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In the final week of Pride Month, two LGBTQ+ centers in Ohio experienced major vandalism to their property, one with a spray-painted racist slur. Colors+ Youth…

Lifelong bowler Michelle Guzowski has been bowling at the iconic Mahall’s 20 Lanes in Lakewood for years. After a bit of a hiatus, she returned to…

Being a Black Queer man with a bit of mileage on my tires leaves me in a fairly unique position. You see, I’ve been witness to…
![Celina, Ohio: A small town with big Pride [GALLERY]](https://thebuckeyeflame.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_9573_edited-312x198.jpg?crop=1)
In Celina, Ohio, residents celebrated the town’s third annual Pride, organized by local nonprofit Small Town Pride – Celina. Small Town Pride was founded in 2020…

by Karin Connelly Rice After Cleveland Heights Mayor Kahlil Seren announced after the June 1 Progress Pride Flag raising at city hall that he would introduce policy…

This is Part II of a five-part Op-Ed series exploring the intersecting forces driving Cleveland’s worsening anti-trans violence epidemic. The author encourages readers interested in saving…

Friday saw the release of the previously-leaked Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which declared that there is no constitutional right to…

As we enter the final stretch of Pride Month, LGBTQ+ Ohioans continue to break barriers all over the state hosting inaugural Pride events where no rainbow…

Robert Dennick Joki had a full day ahead of him at Pride in the Valley in Warren, Ohio on June 18. In between coordinating two sets…
![Todrick Hall is (still) Actively Harming Queer People and Black Folks [COMMENTARY]](https://thebuckeyeflame.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Todrick-Hall-312x198.jpeg?crop=1)
In case you saw the title and thought “who is Todrick Hall,” here’s a brief primer. Hall is a gay Black performer who rose to fame…

This is Part I of a five-part Op-Ed series exploring the intersecting forces driving Cleveland’s worsening anti-trans violence epidemic. The author encourages readers interested in saving…

by Karin Connelly Rice On Wednesday, June 1, Cleveland Heights Mayor Kahlil Seren led the first-ever Progress Pride Flag raising in front of Cleveland Heights City…

With Pride Month in full swing, celebrations of love and equality have been popping up all over Ohio. Cleveland and Columbus have already celebrated Pride in…

Why so loud June? June has become an incredibly significant month in America. Companies are figuring out how to incorporate LGBTQ+ Pride into their daily existence…
![New Richmond, Ohio hosts first LGBTQ+ Pride in Clermont County [GALLERY]](https://thebuckeyeflame.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_8367_edited-1-312x198.jpg?crop=1)
In New Richmond, Ohio — a village about 20 miles southeast of Cincinnati — residents publicly celebrated LGBTQ+ Pride for the first time in the history…

For years, Susan Jones had dreamed of being a foster parent. The 31-year-old Columbus-suburb resident works in the food industry and has personally witnessed so many…