Peter Kusnic is a writer and editor based in Cleveland, OH.
Since his election in 2017, Anthony Gomez – the first out, Hispanic, and youngest person to sit on Cuyahoga Falls’ Board of Education – has had…
Cleveland indie filmmaker Roger Conners was seven years old when he forced his grandfather to let him watch what would become his favorite movie, George A.…
In Zanesville, 19-year-old Kyle Johnson recently launched his campaign to become the City Council’s newest at-large member. If elected, the Black Lives Matter organizer would not…
Queer author Christopher Barzak loves ghost stories. Growing up on his grandparents’ farm in Kinsman, his family’s penchant for telling stories about the supernatural and unexplained…
When David Donofrio became the first openly gay man to sit on the board of Franklin County’s South-Western City School District in 2018 – the same…
Often in LGBTQ+ stories, the Midwest is depicted as a place to flee rather than somewhere queer life exists constantly, in all its beautiful complexity, regardless…
Will Cashman is open to new connections. The 33-year-old contractor is currently bouncing back from a 7-year relationship that went south. Having recently moved to Slavic…
In November, Franklin County made history in electing not one but two out judges to county benches for the first time ever. In addition to Jeff…
Back in March, Charmaine McGuffey was in the home stretch of a Democratic primary race against her former boss, Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Neil. In 2017,…
Marion County in north-central Ohio could elect its first out LGBTQ+ candidate to countywide office this November. Robb Koons, who is openly gay, is running to…