Politics Archives – The Buckeye Flame

Trans Ohioans create a safe space to teach other trans people how to shoot guns and handle firearms safely

‘People were smiling and happy and feeling comfortable [because] they have access to firearms for the first time in a safe place.’

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

By Ben Jodway ● Politics ● March 17, 2026

A trans elder, a trans daughter and her father lobbied Ohio US Rep. David Joyce for trans rights on Capitol Hill

By Ben Jodway ● Politics ● March 11, 2026

Social media posts show a now-former Little Miami board member denying the Holocaust and supporting Hitler before voting to remove anti-hate poster.

By Ben Jodway ● Education ● February 28, 2026

Little Miami School Board deemed the flags to be “sexuality content.”

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

Sexual orientation is also not mentioned anywhere in the bill.

By Ohio Capital Journal ● Commentary ● February 25, 2026

Two other Ohio Republican lawmakers are looking to write the term into Ohio Revised Code to protect parents who reject their trans children.

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● February 20, 2026

‘The whole message of being yourself in the LGBTQ+ community is being yourself in your own ways’

By Peter Kusnic ● Politics ● February 16, 2026

We spoke with Judge George Leach of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas about his re-election bid.

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● February 10, 2026

‘I am in the most red district in rural Ohio, and we are fighting like hell’