City Councilmember Stefanie Hawk’s goal was simple: designate June as Pride Month in Cheviot, a city in west-central Hamilton County, less than 10 miles northwest of…
On Wednesday, the Cincinnati City Council voted to update their municipal code to offer more protections for the LGBTQ+ community. The previous “Unlawful Discriminatory Practices” ordinance…
A 4th hearing (opponent testimony) for HB 454 will be held on Wednesday, June 1 at 9am in the Families, Aging, and Human Services Committee of…
A second hearing for HB 454 was held on Thursday in the Families, Aging, and Human Services Committee of the Ohio House of Representatives. At its…
As one anti-LGBTQ+ Ohio bill has a hearing this week and another made national headlines without even been assigned a committee, a third piece of legislation…
HB 616 — the bill that would ban the promotion and teaching of “divisive and inherently racist concepts” — was assigned Tuesday to the State and…
On May 2, a draft majority decision written by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was leaked to the public. Though not final, the initial draft…
My discomfort with the commodification of Mothers’ Day intensified this year as non-birthing politicians continue to make decisions about birthing bodies. The news site Politico stirred…
With anti-LGBTQ+ legislative action in the Columbus statehouse and a looming Supreme Court decision that leaked documents indicate will overturn Roe v. Wade, a number of…
Senator Nickie Antonio has made state LGBTQ+ history many times over. In 2005, she became the first out LGBTQ+ person elected to Lakewood City Council before…