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The Ohio Department of Health will not be appealing a federal court ruling allowing people to change the gender marker on their birth certificates. The U.S.…
When Governor DeWine’s budget—House Bill 110—was introduced on February 16, it included a three-word change with major implications for LGBTQ+ couples in Ohio. Embedded on page…
In celebration of the premiere of ‘Ahead of the Curve’—a feature documenting the rise of the best-selling lesbian lifestyle magazine ever published—The Buckeye Flame and Plexus…
A Piqua, Ohio couple says that a Casstown, Ohio wedding venue has refused to hold their wedding because they are a same-sex couple. Though the website…
The Athletic Equality Index (AEI) was released this week, measuring LGBTQ+ inclusion policies and practices in NCAA D-I athletic departments. Launched in 2017, the AEI aims…
On Monday, the NCAA LGBTQ OneTeam—a group of NCAA-trained facilitators at colleges across the country—published an open letter explicitly condemning the actions taken by Ohio and…
On Sunday, March 28, a #StopAsianHate rally and March were held in Cleveland’s Asia Town and was sponsored by AsiaTown Cleveland, OCA Cleveland, ASIA Inc, OPAWL,…
An appeals court has ruled that Nicholas Meriwether can move ahead to try to prove his case that Shawnee State University violated his First Amendment religious…
Last week, Ohio State Senator Kristina Roegner (R-Hudson) introduced Senate Bill 132, the “Save Women’s Sports Act” to require schools, state institutions of higher education, and…
Adam Newbold, owner of C4 Coffee in Lisbon, Ohio and a retired Navy Seal, would like only certainly customers in his store. In an interview with local…