5 LGBTQ+ Ohio Election Victories We Can (and Should!) Celebrate By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● November 4, 2020 There were definite LGBTQ+ bright spots in the 2020 election that can (and should!) be celebrated.
Editor’s Letter: We Need To Talk About LGBTQ+ Republicans By Ken Schneck ● Politics ● November 3, 2020 Ignoring or dismissing LGBTQ+ Republicans is not going to make them go away. It just doesn’t work like that.
Out of Ohio: John Heilman (Councilmember / Mayor) By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● October 28, 2020 Famed progressive politician Franklin Knight Lane once said, “A public office is not a job. It is an opportunity to do something for the public.”
Answer Your Phone, Ohio LGBTQ+ Voters! It Might Be Halle Berry Calling. By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● October 22, 2020 Sarah Kate Ellis, President & CEO of GLAAD, chats with us about creative ways to engage LGBTQ+ Ohio voters.
If You’re Conservative, Christian AND Trans, You Feel Alone For A Reason [COMMENTARY] By Guest Submission ● Transgender ● October 16, 2020 “This response isn’t a personal attack on the author personally, as much as it is a criticism of people like her or Caitlyn Jenner.”
Alone: Confessions of a Conservative, Christian Trans Woman [COMMENTARY] By Barbara Marie Minney ● Transgender ● October 16, 2020 “Like a World War I soldier caught between the trenches in no man’s land, there is nowhere for me to go.”
A Battle for LGBTQ+ Protections Is Being Fought in a Small Ohio Village You Don’t Know (But Should) By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● October 15, 2020 The tiny bedroom community of Golf Manor is now home to one of the most significant votes on LGBTQ+ rights in this November election.
Everyone is Wishing You a Happy Coming Out Day…Except Ohio Republicans By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● October 11, 2020 A 57-word bill designating Coming Out Day in Ohio was proposed a year ago. Rep. Janine Boyd explains to us why it hasn’t been passed.
After Landslide Victory Against the Boss Who Fired Her, Charmaine McGuffey Fights to Become Hamilton County’s First Out Sheriff By Peter Kusnic ● Policy/Legislation ● October 8, 2020 Candidate speaks about police brutality, mass incarceration, and how she will create change within law enforcement.
Clerk of Courts Candidate Robb Koons Vying to Become First Out Elected Official in Marion County By Peter Kusnic ● Policy/Legislation ● October 7, 2020 “Running for office as an openly gay man, I feel like I can be a voice for the LGBTQ+ community in Marion.”