Kaleidoscope Youth Center closed their housing program after the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) did not renew a $241,500 ...

From homophobic bills to LGBTQ+ election victories to powerful commentary, here are the stories you consumed the most.

In 2021 and again in 2024, Republican lawmakers introduced a bill to rename Mosquito Lake State Park in Northeast Ohio as ...

The village formally condemned the discredited practice of conversion therapy, but did not ban its infliction on minors like other towns ...

Following weeks of targeted anti-LGBTQ+ backlash around the mayor’s decision to co-sponsor an LGBTQ+ Pride event on city property without approval from city council, some Broadview Heights residents ...

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

There were basketball leagues, salsa dances, comedy and drag shows, Dirty Daddy Discos and the “Gayme” Nights, RuPaul nights and Pride afterpartys. And by the end of the year, it’s all coming to an ...

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Editor’s note: We could not be more proud that this piece was named to The New York Times’ “Local Journalism Worth Reading in 2023” round-up. “The first time I saw a dead body, we went to sing to him, ...

When we first published our 2021 Ohio LGBTQ+ Pride Guide, we cobbled together 15 or so celebrations from across the state, dusted off our hands, and called it a day. Then you started writing us: “Hey!