Policy/Legislation Archives – The Buckeye Flame

Ohio teacher sues school district and school board president for removal of ‘Hate Has No Home Here’ poster

By Ken Schneck & H.L. Comeriato ● Education ● April 7, 2026

Little Miami teacher had the poster up for nearly four years before the LGBTQ+ flags caused an uproar.

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An image showing a woman fading away into a six-foot deep hole.

‘They’re erased’: When trans people are misgendered after death, the consequences extend beyond paper

By The 19th ● Transgender ● April 6, 2026

The way people are accounted for and processed after death in regard to sex and gender remains ‘in the Dark Ages’ – often representing a loss of self that weighs heavily on the minds of trans people.

Meet the members of Cincinnati’s historic LGBTQ+ commission

By Ben Jodway ● Policy/Legislation ● April 1, 2026

The 12 appointees come from a variety of backgrounds and identities

New Republican bill to further restrict trans Ohioans’ lived experience, from bathrooms to changing birth and death certificates

By Ken Schneck & Ben Jodway ● Policy/Legislation ● March 31, 2026

The bill was introduced on Trans Day of Visibility.

Ohio Republican lawmaker introduces bill to ensure prisoners and inmates are housed according to ‘biological sex’

By Adam Rhodes & Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● March 31, 2026

The bill mirrors one that was just introduced in Kentucky a few weeks ago.

Republicans bus in anti-trans ‘lesbian Democrats’ to support Ohio bill protecting parents who reject their trans children

By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● March 27, 2026

Wednesday’s hearing featured the claim that gender-affirming care is “homosexual conversion therapy.”

House Republicans pass drag ban targeting transgender Ohioans; bill now moves to Senate

By H.L. Comeriato ● Policy/Legislation ● March 25, 2026

Conservative lawmakers said they will use the bill to target transgender Ohioans who use public locker rooms

Drag queen reads a children's book to a group of children in a library.

Next week in Ohio: One committee hearing, two anti-LGBTQ+ bills and two big (potential) votes

By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● March 21, 2026

The drag ban and the bill to legally protect parents who reject their trans children both have hearings on Wednesday

Drag performers testify against Ohio drag ban that also targets transgender people

By H.L. Comeriato ● Policy/Legislation ● March 18, 2026

Conservative lawmakers said part of their intent is to ban trans and gender non-conforming people from using public locker rooms

Tensions flare in Ohio House Committee over whether trans people exist and ‘parental alienation’

By Ken Schneck & H.L. Comeriato ● Policy/Legislation ● March 13, 2026

The bill on the table would grant protections to parents who reject their trans children