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This News is So Gay (10/21/26): Diving Into What Makes a Place a ‘Hate State’

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GLAAD releases Ohio Accountability Project with fact-based LGBTQ+ records of major midterm candidates

GLAAD, the national LGBTQ+ media advocacy organization, has released a series of fact sheets breaking down the LGBTQ+ records ...
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‘You Can Read With Us’: Back to the Book reading club prioritizes LGBTQ+, BIPOC safety

I don't think that we necessarily need to read the same book to connect around books and to connect around our love for books ...
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A burst pipe won’t stop the music at the vinyl hub of these Cincinnati cat dads

Realizing there wasn’t a record store in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, just north of downtown, Robbins and Henninger ...
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Two trans Ohioans resign from the Ohio Democratic Party’s Pride Caucus, including vice-chair

Two trans Ohioans resigned this week from the Pride Caucus Steering Committee of the Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) within 24 hours of each other, both citing frustrations with the way they say the ...
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Black, Out, and Proud to host Melanated Health Forum centering Black LGBTQ+ health and wellness

After postponing its Melanated Health Forum in 2025, Black, Out, and Proud, a Columbus-based nonprofit, is back to keeping the city’s Black LGBTQ+ community engaged and informed about their wellness.
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Ohio’s new Republican bill raises a familiar question: Which families count?

Ohio lawmakers are again debating where parental authority ends, and where the state’s responsibility to protect children begins. House Bill 1013, introduced Sept. 23 by Rep. Johnathan Newman, a ...