Community Archives – The Buckeye Flame

‘We are still here’: Ohio LGBTQ+ students navigate campus life after Senate Bill 1

By Collaborative Newslab @ Kent State Unviersity ● Policy/Legislation ● May 9, 2026

The queer community at Kent State University continues to express itself, even as Ohio’s SB1 reshapes speech and life on campus.

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A child in a blue hat examines a table full of Pride memorabilia on a bright, sunny day.

Rural Ohio LGBTQ+ org to celebrate 5th annual Pride despite their lawmaker spearheading hate

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● May 8, 2026

Seneca Proud has brought together Seneca County’s queer community for five years and counting

After growing up there without a safe space, a trans man creates his rural Ohio county’s first Pride

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● May 5, 2026

The 24-year-old hopes to bring a sense of community to his home in Adams County

2026 LGBTQ+ Ohio Pride Guide

By Ken Schneck, H.L. Comeriato, Ben Jodway & Anna Malefatto (she/her) ● Pride ● May 4, 2026

To #FindYourPride, our 2026 guide has sections organized by city and by date.

2025-26 Guide to Ohio’s LGBTQ+ Legislation (136th General Assembly)

By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● May 1, 2026

To help you differentiate one bill from another, we have put together this easy-to-use reference guide to Ohio LGBTQ+ legislation.

BQIC celebrates 9 years of Black LGBTQ+ advocacy, collaboration and Community Pride

By Elizabeth Randolph-Montgomery ● BIPOC ● April 28, 2026

The Columbus-based organization’s mission to further the liberation of Black LGBTQ+ people hasn’t wavered when blatant and unique challenges began affecting its community.

Want to tell Ohio legislators how you feel about policy? Here’s one way to do it.

By Ohio Capital Journal ● Policy/Legislation ● April 24, 2026

Testifying in Ohio legislative committees vital to democracy, advocates say.

Case Western Reserve University honors Ugandan human rights leader

By Ohio LGBTQ+ Events ● Community ● April 18, 2026

Frank Mugisha will be awarded the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence and deliver remarks on Sept. 17-18.

National gathering of LGBTQ+ organizers to be held in Midwest in 2027

By Ken Schneck ● Community ● April 16, 2026

Creating Change brings together thousands of participants to build strategy, share skills and strengthen the LGBTQ+ movement

The Buckeye Flame welcomes two reporting fellows covering LGBTQ+ Ohioans of color

By H.L. Comeriato ● Community ● April 13, 2026

Elizabeth Randolph-Montgomery and Siaara Freeman join Ohio’s LGBTQ+ newsroom