LGBTQ Rights

The National Association of Social Workers, Kaleidoscope Youth Center and other organizations are partnering to provide the training. Columbus City Council will vote Monday night on whether or not to give a $60,000 boost to the program.

Gov. Mike DeWine announced Friday morning he’d rejected the bill, leaving the question of whether lawmakers will override his veto.

The school board voted 3-2 Thursday to ban the display of flags or symbols the district deems "controversial" or "activist." The discussions by the board members and the public mainly focused on the display of LGBTQ pride flags.

This is the 11th time the Fairness Act has been introduced in the Ohio Legislature. Even with bipartisan support, it faces an uphill challenge.

Landlord Link Llellwyn of Lancaster said in his letter that LGBTQ+ Pride is against Catholic doctrine. He asked all tenants not to display signage or messaging both pro and anti-Pride.

The Columbus Board of Education on Tuesday passed a resolution announcing its official opposition to an Ohio Board of Education resolution that targets new LGBTQ student protections from the Biden administration.

Dwayne Ratleff grew up Black during the turbulent Civil Rights era while trying to discover his gender identity and survive an abusive stepfather.

In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court decision of Obergefell v. Hodges cleared the way for legal same-sex marriage across the country. After nearly seven years and tens of thousands of same-sex marriages in Ohio, the letter of the law still states that marriage can only be between one man and one woman.

A measure seeking to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity has been sponsored by all 34 House democrats, along with two Republicans.

A judge has dismissed a professor's lawsuit against a small, public university in Ohio that rebuked him for not addressing a transgender student using the…