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Dec 5, 2024 · Launched in June of 2020 as a 501c3 nonprofit newsroom, The Buckeye Flame is filling the lack of a statewide LGBTQ+ news and views platform in Ohio.
Obituaries – The Buckeye Flame
May 23, 2024 · Honoring Our Community At The Buckeye Flame, we are honored to provide a dedicated space to commemorate the lives of our cherished community members. Here, we offer a free space for friends, family, and neighbors to celebrate the stories and legacies of those who have passed. If you would like to submit an obituary for […]
Densil Porteous' Columbus City Council run champions inclusion
19 hours ago · As one of the fastest growing cities in the country, Columbus is in for major changes in the coming years—and local queer community leader Densil Porteous wants to be a part of the conversation to fill the vacant District 7 representative on city council. “We know we are going to continue to grow, and we have to be thoughtful, strategic and intentional about that growth,” he said.
Obituaries Archives – The Buckeye Flame
Oct 10, 2024 · The Buckeye Flame amplifies the voices of LGBTQ+ Ohioans to support community and civic empowerment through the creation of engaging content that chronicles our triumphs, struggles, and lived experiences.
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Oct 22, 2024 · The Buckeye Flame amplifies the voices of LGBTQ+ Ohioans to support community and civic empowerment through the creation of engaging content that chronicles our triumphs, struggles, and lived experiences.
Two pro-LGBTQ+ bills are paddling upstream in Ohio
3 days ago · Image by Ken Schneck. In what might be the lamest of lame-duck sessions Ohio has ever seen, with a rush of anti-LGBTQ+ bills being introduced and passed into law across the the Ohio State legislature, the Ohio House of Representatives State and Local Government Committee convened on December 10 for a packed agenda of …
It's The Buckeye Flame's 4th birthday and we've got a surprise.
Nov 29, 2024 · In just a few days, The Buckeye Flame will celebrate our fourth birthday, which gave me an excuse to go back and read what I penned in 2020 when we launched: This is the perfect time for The Buckeye Flame to ignite and serve its purpose: to shine a light on our LGBTQ+ lives, to (symbolically!) burn down the systems that neither serve nor represent us and to provide a spark to stir the activism ...
Orgs, leaders publish open letter to Ohio's LGBTQ+ community
Nov 19, 2024 · A group of over 140 organizations, businesses and leaders published a letter to Ohio’s LGBTQ+ community on Friday to deliver a message of solidarity, affirmation and commitment to action. “In a time when hateful rhetoric, threats, and actual acts of infiltrating legal policy aim to diminish our humanity, know that your truth, courage, existence, resistance, joy, and rest are revolutionary ...
Our Team - The Buckeye Flame
H.L. Comeriato is the staff writer for The Buckeye Flame. A queer and non-binary writer and reporter from Akron, Ohio, they received the 2024 Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for the LGBTQ Journalist of the Year from the NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists.
The Buckeye Flame’s 4 LGBTQ+ Ohio Resolutions for 2024
Sep 29, 2024 · With the ink barely dry on Governor DeWine’s stunning veto of HB 68, we already must turn our attention to 2024 and the road ahead for LGBTQ+ Ohio.. But first, a quick look back on 2023, which was a jam-packed year for The Buckeye Flame.Some highlights: We published 266(!) articles, a ridiculous amount for a scrappy little queer nonprofit newsroom.