Ken Schneck is the Editor of The Buckeye Flame. He is the author of "Seriously, What Am I Doing Here? The Adventures of a Wondering and Wandering Gay Jew" (2017), "LGBTQ Cleveland" (2018), "LGBTQ Columbus" (2019), and "LGBTQ Cincinnati" (2020). In his spare time, he is a professor of education at Baldwin Wallace University.
For 20 minutes on April 14th, about 150 students at Hilliard Darby High School participated in a walkout to show their opposition to HB 616. The…
As an LGBTQ+ ally, Nina Turner is not afraid to admit she has a lot to learn. “I don’t tend to walk into a space thinking…
If your posts about HB 616 are not beginning with–or even mentioning!–race, then you’re doing it wrong. “Don’t Say Gay” is a catchy slogan and makes…
This has been a pretty jam-packed week here at The Buckeye Flame. And it’s only Wednesday. With national attention and ire focused on our state due…
A national billboard campaign to created by an Ohio-based nonprofit to increase trans visibility and support now has a major partner to help expand this work.…
Ten Ohio LGBTQ+ organizations have signed an open letter to Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, and the State Medical Board asking that they cut all…
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In an effort to combat the negativity assailing the trans community across the country, an Ohio-based LGBTQ+ organization has come up with an ingenious idea to…
Morgan Harper is not your typical politician. And she sure as heck isn’t trying to be. The candidate currently vying for the Democratic nomination to represent…
I can’t quite explain my obsession with writing about Josh Mandel. And I do acknowledge that my fixation on this Ohio U.S. Senate candidate is an…