Rural Archives – Page 3 of 11

A rural Ohio community is about to celebrate their first Pride in the most family way possible

By Ken Schneck ● Pride ● July 9, 2025

When Brittany Rayl couldn’t find a nearby celebration for her daughters to attend, she created one.

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An advertisement for the 988 hotline is in the foreground with a person holding a phone. A Pride flag is in the background.

Rural Ohio LGBTQ+ youth left hanging by Trump’s cut to end 988 suicide and crisis hotline for queer community

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● July 1, 2025

A new study shows that rural LGBTQ+ youth rely more on online support than their urban peers.

New Ohio nonprofit is cultivating a coastal queer community

By Drew Filipski ● Community ● June 17, 2025

The newly formed Equality Sandusky is providing Pride programming in the roller coaster capital of the world.

Students cheer as their choir director looks into the crowd with a smile.

Ohio school choir director’s job threatened because he was engaged to a transgender man

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● June 13, 2025

South Central Local Schools Board of Education was poised to remove the choir director, but backed off.

Ohio’s Clermont County to host inaugural Pride celebration

By Caitlin McNally ● Pride ● June 10, 2025

The event aims to develop a stronger sense of hope and unity in the area, serving as a direct representation of love’s many beautiful forms.

Stark Pride expects a ‘stronger activist spirit’ at this year’s festival

By Ben Jodway ● Pride ● June 5, 2025

Stark Pride will bring ‘big city excitement’ and ‘small town charm’ to the LGBTQ+ community in Stark County.

Portsmouth, Ohio votes down LGBTQ+ ‘Sanctuary City’ resolution

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● June 2, 2025

Portsmouth City Council had a progressive voting record, but confusion and misinformation didn’t help the campaign to declare “inclusivity, equality and justice for all.”

Are you an LGBTQ+ young person (12-24) in Northwest Ohio? Kaleidoscope Youth Center wants to hear from you.

By Ken Schneck ● Youth ● May 21, 2025

What LGBTQ+ youth resources and programming should Kaleidoscope Youth Center be providing to this corner of Ohio?

Crowds of people are in a street celebrating Springfield Pride with an LGBTQ+ flag in the background.

Springfield will celebrate its 10th Pride after a summer under a national spotlight of false narratives

By Ben Jodway ● Pride ● May 7, 2025

“This hate and division isn’t who we are.”

A rural Ohio, brick-and-mortar LGBTQ+ center celebrates its first anniversary

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● April 18, 2025

The LGBTQ+ Community Center of Darke County was founded after the nonprofit saw an emerging public health crisis among the queer community.