Audio This News is So Gay (7/29/26): Covering the Trump Administration’s Latest Attacks on the LGBTQ+ Community
Featuring: Christopher Wiggins (The Advocate) and Orion Rummler (The 19th)
Health & Wellness
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There’s a not-so-secret garden growing in Dayton’s BIPOC LGBTQ+ community
Black In Blooming is cultivating community and health for Black queer Daytonians through art, movement and intentional spaces for belonging
Ohio’s laws criminalize people living with HIV. This org is doing everything they can to change that.
From education to advocacy, Caracole in Cincinnati is wielding every tool at their disposal to help end the HIV epidemic.
‘Playing with fire’: Trump administration cuts HIV prevention funding to community-based organizations, including Equitas Health in Ohio
Advocates fear the cuts could set the stage for an increase in new HIV cases.
Crowdfunding has become a lifeline for LGBTQ+ Ohioans of color
Community members say online fundraisers and mutual aid are filling gaps left by housing, healthcare and employment systems.
LGBTQ+ survivors of intimate partner violence sometimes fear emergency shelters. One Ohio org has booked an alternative.
LGBTQ+ people have higher barriers to seeking and getting help, fearing mistreatment from social workers, healthcare workers and law enforcement.
New Ohio LGBTQ+ org offers free gender-affirming clothing and community
The Rainbow Society of Medina County's MoE's Closet opened last January and has already helped its queer neighbors
A lack of funding, a glut of stigma: How Ohio LGBTQ+ health outcomes are impacted
Recognizing the ripple effects of one population’s health outcomes can be a powerful message for other Ohioans whose attention might be elsewhere.
TransHearts provides peer-led support, resources for trans, nonbinary and gender non-conforming people in Dayton
“We’re all in this together,” said founder Sabrina Ray, who created TransHearts in February.
How an Ohio vending machine has become a harm-reduction lifeline
Caracole in Cincinnati introduced the machines in Ohio as an always-open, judgment-free doorway to connection, care and education.
