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Audio This News is So Gay (8/20/25): Marriage Equality Fearmongering & Disappearing Queer Data

Featuring: Jasmine Mithani (The 19th), Juan Michael Porter II (The Sero Project) and H.L. Comeriato (The Buckeye Flame)

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Ohio AG certifies Equal Rights Amendment and Right to Marry Amendment

885,916 signatures now needed to get both on future ballot

Ohio organizers move forward with two separate amendments to ban discrimination, approve marriage equality

The decision follows a move by the Republican-controlled Ballot Board to double the work for organizers.

A husband and wife sit down at a kitchen table and flip through their marriage album.
“Better Together”: How an Ohio couple overcame struggles and found strength in a mixed-orientation marriage

An Ohio husband and pastor came out as gay to his straight wife. Today, they are together and stronger in their rainbow family.

Ohio Republicans decide Equal Rights Amendment will need double the signatures to get on the ballot

State Ballot Board separates the non-discrimination language into two amendments, requiring twice the work.

A rural Ohio community is about to celebrate their first Pride in the most family way possible

When Brittany Rayl couldn’t find a nearby celebration for her daughters to attend, she created one.

Ohio Equal Rights Amendment moves one step closer to voters weighing in on banning discrimination, approving marriage equality

“We need this amendment so that we do not have more of our rights stripped away.”

Jim Obergefell headlines Marriage Equality Celebration during Shoreline Pride in Sandusky

From comedy to drag to comic book workshops, Shoreline Pride truly has something for everyone.

Two hearings held for ‘Natural Family Month’ bill to celebrate only Ohio’s heterosexual two-parent families

Natural Family Month is a slippery slope that gives LGBTQ+ families “second class” status, says Equality Ohio.

Yes, Rainbow People of Ohio, our marriages and much more are under serious attack

'This Pride Season, in 2025, our LGBTQ+ community in Ohio needs something akin to a Stonewall brick to our collective consciousness.'

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