GalleryStrike! With Pride: Ohio Starbucks baristas strike against company’s unionbusting and removal of pride decor By Riley Roliff ● Community ● July 3, 2023 On July 1, baristas at two Ohio Starbucks stores joined workers nationwide striking for their rights.
Cleveland City Hall Opens First Gender-Inclusive Bathroom By Cleveland Scene ● Community ● July 2, 2023 The restroom will be ADA-accessible and open to all gender identities.
Ohio’s LGBTQ+ leaders & orgs respond to the Supreme Court’s ruling to limit LGBTQ+ protections By Ken Schneck ● Business ● July 1, 2023 The ruling “grants a business open to the public a constitutional right to refuse to serve members of a protected class.”
Every body in the pool: Cincifatty swim party embraces difference and celebrates people for who they are By Ryann Beaschler ● Community ● June 27, 2023 ‘You wear the bathing suit you want to. You show up in the body that you have.’
Audio‘If you burn one down, we’re putting 100 up.’: How one Ohio family responded to the burning of a Pride flag By Ken Schneck ● Community ● June 26, 2023 When one Pride flag was destroyed by arson, an Ohio family and their local community decided to replace it with quite a few more.
Queer Magic: Creating community through deep connection with self, others, Ohio and the world By Ryann Beaschler ● Health & Wellness ● June 21, 2023 This weekend’s summer solstice gathering in Columbus is a chance for healing and building consciousness.
Queer, autistic, empowering: An Ohio law professor busts norms and transforms the classroom By Riley Roliff ● Community ● June 9, 2023 ‘For various reasons, people didn’t think I should be in the same place as them. And it’s never crossed my mind that I shouldn’t be.’
A unique – and vital – Cleveland LGBTQ+ community needs assessment has launched By The Buckeye Flame ● Community ● June 4, 2023 The Greater Cleveland LGBTQ+ Community Needs Assessment involves nearly 100 local community organizations working together.
Ohio’s new $100 million LGBTQ+ hub aims to create a community destination. Some are asking, ‘But at what cost?’ By Cleveland Scene & The Buckeye Flame ● Community ● May 31, 2023 Leaders of the Studio West 117 project admit to some early growing pains. Some in Cleveland’s LGBTQ+ community think that undersells the problems.
Another Ohio city attempts to ban drag from their local Pride festival By Ken Schneck ● Pride ● May 28, 2023 Anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments were fully on display at the Celina City Council Meeting where some local citizens wants drag kept away from minors.