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‘We are still here’: Ohio LGBTQ+ students navigate campus life after Senate Bill 1

The queer community at Kent State University continues to express itself, even as Ohio's SB1 reshapes speech and life on campus.

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Ohio Republican introduces yet ANOTHER anti-trans bill, this time targeting adult insurance coverage

Rep. Josh Williams has introduced over 100 bills in this General Assembly, including 6 targeting LGBTQ+ Ohioans.

Ohio cities, county review conversion therapy bans after SCOTUS ruling

Columbus, Cincinnati and Cuyahoga County spokespeople say they are ensuring their ordinances are still enforceable

LGBTQ+ Ohioans testify for the first time and encounter ‘bullying’ from the lawmakers elected to represent them

They stepped up to respectfully participate in the legislative process and ran headfirst into the ‘truly shameful behavior’ of Republican Rep. Josh Williams.

Want to tell Ohio legislators how you feel about policy? Here’s one way to do it.

Testifying in Ohio legislative committees vital to democracy, advocates say.

Doctors can refuse to treat LGBTQ+ patients in several states…including Ohio

These religious exemption laws lead to drops in HIV testing.

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

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

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

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

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

The bill was introduced on Trans Day of Visibility.

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