Local AIDS activists deliver coffins to steps of Cleveland City Hall By H.L. Comeriato ● Policy/Legislation ● June 12, 2025 ACT UP Cleveland performs ‘political funeral’ amid federal cuts to HIV/AIDS funding.
HIV testing and prevention important to young adult health, Ohio study states By Ohio Capital Journal ● HIV & AIDS ● May 17, 2025 Study comes as federal research grants eliminated, funding cuts loom.
Ohio ACT UP chapter meets to discuss ‘shocking’ leaked budget that slashes HIV/AIDS funding By H.L. Comeriato ● HIV & AIDS ● April 28, 2025 AIDS advocacy group pushes for strategic plan to keep Ohioans living with HIV on life-saving medications
Political action group ACT UP Cleveland meets for the first time in over 20 years amid threats to HIV/AIDS funding By H.L. Comeriato ● HIV & AIDS ● April 17, 2025 ‘We have lived this nightmare before.’
Trump administration cuts $250k grant to install 10 LGBTQ+ Ohio historical markers By Ben Jodway ● Community ● April 8, 2025 “This is clearly part of a larger effort to erase LGBTQ+ people from any sort of formal recognition by our government.”
‘They want us dead’: Ohio AIDS activist makes desperate call to action amid federal funding cuts By H.L. Comeriato ● HIV & AIDS ● March 18, 2025 ‘They are not coming for your pronouns. They are coming for your life.’
‘Guilty until our status is proven innocent’: Update on Ohio’s outdated HIV criminalization laws By Ken Schneck ● HIV & AIDS ● March 3, 2025 Black Ohioans disproportionately prosecuted.
With uncertainty over the future of Ryan White HIV funding, here’s what we know By Juan Michael Porter II ● HIV & AIDS ● February 11, 2025 A memo sent out to Cleveland-based HIV providers calls into question the future of Ryan White HIV funding.
The Buckeye Flame receives two GLAAD Media Award nominations By The Buckeye Flame ● Community ● January 22, 2025 The Flame’s independent journalism and a collaboration with The Marshall Project on outdated HIV laws receive nods.
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.