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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.

Ken's Latest Articles

My High School Bully Just Called Me 25 Years Later

By Ken Schneck ● Commentary ● July 6, 2020

I missed a call on my cell from a 201 area code, the numbers of my northern New Jersey homeland. After I de-masked in the car, I listened to the voicemail.

New Report Documents Bullying of LGBTQ+ Youth in Mid-Ohio Valley

By Ken Schneck ● Bisexuality/Bi+ ● June 29, 2020

A new report out of the Mid-Ohio Valley region details that LGBTQ+ youth in the Mid-Ohio Valley are suffering as a result of discrimination and a…

Marching With Intention

By Ken Schneck ● BIPOC ● June 25, 2020

On Saturday, June 27, participants will gather at the LGBT Historical Marker on W. 29th and Detroit in Cleveland for the LGBTQ+ March for Black Lives, walking from that starting point to the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland at 6705 Detroit.

Letter From the Editor: Flame On!

By Ken Schneck ● Community ● June 23, 2020

An editor’s task of penning the first words to introduce a new publication is daunting in normal circumstances. That same task during our current reality? Well that’s something…else.

Zooming Towards Equality

By Ken Schneck ● Community ● June 23, 2020

Though the halls of the Ohio Statehouse have been quiet over the past few months, the fight for equality has raged on, albeit in different and decidedly more Zoom-like mediums.