NBPOC Archives – Page 3 of 6 – The Buckeye Flame

‘We need everyone to feel included’: New wellness agency prioritizes care for LGBTQ+ people of color

By The Buckeye Flame ● BIPOC ● January 19, 2022

Founded in 2019, People, Places, and Dreams is set to expand the critical mental health & addiction recovery services they provide.

Latest in NBPOC

The Buckeye Flame’s Top 5 LGBTQ+ Ohio Stories of 2021

By The Buckeye Flame ● Policy/Legislation ● December 28, 2021

We wrote them. You read them. And now we’re counting down the 5 you clicked on the most in 2021.

An Ohio First: A Harm Reduction Supply Machine is helping to minimize sex & drug health risks

By Ilona Westfall ● BIPOC ● December 27, 2021

Discreet, easy-to-use, and contact-less, the vending machine is thus judgement-free, low-barrier (items are free) and anonymous.

An Open Letter to Executive Leadership at Equitas Health from the Queer Partnership for Black Liberation

By Guest Commentary ● BIPOC ● October 7, 2021

“We believe there is an opportunity here to acknowledge all of the harm, offer repair, commit to the long term work that is repair, and follow through with that repair.”

Hey LGBTQ+ Community! – Live, work, or play in Akron? Then do THIS! Now! (Please?)

By Ken Schneck ● BIPOC ● September 13, 2021

The Greater Akron LGBTQ Needs Assessment recently launched. It is a first-of-its-kind survey. And it needs you!

A Toledo street has been renamed in honor of an LGBTQ+ trailblazer

By The Buckeye Flame ● Community ● August 20, 2021

A section of Adams street adjacent to Toledo’s “Love Wall” now bears the name “Louis Escobar Way.”

New report: 32% of youth in Cuyahoga County foster care are LGBTQ+; disproportionately having adverse experiences

By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● June 17, 2021

32% of youth surveyed identified as LGBTQ, compared to 9.2% nationwide average of youth age 13-17 identifying as LGBTQ+.

What the Queer Community Needs to Do NOW About the Ohio Attack on Diversity in Education

By Dr. Libertas X ● Policy/Legislation ● June 14, 2021

Ohio House Bills 322 and 327 have been introduced as a means to limit lessons on “current events, race, and sex.”

“We Are Pride” – Photo Project Showcases Rainbow of LGBTQ+ Ohio [GALLERY]

By Lisa Galek ● Transgender ● June 7, 2021

The photoshoot took place May 16, and featured 18 models dressed in the colors of the rainbow flag.

14 Pride Month Hacks to Make June a Place of LGBTQ+ Respite

By Karen Hewitt (Ze/Hir/She/Her) ● BIPOC ● June 1, 2021

Happy Pride Month! However you exist in your gender and sexual orientation journey, I’m so grateful for you and proud you’re here.