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Rebecca Vontroba

Rebecca Vontroba is a future Speech-Language Pathologist who has always taken an interest in learning more about people and their stories from all around the world. She double-majored in Communication Sciences and Psychology and earned a minor in Business Management at Case Western Reserve University. She is currently pursuing her Master’s in Speech-Language Pathology at Baldwin Wallace University.

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Rebecca's Latest Articles

A Pride 5K is ready to take flight again at Ohio’s Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s LGBTQ+ Resource Group has been helping make history by creating a culture of inclusion at the base.

Fun, Deep and Danceable: Ethan Soza’s Beats Come out of K-Pop and Pain

The 26-year-old Cleveland-based singer/songwriter is on the cusp new musical heights after surviving some familial and faith-based lows.

From emergency housing to launching his own skincare line, this 19-year-old Ohio LGBTQ+ entrepreneur went from survive to thrive

With the support of Kaleidoscope Youth Center, Ace was able to make so many of his dreams into a vibrant (and skin-hydrating!) reality.

LGBTQ+ Ohioans are making podcasts you’ll love, Volume 2

Across Ohio, LGBTQ+ people are writing, producing and recording podcasts about everything from movies and fitness to sobriety and polyamory. We rounded up a few of our favorites.

Welcomed, Supported, Celebrated: A New LGBTQ+ group builds community in Brecksville, Broadview Heights

BBH Pride works with local schools, churches and businesses to raise awareness, foster positive mental health and bring people together. 

Meet the trans psych nurse practitioner providing the care in a conservative Ohio county that he never had

“If I had had access to a provider like me, things would have been different," said Butler County's Daniel Hardy

New book release from Ohio authors lives at the intersection of identity, horror & agency in abortion

The voices of "In Trouble" explore the fantastic and ordinary ways lives are overturned by unplanned or unexpected arrivals.

Taekwondo, acupuncture, bullying & survival: Ohio author’s debut memoir details a captivating journey

Helen Yee's journey from a cloistered Chinese childhood into mainstream 1960s midwestern America is an experience to behold.

19-year-old sex educator/Ohio college student named to prestigious national list of changemakers

We spoke with Lotus Lloyd about the relevance of being a young sex educator and how he uses his voice to make a difference.

2022 Trans Day of Remembrance events across Ohio [LISTING]

The Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) is held annually as a memorial to trans individuals who are murdered each year.

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