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‘It’s about listening to people’: Out LGBTQ+ candidate Arienne Childrey to run against Rep. Angela King in Ohio’s 84th district

By H.L. Comeriato ● Politics ● September 27, 2023

Transgender candidate Arienne Childrey has announced a run against Rep. Angela King, who protested alongside neo-Nazis at Celina’s Small Town Pride festival earlier this year.

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Ohio Supreme Court to hear challenge to Bellefontaine ballot initiative to ban public drag performances

By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● September 24, 2023

This case follows Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s tie-breaking vote to allow a vote to move forward to ban public drag shows.

Rural community submits ballot initiative to become first in Ohio to ban public drag; LGBTQ+ advocates claim ‘fraud’

By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● September 5, 2023

A group of residents claims that the language on the petition was fraudulently changed after voters signed it.

Scenes from the Drag Ban Protest in Celina [GALLERY]

By The Buckeye Flame ● Galleries ● September 3, 2023

The setting of the protest was intentional: Mercer County is the home to Rep. Angela King (R-Celina), one of the primary sponsors of HB 245.

Protest to be held against Ohio’s ‘drag ban’…in the hometown of the representative who proposed it

By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● August 30, 2023

‘When they take their bigotry statewide, we’re going to take our peaceful protest local…to their hometown.’

Rural Ohio community under assault; hundreds of screenshots, videos depict anti-LGBTQ+ attacks

By H.L. Comeriato & Ken Schneck ● Community ● August 22, 2023

For months, organizers in Celina have faced an onslaught of harassment and threats from anti-LGBTQ Christian and white-supremacist groups

Roll Call of an Ohio Anti-Pride Protest: Neo-Nazis, Christian Grandmothers and…a State Representative

By Ken Schneck ● Pride ● June 28, 2023

The elected official stood side-by-side with those protesting the small town Pride, which included masked ‘Aryan White Nationalists.’

Columbiana County’s first Pride festival promises a place to be safe, have fun and feel seen in rural Ohio

By Ken Schneck ● Pride ● May 23, 2023

A first Pride festival will be held in this overarchingly conservative county, where churches dominate the rural landscape.

Ballot initiative to ban public drag in Ohio rural community is met with LGBTQ+ counter protest

By Ken Schneck ● Community ● April 22, 2023

If passed, experts say that this rural Ohio community would become the first municipality in Ohio to ban drag in public spaces.

Ohio police tackle, handcuff and arrest Black, gay journalist covering DeWine press conference

By H.L. Comeriato ● Community ● February 10, 2023

Journalist Evan Lambert was reporting live from Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s press conference. Minutes later, he was tackled, handcuffed and arrested by Ohio police.