Transgender Archives – The Buckeye Flame

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.’

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Cleveland Gender Freedom Policy needs 5,000+ signatures for City Council vote

By Ken Schneck & Ben Jodway ● Transgender ● June 3, 2026

Protecting trans people in Cleveland is petition drive’s mission.

New poll: Supermajority of Ohio voters believe politicians use trans issues as a distraction

By Ken Schneck ● Politics ● June 1, 2026

Affordability/inflation is 5 times more a concern than transgender issues.

A collage showing two images. The left image is the colorful cover art for the tabletop roleplaying game "Defy the Gods" by Chrys Sellers. Male and feminine figures brandish their weapons and spells toward a god in a low-angle composition. The right image shows artwork of two masculine characters kissing from a "Defy the Gods" page spread.

Columbus game designer comes out while making new LGBTQ+ tabletop roleplaying game

By Ben Jodway ● Queer Joy ● May 27, 2026

‘I’m finally planting a flag about who I am as a designer’

2025-26 Guide to Ohio’s LGBTQ+ Legislation (136th General Assembly)

By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● May 15, 2026

To help you differentiate one bill from another, we have put together this easy-to-use reference guide to Ohio LGBTQ+ legislation.

Sherrod Brown will face anti-transgender Republican Sen. Jon Husted in bid for Ohio U.S. Senate seat

By H.L. Comeriato ● Politics ● May 12, 2026

Brown won the Democratic nomination but has been criticized by some LGBTQ+ leaders for bending on trans rights.

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

Ohio Republican introduces yet ANOTHER anti-trans bill, this time targeting adult insurance coverage

By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● May 1, 2026

Rep. Josh Williams has introduced over 100 bills in this General Assembly, including 6 targeting LGBTQ+ Ohioans.

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‘They’re erased’: When trans people are misgendered after death, the consequences extend beyond paper

By The 19th ● Transgender ● April 6, 2026

The way people are accounted for and processed after death in regard to sex and gender remains ‘in the Dark Ages’ – often representing a loss of self that weighs heavily on the minds of trans people.

New Republican bill to further restrict trans Ohioans’ lived experience, from bathrooms to changing birth and death certificates

By Ken Schneck & Ben Jodway ● Policy/Legislation ● March 31, 2026

The bill was introduced on Trans Day of Visibility.