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Ohio middle school teacher launches effort to protect LGBTQ+ public school students from harmful laws and policies

Honesty for Mahoning Valley Education wants to activate communities to help stop ‘efforts to dismantle public education’

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A sign is tilted as if on the bank of Glacier Lake in Youngstown, Ohio. The sign reads, "This is a safe space." A rainbow heart is underneath the lettering.
A new Ohio LGBTQ+ nonprofit emerges from ‘a deep belief that community care can change lives’

Rae’s Safe Haven in Mahoning County "hit the ground running" and will host a name-change clinic in July

Lorain, Ohio unanimously passes resolution supporting LGBTQ+ civil rights

An LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination ordinance could be hot on the resolution’s heels

Ohio factory supervisor Aaron Jones is running to unseat anti-LGBTQ+ legislator Gary Click. Here’s what he told us.

When asked about his LGBTQ+ platform, Jones said he’s ‘running for everyone’

Ohio town known for strawberry festival to host its first-ever Pride

LGBTQ+ residents of Troy want a ‘place we could go’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A councilor says the anti-discrimination law is 'fake'

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