I am the type of person who marks time with milestones like holidays and graduations. I know that’s not exactly uncommon, but towards my later adolescence,…
My discomfort with the commodification of Mothers’ Day intensified this year as non-birthing politicians continue to make decisions about birthing bodies. The news site Politico stirred…
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…
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…
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…
by Ginger Williams, TransOhio Transgender youth are under attack yet again. This time the attack comes at the local school board level. TransOhio has received an…
(This commentary was provided by Policy Matters Ohio, a nonprofit public policy institute.) Last year, while candidates for mayor and city council ran for office, a…
I can’t quite explain my obsession with writing about Josh Mandel. And I do acknowledge that my fixation on this Ohio U.S. Senate candidate is an…
January first was my one-year mark of serving as Executive Director of Stonewall Columbus (I was interim from June – December 2020). It has been a…
(Reprinted with permission from Leadership Columbus.) 2021 was the most trying year of my life. It was also my most rewarding year personally and professionally. My…