I grew up in a struggling, post-industrial Ohio town in the 1990s where ignorance and intolerance often reigned. I stood up to bullies my whole life,…
So much of 2022 was…well…oof. The Republican supermajority in the Ohio legislature was hell-bent on introducing a slate of anti-LGBTQ+ bills designed to write LGBTQ+ Ohioans…
Michelle Jackson wants to be clear: she hates the phrase “participatory budgeting.” But she sure as heck likes the democratic process it represents in which community…
When the Ohio House voted down HB 151 at 2:30am on Thursday morning, the issue of banning trans youth from athletic participation was put to rest…
At 10:30pm on Wednesday night, the Ohio Senate sent the Ohio House an amended HB 151 for approval. If passed, HB 151 would ban transgender girls…
Late Wednesday evening, the full Ohio Senate passed HB 151, which would ban trans youth from participating in athletics. At 10:30pm, the Senate returned from a…
In a hearing that lasted only a few minutes, the Primary and Secondary Education committee of the Ohio Senate passed HB 151, a bill that would…
On Tuesday, the Primary and Secondary Education committee of the Ohio Senate held a third hearing on HB 151, a bill that would prohibit transgender youth…
A fifth hearing for HB 454 was held on Wednesday in the Families, Aging, and Human Services Committee of the Ohio House of Representatives. HB 454…
On November 8, millions of Ohioans exercised their right to vote in the 2022 midterm elections. Although there were historic wins for LGBTQ+ candidates across the…