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Ohio foundations step up to fund LGBTQ+ college services shut down by SB1

By Caitlin McNally ● Community ● August 5, 2025

Portage, Athens county foundations provide new outlets of support for the Kent State and Ohio University communities.

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Ohio governor vetoes LGBTQ+ book restrictions, keeps trans erasure language in budget

By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● July 1, 2025

Gov. Mike DeWine also vetoed language that would defund homeless shelters supporting trans youth

Students cheer as their choir director looks into the crowd with a smile.

Ohio school choir director’s job threatened because he was engaged to a transgender man

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● June 13, 2025

South Central Local Schools Board of Education was poised to remove the choir director, but backed off.

Ohio Senate passes budget containing slate of anti-LGBTQ+ attacks

By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● June 11, 2025

The budget includes language to erase trans identity, ban youth access to LGBTQ+ books and defund homeless shelters that support trans youth.

Ohio budget would ban Medicaid from covering gender affirming mental health care

By Signal Ohio ● Policy/Legislation ● June 11, 2025

The proposed budget also requires that driver’s licenses or birth certificates reflect transgender people’s sex assigned at birth.

Ohio Democrats put forth bills to protect marriage equality and LGBTQ+ youth, celebrate all loving families

By Ken Schneck & Caitlin McNally ● Policy/Legislation ● June 5, 2025

The bills also take a stand against the rash of anti-LGBTQ+ equality legislation in the state.

Kent State University to close LGBTQ+ Center, Women’s Center and Multicultural Center

By Ohio Capital Journal ● Education ● June 4, 2025

The Living-Learning Community will cease to exist because of Senate Bill 1 going into effect, according to a statement from KSU.

Ohio State deactivates LGBTQ+ website

By Signal Ohio ● Education ● June 3, 2025

The state’s flagship university also issued guidance around celebrations such as Pride Month, saying that the university’s official stance is limited to simply recognizing it.

First hearing held for Republican bill to remove crisis mental health services for Ohio teens without parental consent

By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● May 28, 2025

Rep. Jonathan Newman admitted he did not consult with any mental health professionals in drafting the bill.

Ohio library systems, advocates push back on House provision to hide LGBTQ+ materials

By Ohio Capital Journal ● Policy/Legislation ● May 24, 2025

A provision in the Ohio budget proposal would require libraries to place LGBTQ+ content out of view of minors.