LGBTQ

Buckeye Valley West Elementary School canceled a reading of the children's book 'It's Okay to be a Unicorn!' after some parents and school board members thought it conveyed a pro LGBTQ+ message.

The City of Columbus announced a partnership Wednesday with the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce to open more opportunities for LGBTQ businesses in Columbus.

Columbus City Council votes Monday on a proposal to increase funding to the Kaleidoscope Youth Center, the largest and longest-running organization supporting LGBTQ+ young people.

Language in bill would require exam of student athletes’ “internal and external reproductive anatomy” if their sex is questioned.

While supporters touted the bill as a way to protect children, opponents slammed the legislation as an anti-LGBTQ measure that could have harmful results for transgender kids.

Betty Jacobs is the executive director of LGBTQ+ Allies Lake County. She hosts support groups, counsels families and advocates to elected officials. But it's hard work to do alone.

The specific details regarding the bills vary between state. But overall, they seek to prohibit schools from using a curriculum or discussing topics of gender identity or sexual orientation.

LGTBQ advocates and teachers' unions are rallying against the legislation which they call harmful to students and educators.

The full-scale walkout is a bid to urge the company to take a stronger stance against the Parental Rights in Education legislation in Florida, what critics have called the "Don't Say Gay" bill.

The group is putting up billboards in Ohio and 14 other states where it says legislation that hurts LGBTQ+ people is being considered.