The Buckeye Flame amplifies the voices of LGBTQ+ Ohioans to support community and civic empowerment through the creation of engaging content that chronicles our triumphs, struggles, and lived experiences.
As the City Council of Maple Heights City Council again voted down a resolution last week to declare the month of June 2021 as LGBTQ+ Pride…
Editor’s Note: We received a flood of e-mails from readers asking if we could please publish a piece on the passing of Alix Dobkin. She clearly…
During an “Equality Forum” on Wednesday night hosted by the Cleveland Stonewall Democrats, one of the candidates repeatedly misgendered a friend of hers in answering a…
A video has been posted by several people across social media showing a 14-year-old Ohio boy being attacked on Thursday afternoon on the bleachers of Defiance…
Today the ACLU released an FAQ detailing the steps that Ohioans can take to correct the gender marker on their birth certificate so that it truly…
Ohio State Representative Juanita Brent has sent an open letter to the Maple Heights City Council expressing her disappointment in their rejection of a proposal to…
On May 10, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the prohibition on sex discrimination—in both Section 1557 and Title IX—would include…
In his bid to replace Rob Portman as United States Senator representing Ohio in 2022, Josh Mandel continues to employ transphobic rhetoric to appeal to Ohio…
A new study in the journal Transgender Health indicates a significant increase in body mass index (BMI) over time in the transgender males after starting testosterone…
On Friday, the Cleveland Cavaliers debuted a one-minute video affirming Northeast Ohio’s LGBTQ+ community. Premiering on the jumbo screens at Pride Night, “For the Love. For…