Community
LGBTQ+
Groups and reporting for Ohio's LGBTQ+ communities and the people who organize alongside them.
Organizations
Equitas Health
Focuses on healthcare and advocacy, offering opportunities in legislative affairs and public policy, heavily supporting LGBTQ+ and underserved communities.
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
The largest national LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, mobilizing voters and supporting pro-equality legislation and candidates in Ohio and nationwide.
Kaleidoscope Youth Center
A Columbus-based community center providing support, advocacy, and resources specifically for LGBTQ+ youth.
Stonewall Democrats of Central Ohio
An advocacy organization working within the Democratic Party to support pro-equality candidates and advance LGBTQ+ civil rights.
Articles
Seven Rulings in Fourteen Months, and a Closet in Medina County
The Supreme Court upheld state bans on transgender athletes on June 30, declining to extend its own 2020 logic. Ohio's trans community is answering with state courts and a free clothing closet.
14 July 2026
Governor's Toolkit: How the Executive Shapes Enforcement Beyond the Veto
The veto gets the headlines, but a governor also holds health-department rulemaking and appointment power that shape how HB 68 is enforced day to day. In 2026 those tools go to Amy Acton or Vivek Ramaswamy.
11 July 2026
Health Care Freedom: The Amendment Ohioans Passed That Trans Families Now Invoke
The families challenging Ohio's care ban argue it violates the state's Health Care Freedom Amendment and parental rights, the same bodily-autonomy ground under the 2023 abortion-rights vote.
04 July 2026
The Ban a Governor Vetoed, His Own Party Passed Anyway
How Ohio turned a bill its own Republican governor rejected into law, and what that says about who holds power in Columbus.
04 July 2026
The Law That Can Force a Teacher to Out a Student
House Bill 8 took effect in April 2025. It can require Ohio schools to tell a student's parents about a change in gender identity, even when home is the unsafe place to be out.
04 July 2026