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1 week ago | 
thebuckeyeflame.com | Ben Jodway |“LGBTQ Cleveland”
A rural Ohio fairgrounds has canceled the contract to host a “conference” that LGBTQ+ advocates say was a conversion therapy bootcamp. A group called the Pastors Action Coalition signed a contract to rent the Market Hall at the Mercer County Fairgrounds on the western edge of Ohio.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
thebuckeyeflame.com | “LGBTQ Cleveland”
An Ohio woman is suing after being fired for expressing her anti-LGBTQ+ views. According to court documents filed in the United States District Court Northern District of Ohio in November, Mika Cohen of Uniontown had been working as an assistant manager employed for three years at the Fairlawn branch of Kay Jewelers in Northeast Ohio.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
thebuckeyeflame.com | “LGBTQ Cleveland”
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed HB 8 (“The Parents’ Bill of Rights”) into law on Wednesday. He did so behind closed doors, not televised as he did for another bill he signed into law the same day. HB 8 will force teachers and school staff to out LGBTQ+ youth to their parents and will limit the mention of LGBTQ+ identity in school curricula.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
thebuckeyeflame.com | “LGBTQ Cleveland”
Two hearings were held this week for the “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” legislation that will force teachers and school staff to out LGBTQ+ youth to their parents and will limit the mention of LGBTQ+ identity in school curricula. HB 8 was one of the first eight bills introduced by Republicans in 2023, establishing it as one of their top priorities for this two-year legislative term.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
thebuckeyeflame.com | “LGBTQ Cleveland”
A first hearing was held last week for HB 556, a bill that would charge Ohio teachers and librarians with a felony for the crime of “pandering obscenity” to prevent “unnecessary presentation of obscene materials to children in Ohio’s classrooms.”If passed, teachers and librarians who violate this law could be charged with a fifth degree felony, punishable by a potential sentence of six to 12 months in jail and a fine of up to $2,500. HB 556 is sponsored by Rep.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
thebuckeyeflame.com | “LGBTQ Cleveland”
This piece was originally published on 6/25/24. I have a dirty little secret to share here during Pride Month: I habitually respond to posts in an uber-conservative Facebook group for “Parents’ rights in education.”The list of frequent original posters in the group reads like a who’s who of Ohio’s most anti-LGBTQ+ personas, including:Darbi Boddy, the ousted Lakoda school board member, who insists there is no such thing as transgender.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
thebuckeyeflame.com | “LGBTQ Cleveland”
A group of over 50 organizations, businesses and leaders published a letter to Ohio’s LGBTQ+ community on Friday to deliver a message of solidarity, affirmation and commitment to action. “In a time when hateful rhetoric, threats, and actual acts of infiltrating legal policy aim to diminish our humanity, know that your truth, courage, existence, resistance, joy, and restare revolutionary acts,” the letter said.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
thebuckeyeflame.com | Ben Jodway |“LGBTQ Cleveland”
An Ohio LGBTQ+ organization has been awarded an $829,467 grant to create transitional housing for LGBTQ+ individuals on Cleveland’s east side. Haus of Transcendent (HOT) was launched in 2023 as a nonprofit organization to address the social drivers of LGBTQ+ health through outreach, case management, housing and art.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
thebuckeyeflame.com | “LGBTQ Cleveland”
Two hearings were held on Tuesday to protect the rights of Ohioans living with HIV. Ohio Rep. Sara Carruthers (R-Hamilton) provided sponsor testimony in the Criminal Justice Committee for House Bills 498 and 513. The legislation aims to bring six Ohio laws affecting individuals living with HIV more in line with modern science and research. Carruthers highlighted that the medical community has made significant advances that keep the public safe, but that Ohio laws have not kept pace with the science.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
thebuckeyeflame.com | “LGBTQ Cleveland”
State Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio (D-Lakewood) provided sponsor testimony on Wednesday for the Fairness Act (SB 132), a bill that would expand the definition of sex discrimination in the Ohio Revised code to include sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.
