Commentary Archives – Page 12 of 17

The Buckeye Flame’s Top 5 LGBTQ+ Ohio Stories of 2021

By The Buckeye Flame ● Policy/Legislation ● December 28, 2021

We wrote them. You read them. And now we’re counting down the 5 you clicked on the most in 2021.

Latest in Commentary

“We’ve been here before.” – How creating a budget for Stonewall Columbus became about saving lives

By Densil Porteous ● BIPOC ● November 29, 2021

“We have an opportunity to demonstrate our capacity for change, for evolution…to save lives.”

Letter to the Editor: “Barbara Danforth must be honest about her errors.”

By Guest Commentary ● Commentary ● October 29, 2021

“And what of the great silence from local Jewish institutions on this matter?”

We should rebrand the antitrans HB 454 as “Leelah Alcorn’s Law” [COMMENTARY]

By Ginger Marshall ● Policy/Legislation ● October 21, 2021

“It is time to let the abused and neglected trans kids speak up. HB 454 should always and only be called Leelah Alcorn’s Law.”

Dave Chappelle can kiss my Black gay ass [COMMENTARY]

By Guest Commentary ● BIPOC ● October 10, 2021

The comedian targets transgender people in new Netflix special.

An Open Letter to Executive Leadership at Equitas Health from the Queer Partnership for Black Liberation

By Guest Commentary ● BIPOC ● October 7, 2021

“We believe there is an opportunity here to acknowledge all of the harm, offer repair, commit to the long term work that is repair, and follow through with that repair.”

Reminder: Ohio’s Trigger Ban on Abortion Affects LGBTQ+ People Too

By Cori Schleiffer ● Commentary ● September 30, 2021

“Potentially, we are weeks away from a near-complete ban on abortion access across the country and in the state of Ohio.”

Stonewall Columbus Director’s Corner: The right people, the right seats, the right time.

By Densil Porteous ● Commentary ● September 18, 2021

“I cracked open the book’s bind and in I went…within lines I was entrenched.”

“I considered myself a touch-averse person.” And then this gay Ohioan visited California.

By Guest Commentary ● Commentary ● September 3, 2021

“Recently, my husband and I spent a week in San Francisco, California, and something happened that I previously thought impossible.”

“I Did Not Hate Being a Man, But I’m a Much Better Person as a Woman”

By Barbara Marie Minney ● Transgender ● July 29, 2021

“I have expanded my horizons and my social consciousness beyond anything that I envisioned as a man.”