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.
When Cleveland’s Valerie Mayen competed on the 8th season of Project Runway, she designed everything from a revamped bridesmaid dress, to a Jacqueline Kennedy-inspired ensemble, to…
As COVID-19 continues to disrupt society, two more in-person Ohio Pride celebrations have now been canceled to protect the health and safety of the LGBTQ+ community.
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.
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.
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.
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