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

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

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Camp Indigo promises happy campers when all trans camp returns to Ohio this summer

The summer day camp for kids 5–17 provides youth an opportunity to meet other trans kids in a fun atmosphere.

Ohio Republicans introduce bill to designate month honoring heterosexual married families

The group behind the legislation says that each family must have “a clear male leader and that leader must come from the family's lineage.”

First hearing held for bill to prohibit Ohio schools from using students’ ‘transgender names or pronouns’

One of the bill’s sponsors testified that the bill would ‘intentionally’ reduce suicides by discouraging students from identifying as trans.

Ohio’s proposed drag ban is back; Republicans rebrand it the ‘Indecent Exposure Modernization Act’

Under HB 249, drag performers could face felony charges if a juvenile attends an ‘obscene’ performance.

Same-sex parenting rights under scrutiny in Ohio Supreme Court case heard this month

Ohio Supreme Court to decide parental rights of woman who was in a relationship with kids' mother when they were born.

LGBTQ+ kids deserve more than just a ‘tolerant’ summer camp. Here’s how to find an affirming one.

Queer Camp Fair directory is a resource for families seeking more than just a promise of inclusivity.

Trump just called supporting trans youth ‘child abuse.’ Ohio parents respond.

‘Had her father and I chosen not to support her--that would have been child abuse.’

Appellate court strikes down Ohio ban on gender-affirming health care for transgender youth

'There is no question that the treatments at issue here are, in fact, health care.’

‘I had to be a warrior:’ How one Black, LGBTQ+ Ohioan blazed a trail in Alzheimer’s caregiving

Deneen Day has bravely navigated support systems designed for people who don't look like her or love like her.

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