LGBTQ Rights

Dion Manley and Amy Heutmaker released a statement supporting Amy Acton's run for governor. In June, the Democrat said she doesn’t support "boys playing in girls sports."

Despite frustration over Ohio Democrats' stances on trans rights as a "punch to the gut," many queer Ohioans say they'll still back Democrats in 2026.

Densil Porteous is leaving Stonewall Columbus later this year to accept a position with the national LGBTQ+ organization.

More than a decade after winning marriage equality at the Supreme Court, Jim Obergefell says the country is moving in the wrong direction on LGBTQ rights.

The Ohio Supreme Court says unmarried same-sex partners who broke up before the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage can’t claim parental rights through the state’s artificial insemination laws.

Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton wrote the 2-1 opinion in 2014 that upheld bans on same-sex marriages in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the decision in that case.

The commission will be tasked with advising the mayor and city council on issues and legislation that impact the LGBTQ+ community.

Equality Ohio said in a statement that it's "not the first to be faced with the reality of downsizing as nonprofit organizations continue to face funding threats nationwide."

Whitehall became the 14th city in Ohio to ban conversion therapy and added more protections for the LGBTQ+ community during a city council meeting last week.

The young man wants to see dress code policies that are more inclusive toward trans people at public swimming areas, including Zoombezi Bay, the Columbus Zoo's waterpark.