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Stark Pride expects a 'stronger activist spirit' at this year's festival

2 days ago | thebuckeyeflame.com | Ben Jodway

Pride celebrations in Columbus and Cleveland pull tens of thousands of attendees from across Ohio, but smaller, more rural Stark County seeks to bring just as much joy and resilience to its LGBTQ+ celebration. Stark Pride will be held rain or shine on Saturday June 14, with the walk stepping off from the Cultural Center for the Arts on Market Ave in Canton.
Portsmouth, Ohio votes down LGBTQ+ 'Sanctuary City' resolution

5 days ago | thebuckeyeflame.com | Ben Jodway

The Ohio city of Portsmouth is located in ruby-red Scioto County, but its city council has passed several progressive measures in the past five years. They include a COVID-19 mask mandate, establishing a local human rights commission and an anti-discrimination ordinance protecting the city’s Asian community. But a recent proposed resolution to declare Portsmouth welcoming to LGBTQ+ residents didn’t receive such a warm reception.
Camp Indigo promises happy campers when the national all-trans camp arrives in Ohio this summer

2 weeks ago | thebuckeyeflame.com | Ilona Westfall

Like at most summer camps, the kids at Camp Indigo play tag, do arts and crafts and make friends. Unlike at most summer camps, the kids at the new day camp in Akron are all trans. Eleven years after its founding in Oakland, California, the camp for trans, non-binary and gender expansive kids and teens ages 5 to 17 is returning to Ohio for a second summer: June 30 to July 4. Located in northwest Akron, Camp Indigo joins spots in Oakland, California; Boulder, Colorado and Austin.
Ohio LGBTQ+ game company joins lawsuit against Trump’s tariffs

2 weeks ago | thebuckeyeflame.com | Ben Jodway

When Jordan McLaughlin founded Rookie Mage Games in 2018, he said, the tabletop gaming industry was still growing in acceptance. Finding success by fundraising with Kickstarter, he and other LGBTQ+ game designers were able to get their ideas off the ground. He was hoping 2025 would be a big year for his company.
Springfield will celebrate its 10th Pride after a summer under the spotlight

1 month ago | thebuckeyeflame.com | Ben Jodway

Last year, Springfield, Ohio, was thrust into the national spotlight after both President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance made false claims on the campaign trail about the rural town’s Haitian migrant population.
2025 Ohio LGBTQ+ Pride Guide

1 month ago | thebuckeyeflame.com | Ken Schneck

To help your LGBTQ+ Ohio Pride attendance, our 2025 guide has an interactive map and sections organized by city and by date.
Is Ohio's proposed DEI ban in public schools another piece of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation?

1 month ago | thebuckeyeflame.com | Ben Jodway

Republican lawmakers in Ohio are pushing through bills in both the state House and Senate that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in public K-12 schools and would also apply to hiring practices and staff workshops. However, bills Senate Bill 113 and House Bill 155 do not define what DEI is, leaving educational advocacy organizations unsure how the legislation would affect public education in the state. The Senate bill was introduced by sponsor Sen. Andrew Brenner (R-Delaware) on Feb.
Nurturing a ‘sense of hope,’ a rural, brick-and-mortar LGBTQ+ center celebrates its first anniversary

1 month ago | thebuckeyeflame.com | Ben Jodway

Darke County, Ohio, on the border of Indiana, is a ruby-red rural voting district that’s home to nearly 52,000 people – just under the population of Youngstown. It is also home to the LGBTQ+ Community Center of Darke County, one of the few rural organizations in Ohio serving the queer community with a dedicated building that hosts regular drop-in hours and themed events each week. _The center is celebrating its first anniversary on May 1.
After community pushback, rural Ohio fairgrounds cancels conversion therapy event

1 month 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.
Ohio House passes state budget with more attacks on LGBTQ+ public life, from book access to homeless shelters

1 month ago | thebuckeyeflame.com | Ben Jodway

The state budget is headed to the Senate after Ohio Republicans pushed through the bill on Wednesday which would legislatively erase trans identity in the Buckeye State. Embedded within House Republicans’ 4,491-page budget (Sub. HB 96) – introduced on April 1 – are the following two sentences:“It is the policy of the state of Ohio to recognize two sexes, male and female.