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Columbus holds first public hearing on proposed LGBTQ+ Affairs Commission
Columbus City Council held a public hearing on Thursday, July 10, to share proposed plans for the city’s first-ever LGBTQ+ ...
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‘It’s proof of our existence’: How the Ohio Lesbian Archives is recording history as it’s erased
As programs recognizing LGBTQ+ people are cut, an Ohio archive is doing what queer Americans always have: preserving their ...
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BorderLight Theatre Festival returns to Cleveland’s Playhouse Square, featuring a dozen shows with LGBTQ+ themes
Returning to Cleveland’s Playhouse Square district for a sixth time, this year’s festival will feature over 150 local, ...
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Ohio Equal Rights Amendment moves one step closer to voters weighing in on banning discrimination, approving marriage equality
“We need this amendment so that we do not have more of our rights stripped away,” said Lis Regula, a member of the Ohio Equal ...
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A rural Ohio community is about to celebrate their first Pride in the most family way possible
On Sunday, July 13, Upper Sandusky Pride will take place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Harrison Smith Park. It will be the ...
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AudioThis News is So Gay: The Anything But Beautiful Bill, LGBTQ+ Funding Woes & Dumb Ohio Bills
Support for This News is So Gay comes from the LGBTQ+ Opportunity Fund of the Cleveland Foundation, leveraging philanthropy ...
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Ohio governor vetoes LGBTQ+ book restrictions, keeps trans erasure language in budget
In 2024, both the Ohio House and Senate came back early from their Christmas vacation to override DeWine’s veto of HB 68 ...
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This News is So Gay: Week of June 30
(left to right) Ken Schneck, Orion Rummler, Joseph Darius Jaafari, Missy Spears On this week’s (DEBUT!) episode of This News is So Gay: The Supreme Court issued a slew of rulings last week, with some ...