGBTQ+ equality falters, Ohio LGBTQ+ advocates question: Is local action the only viable option?

By H.L. Comeriato, Ben Jodway & Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● August 6, 2025

Local organizers are taking LGBTQ+ equality into their own hands as state lawmakers fail to advance a single pro-LGBTQ+ bill.

AudioThis News is So Gay: LGBTQ+ Immigration Issues & a D.C. Memo That Only Benefits…White Men?

By Ken Schneck ● Podcasts ● August 6, 2025

Featuring: Gisselle Medina (Fresnoland), Felipe De La Hoz (The New Republic) and Levi Kalish (HuffPost)

Ohio organizers move forward with two separate amendments to ban discrimination, approve marriage equality

By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● July 31, 2025

The decision follows a move by the Republican-controlled Ballot Board to double the work for organizers.

AudioThis News is So Gay: More Assaults on Queer History & the LGBTQ+ Art Exhibit You Won’t See

By Ken Schneck ● Podcasts ● July 30, 2025

Featuring: Ben Jodway (The Buckeye Flame), Zackory Kirk (Three Plus One Media) and Diane Anderson-Minshall (GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics)

AudioOut LGBTQ+ candidate runs for Cleveland City Council to prioritize community voices

By Ken Schneck ● Politics ● July 29, 2025

Andrew DeFratis chatted with us about his candidacy and what he is hoping to bring to Cleveland City Council.

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