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Stina Aleah wasn’t always an artist. Five years ago, she suffered a sports-related injury and turned to painting as a creative outlet. At Studio West 117,…
![“We have to fight.” – Nina Turner speaks out on LGBTQ+ issues in Ohio and the path forward [INTERVIEW]](https://thebuckeyeflame.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Nina-Turner-312x198.jpg?crop=1)
As an LGBTQ+ ally, Nina Turner is not afraid to admit she has a lot to learn. “I don’t tend to walk into a space thinking…

This Saturday, April 9, more than 1,000 people will gather in downtown Columbus to participate in AIDS Walk Ohio 2022. This year’s 5K walk, 5K run,…

If your posts about HB 616 are not beginning with–or even mentioning!–race, then you’re doing it wrong. “Don’t Say Gay” is a catchy slogan and makes…

From rampant misgendering and denial of promised trans healthcare to hostile store management and callused corporate rebuffs, queer union organizers at one Cleveland Starbucks have their…

by Micah Smith (they/them), Student Body President, Kenyon College, ’22 For many students in Kenyon College’s class of 2022, I was the first out transgender–and specifically…

This has been a pretty jam-packed week here at The Buckeye Flame. And it’s only Wednesday. With national attention and ire focused on our state due…

Less than 24 hours after Ohio’s version of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill was introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives, reactions from all across the…

A national billboard campaign to created by an Ohio-based nonprofit to increase trans visibility and support now has a major partner to help expand this work.…

For LGBTQ+ individuals who feel alone, the Mama Bears are here to support them with resources, conversation, and a mother’s love. Armed with banners and buttons…

I used to sit around and wonder where the Black gay men were. I never wondered where the gay white men were: they seemed to be…

Ten Ohio LGBTQ+ organizations have signed an open letter to Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, and the State Medical Board asking that they cut all…

While music has always brought people together, the styles “Christian” and “Queer” typically aren’t seen together…but artists like Grace “Semler” Baldridge (all pronouns) are trying to…

The United States is a country of freedom of speech and ideas. Our classrooms should be no different, providing a space to explore topics, conversations and…

A group of Ohio-based Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) change-makers just finished an incredible training program and are now armed with extensive knowledge of anti-oppressive…

On March 31st, communities around the world will celebrate Trans Day of Visibility, an event giving trans people and their allies a reason to celebrate and…