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Out of Ohio: JD Samson (Le Tigre / MEN)

By Ken Schneck ● Culture ● September 14, 2020

JD Samson (Le Tigre / MEN) chats with The Buckeye Flame about life growing up in Ohio.

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The Deadly Gay Bar Fire That Time Forgot

By Ken Schneck ● Community ● September 12, 2020

“The Up Stairs Lounge was not a place where any type of bigotry or discourtesy was tolerated.”

Sissy That Stage: Evolution Theatre Company to Stream World Premiere

By Megan Hageman ● Culture ● September 4, 2020

The Sissy Chronicles proudly declares, ““Yeah I’m a sissy, big deal. Get over it.”

LGBTQ+ Ohioans are making podcasts you’ll love, Volume 1

By Ken Schneck ● Community ● August 31, 2020

For your listening pleasure, we present to you 12 LGBTQ+ podcasts made right here in Ohio.

Out of Ohio: Robert O’Hara (Playwright/Director)

By Ken Schneck ● Community ● August 22, 2020

Ohio is a free state where you can look across the river and see a slave state, and that fucks with you.

Quarantine is a Drag: A Chat with Drag News Ohio’s “C.E.O.” Dusty Bucket

By BJ Colangelo ● Community ● August 21, 2020

“This has called me to make drag in a way that just can’t be replicated on a stage.”

Queer Poetry Spotlight Series: Tim’m T. West [VIDEO]

By Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library ● Culture ● August 14, 2020

For decades, West has traveled across the country speaking about issues at the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and social justice.

Out of Ohio: Terry Ray (Actor/Screenwriter/Playwright)

By Ken Schneck ● Culture ● August 12, 2020

“I don’t have people in California who remember me with hair. But in Ohio, they remember that I used to have hair.”

Queer Poetry Spotlight Series: Audre Lorde & Adrienne Rich [VIDEO]

By Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library ● BIPOC ● August 6, 2020

This virtual series highlights queer poets, poems, and their contexts from across the spectrum, across racial identities, across history, and all over the world.

The Famished King: A Quarantine Drag Story [COMMENTARY]

By Guest Commentary ● Commentary ● August 4, 2020

I’m afraid Quarantine is going to starve the drag side of me to death.