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Community Foundation of Lorain County launches new LGBTQ+ affiliate fund amid funding and legislative challenges

By Ben Jodway ● Community ● June 18, 2026

‘This will feel like a win for our ability to better serve them’

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Rural Ohio village keeps LGBTQ+ renter protections, repeals Palestine resolution

By Athens County Independent ● Rural ● June 12, 2026

Chauncey Village Council voted 3-2 to keep their anti-discrimination ordinance in place.

How one LGBTQ+ organization is rebranding to connect and support rural Prides across Ohio

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● June 12, 2026

SPARC wants rural Prides to have the resources and support of urban Prides

Greater Mahoning Valley LGBTQ+ Community Needs Assessment adds to growing body of data

By H.L. Comeriato ● Community ● June 4, 2026

‘Research is resistance. Research tells us the truth.’

Rural Ohio village to repeal LGBTQ and renter protections, Palestine resolution

By Athens County Independent ● Rural ● May 23, 2026

A councilor says the anti-discrimination law is ‘fake’

‘It’s time to fold.’ Organizers cancel a rural Ohio Pride, citing lack of support

By Ken Schneck ● Pride ● May 20, 2026

This was to be the second annual Upper Sandusky Pride celebration

Therapeutic workforce program in rural Ohio ensures LGBTQ+ workers don’t ‘fall off the map’

By Ben Jodway ● Health & Wellness ● May 15, 2026

Rocksprings Wellness helps queer Ohioans get jobs, housing and learn independent living skills as safety nets shrink

‘Get in, Loser. We’re Going to the Hillsboro Pride Festival.’: ‘Mean Girls’ star Daniel Franzese joins rural Ohio Pride celebration

By Ohio LGBTQ+ Events ● Pride ● May 10, 2026

‘We want the whole region to know that at our festival, you can sit with us.’

A child in a blue hat examines a table full of Pride memorabilia on a bright, sunny day.

Rural Ohio LGBTQ+ org to celebrate 5th annual Pride despite their lawmaker spearheading hate

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● May 8, 2026

Seneca Proud has brought together Seneca County’s queer community for five years and counting

After growing up there without a safe space, a trans man creates his rural Ohio county’s first Pride

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● May 5, 2026

The 24-year-old hopes to bring a sense of community to his home in Adams County

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