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With so many barriers standing between the LGBTQ+ community and accessing healthcare, a group of Ohio students have taken it into their own hands to make…

With anti-LGBTQ+ legislative action in the Columbus statehouse and a looming Supreme Court decision that leaked documents indicate will overturn Roe v. Wade, a number of…
![Nickie Antonio, first & (for now) only out LGBTQ+ state legislator, aims for 2nd term [INTERVIEW]](https://thebuckeyeflame.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/275258876_380939423844768_8164189056791451147_n-312x198.jpeg?crop=1)
Senator Nickie Antonio has made state LGBTQ+ history many times over. In 2005, she became the first out LGBTQ+ person elected to Lakewood City Council before…

The president of an Ohio university has taken aim at trans athletes and trans identity in a national syndicated op-ed. Father David Paul Pivonka has been…

The ACLU of Ohio filed a lawsuit Friday — on behalf of Equitas Health — challenging the challenging the “Medical Practitioner Conscience” law passed in 2021.…

The phrase “gender affirming care” gets tossed around a ton these days. In many LGBTQ+ circles, the phrase is a (literally) life-saving grace. In more right-wing…

In a hearing on Wednesday in the Columbus statehouse, Representative Jean Schmidt (R-Loveland) called rape an “opportunity” for women. The hearing was held in the House Government…
![WATCH “Entertaining While Black in Ohio” [VIDEO]](https://thebuckeyeflame.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/278542004_10160080063683234_3571162103616031180_n-312x198.jpeg?crop=1)
On April 25, The Buckeye Flame partnered with Plexus LGBT & Allied Chamber of Commerce to present “Entertaining While Black in Ohio.” This truly special evening…

Since 2016, OPAWL: Building AAPI Feminist Leadership has been providing a vital communal space for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women and nonbinary people in…

A proposed policy at The University of Toledo that would require students and employee’s to use a person’s preferred name in all communications is in its…

The City of Columbus is accepting nominations for the Shellabarger Illuminator Award to be presented at the annual City Hall Pride Illumination ceremony on Wednesday, June…

The walls of Quinn Sullivan’s bedroom are covered in sketches. Tacked between crooked band posters and photos of friends, Quinn’s own work stands out: on a…

The city of Columbus has filed a lawsuit against the state of Ohio challenging the “Medical Practitioner Conscience” law passed in 2021. Governor Mike DeWine signed…
![Marriage equality trailblazer Jim Obergefell sets sights on Ohio Statehouse [INTERVIEW]](https://thebuckeyeflame.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/12132021_Obergefell__C0A4366-312x198.jpg?crop=1)
Jim Obergefell brought the fight for marriage equality all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States in 2015 – and won. Now he…

For 20 minutes on April 14th, about 150 students at Hilliard Darby High School participated in a walkout to show their opposition to HB 616. The…

An Ohio professor who misgendered students and refused to use students’ stated pronouns has been given $400,000 by his university to settle his case. Nicholas Meriwether…