Columbus-based Kaleidoscope Youth Center pauses queer expansion into Northwest Ohio, lays off staff amid drop in grant funding By Ben Jodway & Ken Schneck ● Rural ● March 24, 2026 LGBTQ+ residents attempt to pick up the organizing that no longer has a sponsor
Tensions flare in Ohio House Committee over whether trans people exist and ‘parental alienation’ By Ken Schneck & H.L. Comeriato ● Policy/Legislation ● March 13, 2026 The bill on the table would grant protections to parents who reject their trans children
Sponsored contentSponsored Same affirming Ohio summer camp for trans and gender-expansive kids. Different zip code. By Ken Schneck ● Youth ● March 13, 2026 Camp Indigo returns to Ohio for a third summer, this time in Columbus
Conservative Christian lawmakers push for chaplains to serve as ‘substitute mothers and fathers’ in Ohio public schools By H.L. Comeriato ● Policy/Legislation ● March 5, 2026 Republican bill inviting volunteer chaplains to minister in Ohio public schools could place LGBTQ+ students at risk
Ohio school district bans ‘Hate Has No Home Here’ poster over inclusion of rainbow, trans flags By Ben Jodway ● Education ● February 28, 2026 Little Miami School Board deemed the flags to be “sexuality content.”
An Ohio lawmaker claimed ‘parental alienation’ denying accusations of sexual misconduct with a minor [COMMENTARY] By Ohio Capital Journal ● Commentary ● February 25, 2026 Two other Ohio Republican lawmakers are looking to write the term into Ohio Revised Code to protect parents who reject their trans children.
Ohio Republicans introduce bill to protect parents who reject their trans children By H.L. Comeriato, Ken Schneck & Ben Jodway ● Policy/Legislation ● February 12, 2026 Republican sponsor: ‘We’re fighting a war here.’
Citing ‘significant financial challenges,’ Colors+ Youth Center closes their brick-and-mortar space By Ken Schneck ● Youth ● February 12, 2026 Northeast Ohio LGBTQ+ “safe space” will continue to host programming at a church, a library and online.
There are now 16 bans on conversion therapy in Ohio. We couldn’t figure out how to use most of them. By Ben Jodway & Ken Schneck ● Health & Wellness ● January 28, 2026 The vast majority of the bans aren’t searchable on cities’ websites
Oberlin becomes 15th Ohio city to ban conversion therapy on minors By Ben Jodway ● Policy/Legislation ● January 21, 2026 The college town passed the ordinance after some modifications reacting to a federal appeals court decision that struck down Michigan’s statewide ban