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She sued her rural Ohio school for banning LGBTQ+ inclusion in her classroom. Now, she is launching a nonprofit to help people like her.

New Richmond teacher launches the Rainbow Classroom Advocacy Fund while she appeals her court case

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Sing out! A new choir camp will let Ohio LGBTQ+ youth raise their voices.

The Cleveland-based two-week camp will provide space for camaraderie, community and Cyndi Lauper

Ohio teacher sues school district and school board president for removal of ‘Hate Has No Home Here’ poster

Little Miami teacher had the poster up for nearly four years before the LGBTQ+ flags caused an uproar.

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

The bill was introduced on Trans Day of Visibility.

Ohio Supreme Court hears case on health care ban for transgender youth

The case dates to 2024, when the ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf two 12-year-old transgender girls and their parents challenging the “SAFE Act."

Republicans bus in anti-trans ‘lesbian Democrats’ to support Ohio bill protecting parents who reject their trans children

Wednesday's hearing featured the claim that gender-affirming care is "homosexual conversion therapy."

A black-and-white photo of a tent in the lower third that's in front of a Findlay, Ohio city building. Two Pride flags hang from the tent in full color, contrasting against the black-and-white.
Columbus-based Kaleidoscope Youth Center pauses queer expansion into Northwest Ohio, lays off staff amid drop in grant funding

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’

The bill on the table would grant protections to parents who reject their trans children

Same affirming Ohio summer camp for trans and gender-expansive kids. Different zip code.

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

Republican bill inviting volunteer chaplains to minister in Ohio public schools could place LGBTQ+ students at risk

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