Queer Joy Archives – The Buckeye Flame

AudioThis News is So Gay (12/31/25): Reporting on LGBTQ+ Book Bans and Ever-Present HIV Stigma

By Ken Schneck ● Podcasts ● December 31, 2025

Featuring: Sam Donndelinger (Uncloseted Media) and Darian Aaron (GLAAD)

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AudioThis News is So Gay (12/24/25): Exploring the Importance of Blogs in the LGBTQ+ Journalism Landscape

By Ken Schneck ● Podcasts ● December 24, 2025

Featuring: Sue Kerr (Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents) and Mark S. King (My Fabulous Disease)

Columbus suburb unanimously passes LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination protections

By Ben Jodway ● Community ● December 18, 2025

Grove City joins 36 other Ohio municipalities with LGBTQ+ protections amidst lack of statewide protections

AudioThis News is So Gay (12/17/25): Diving Headfirst into LGBTQ+ Military and Education Stories

By Ken Schneck ● Podcasts ● December 17, 2025

Featuring: Levi Kalish (HuffPost), Spencer Macnaughton (Uncloseted Media) and Christopher Wiggins (The Advocate)

An Akron couple couldn’t find the perfect LGBTQ-affirming fraternity and sorority. So they created them.

By Ken Schneck ● Queer Joy ● December 16, 2025

Tawanna and Haley Young are founders of two Greek Life organizations providing a vital sense community and an unwavering commitment to service.

Rural Ohio trans candidate nearly drops out of race after being targeted online, wins seat in Republican stronghold

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● December 15, 2025

Amy Heutmaker pledges to heal political divide in her rural Ohio township

(left to right) Ken Schneck, H.L. Comeriato, Juan Michael Porter II and Jasmine Mithani

AudioThis News is So Gay (12/10/25): LGBTQ+ Tech Drama & More on Trump’s ‘Cancelation’ of World AIDS Day

By Ken Schneck ● Podcasts ● December 10, 2025

Featuring: H.L. Comeriato (The Buckeye Flame), Juan Michael Porter II (The Sero Project) and Jasmine Mithani (The 19th).

Gie May, while wearing a promotional t-shirt, poses in front of a wall with illustrations of a sun flower and butterfly.

An out nonbinary candidate just won a seat in their ruby-red Ohio town by 13 votes. They didn’t believe it, either.

By Ben Jodway ● Genderqueer/Nonbinary ● December 9, 2025

Gie May thought their race would help show Wadsworth that other candidates existed besides Republicans. Turns out, voters wanted more than that.

Letha Pugh standing in front rainbow cookies

Letha Pugh named to the prestigious YWCA Columbus ‘Women of Achievement’ list

By Ken Schneck ● Community ● December 8, 2025

The celebrated small business owner and change-maker wants everyone with multiple identities to let themselves shine.

AudioThis News is So Gay (11/12/25): Demystifying (and Queering) Redistricting & Covering LGBTQ+ Org Cuts

By Ken Schneck ● Podcasts ● November 12, 2025

Featuring: Susan Tebben (The Ohio Capital Journal), Adam Rhodes (Investigative Reporters and Editors) and Lauren Chapman (Indiana Public Broadcasting).