Staying Strong and Staying Put: The Fight for Trans Rights in Ohio Must Continue By Guest Commentary ● Commentary ● August 10, 2025 “We have to recognize that if we all leave, we leave behind a future without any trans voices in the state.”
Why one transgender Ohioan is glad she was disqualified from running for public office By Guest Commentary ● Commentary ● August 8, 2025 “I’m not the first nor the last Ohioan to leave the state in my rearview to find a better life.”
Is it safe for me to move to Ohio as a Black gay man living with HIV? By Juan Michael Porter II ● Commentary ● July 21, 2025 “Knowing about HIV criminalization in the state, I decided to test attitudes on the apps.”
The proposed anti-LGBTQ+ amendments in Ohio’s budget ‘must not be allowed to pass.’ [COMMENTARY] By Guest Commentary ● Commentary ● June 29, 2025 ‘I need my fellow Ohioans to join me in speaking out.’
Todrick Hall is (still) Actively Harming Queer People and Black Folks [COMMENTARY] By Ryan Clopton-Zymler ● Culture ● June 22, 2025 One LGBTQ+ Ohioan’s take on Todrick Hall’s latest album…which provides so much more than new music. And not in a good way.
‘Seriously, please leave us alone.’: Kaleidoscope Youth Center responds to LGBTQ+ discrimination in the state budget By Guest Commentary ● Commentary ● June 18, 2025 “Eligibility for access to basic human needs should not be dependent upon the opinions of those in power.”
Yes, Rainbow People of Ohio, our marriages and much more are under serious attack By Guest Commentary ● Commentary ● June 13, 2025 ‘This Pride Season, in 2025, our LGBTQ+ community in Ohio needs something akin to a Stonewall brick to our collective consciousness.’
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‘Who am I to judge?’ Pope Francis will be remembered for his response when asked about the LGBTQ+ community By LOVEboldly ● Commentary ● April 21, 2025 Pope Francis acknowledged that the institutional Catholic Church owed an apology to the LGBTQ+ community.
I’m transgender. I’m leaving Ohio. And I’m not alone. By Guest Commentary ● Commentary ● April 11, 2025 “This is a concrete manifestation of Ohio’s self-inflicted brain drain resulting from anti-transgender legislation.”