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 ...

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We must declare ourselves, become known; allow the world to know this life of ours which connects kings and farm boys, artists and clerks. Let them see that the important thing is not the object of ...

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!

From food pantry distribution to dodgeball leagues to monthly meeting space, many LGBTQ+ groups now have to pivot their plans.

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, ...

Tamika “Devinity” Jones was rolling a cart piled with groceries through the light-filled lobby of the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland in June when she heard Tierramarie Lewis calling after ...

Ohio Republicans have again introduced legislation designed to outlaw certain types of gender-affirming care. Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story used the term “criminalized” as the ...

The Buckeye Flame launched in June of 2020 as a 501c3 nonprofit to meet Ohio’s critical need for a statewide LGBTQ+ newsroom. In a state where LGBTQ+ Ohioans do not have any statewide protections in ...

Across the state, white supremacists are targeting LGBTQ+ communities, driving and capitalizing on a massive uptick in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and legislation. This is how we got here — and why experts ...