Dear Exhausted Ohio LGBTQ+ Community: Rest is resistance. Rest is action. By Ben Huelskamp (he/they) ● Commentary ● February 9, 2025 “If you’re struggling to rest because you feel you need to fight and survive, know that rest is a form of fighting back.”
Sponsored contentSponsored ‘I had to be a warrior:’ How one Black, LGBTQ+ Ohioan blazed a trail in Alzheimer’s caregiving By Ken Schneck ● Sponsored Content ● January 28, 2025 Deneen Day has bravely navigated support systems designed for people who don’t look like her or love like her.
Ohio’s Center for Christian Virtue called our LGBTQ+ youth crisis hotline ‘dangerous.’ Here are the (life-saving) facts. By Guest Commentary ● Commentary ● January 19, 2025 “Our hotline typically received about 284 calls a month from Ohio. Following Governor DeWine’s signing of HB 8, calls surged to 1,134.”
After more than three decades, queer men will finally be able to donate their tissue By Cole Williams ● Health & Wellness ● January 16, 2025 The little-known FDA policy caused thousands of members of our community to be denied their dying wishes.
Burning River Roller Derby is changing sports culture, one hip check at a time By H.L. Comeriato ● Queer Joy ● January 10, 2025 Facing increased gender scrutiny in sports, roller derby offers a refuge for women, queer and transgender athletes
DIRT Brings HIV/AIDS Advocacy Down to Earth for Black Communities in Ohio By Ilona Westfall ● Health & Wellness ● January 5, 2025 ‘Black folks are not hard to reach. People just never take the chance or the time to really reach them.’
Local schools, colleges in Southeast Ohio respond to Ohio’s bathroom bill By Athens County Independent ● Policy/Legislation ● December 12, 2024 One local school district is concerned about the bill’s potential contradictions with federal statutes.
As one rural Ohio LGBTQ+ community center is shutting down, another is stepping in By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● December 12, 2024 LGBTQ+ Spectrum of Findlay is “passing the torch” to Columbus-based Kaleidoscope Youth Center to focus on community-informed programming.
AudioDeath Becomes Him: Ohio’s first out elected LGBTQ+ coroner brings new life to the role By Drew Filipski ● Health & Wellness ● December 6, 2024 We spoke to Dr. Nathaniel Overmire of Franklin County about end-of-life dignity and building a more inclusive Ohio.
Cincinnati City Council approves $500k for funding trans youth mental healthcare By Ben Jodway ● Youth ● November 25, 2024 In the wake of HB 68, Cincinnati City Council has approved $500,000 to fund trans and nonbinary mental healthcare