New report: 32% of youth in Cuyahoga County foster care are LGBTQ+; disproportionately having adverse experiences By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● June 17, 2021 32% of youth surveyed identified as LGBTQ, compared to 9.2% nationwide average of youth age 13-17 identifying as LGBTQ+.
LGBTQ+ Pride and Prejudice in Wyandot County, Ohio [COMMENTARY] By Alissa Paolella ● Community ● June 15, 2021 “They say we’re divisive because we’re proud. Somehow our very presence in rural Ohio is too big and too much.”
Ohio Girl Scout Aims for Highest Honor…Via Amplifying LGBTQ+ Youth Voices By Ken Schneck ● Community ● June 2, 2021 The Gold Award is the highest achievement within the Girl Scouts of the USA, earned by only 5.4% of eligible Girl Scouts.
Despite Their GSA Being Cut, Euclid High School Students Persist in Creating Change By Caitlin Fisher ● BIPOC ● March 9, 2021 Co-Advisor Libby Russo (she/her) says, “I don’t care about the money, I just want them to be recognized as a club.”
ICYMI – Feeling Myself: Sex and Sexuality in the Black Community [VIDEO] By The Buckeye Flame ● BIPOC ● March 6, 2021 On February 14, the African Youth League at OSU sponsored “Feeling Myself,” a conversation around sex and sexuality in the Black community.
Taking Ownership of My Bisexuality In Ohio Has Been a Struggle [Commentary] By Tim Collingwood ● Commentary ● March 3, 2021 “I was scared to come out of the closet, let alone come out of the closet for something I didn’t understand about myself…”
An Out & Proud Wonk: Rebecca Maurer Vies for Cleveland City Council By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● March 2, 2021 We caught up with the candidate to get her thoughts on Cleveland as a moral leader, a trans murder epicenter, and an LGBTQ+ destination.
LGBTQ+ Ohioans are making podcasts you’ll love, Volume 1 By Ken Schneck ● Community ● August 31, 2020 For your listening pleasure, we present to you 12 LGBTQ+ podcasts made right here in Ohio.
Crain’s Cleveland Releases List of Notable LGBTQ Executives: 95% White, 0% Transgender By Ken Schneck ● BIPOC ● August 27, 2020 “Were others asked? Were others nominated? Did some decline? I really didn’t know.”
If Not Now, When? By Peter Kusnic ● Bisexuality/Bi+ ● July 6, 2020 For 24-Year-Old Statehouse candidate Zach Stepp, sitting on the sidelines this election was not an option.