This is Part II of a five-part Op-Ed series exploring the intersecting forces driving Cleveland’s worsening anti-trans violence epidemic. The author encourages readers interested in saving…
One of the byproducts of covering the horrific stream of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation coming out of the Ohio Statehouse is that I have had the opportunity to…
She knows it may surprise you, but Samantha Motto always wanted to attend Franciscan University of Steubenville. “I was the university’s number one fan,” Motto said.…
About six years ago, Russ Tripi began attending St. Bartholomew’s Episcopalian Church in Mayfield Village, Ohio. Both he and his husband had been raised Catholic, and…
The president of an Ohio university has taken aim at trans athletes and trans identity in a national syndicated op-ed. Father David Paul Pivonka has been…
An Ohio professor who misgendered students and refused to use students’ stated pronouns has been given $400,000 by his university to settle his case. Nicholas Meriwether…
While music has always brought people together, the styles “Christian” and “Queer” typically aren’t seen together…but artists like Grace “Semler” Baldridge (all pronouns) are trying to…
I can’t quite explain my obsession with writing about Josh Mandel. And I do acknowledge that my fixation on this Ohio U.S. Senate candidate is an…
Organized religion has long been a source of pain for countless LGBTQ+ Ohioans, with so many having been forced to leave the community that promised a…
by Lis Regula Here in Ohio, we are just gearing up for primaries and a midterm election later this year, with relatively high stakes. Many of…