‘Tis the season for expressing thanks, and Jim Petras is definitely feeling the spirit. “I’m just so grateful right now, and especially to the people of Cleveland Heights…
Read more Jim Petras, Cleveland Heights’ First Out LGBTQ+ Mayor, Aims to Restore Trust in City Leadership – Cleveland SceneThree men huddled on the patio of Leather Stallion Saloon on Cleveland’s East Side on a cool Monday night in late October. They were reminiscing about the early…
Read more Amidst Feelings of Betrayal and Hope, Cleveland’s Leather Annual Weekend (CLAW) Leaves Its Namesake City – Cleveland SceneThis is not Carey Gibbons’ first gay job. Gibbons has spent over 15 years spent working in LGBTQ-related positions – from roles with theLGBT Community Center of Greater…
Read more Cleveland Now Has a Full-Time LGBTQ+ Community Liaison, One of Only a Handful in the Country – Cleveland SceneThe City Council of Lakewood has moved forward a “Gender Freedom Policy” in response to attacks on transgender rights both in Ohio and nationally. The wide-ranging set of…
Read more Lakewood Drafts First-in-Ohio ‘Gender Freedom Policy’ in Response to Anti-Trans Attacks – Cleveland SceneA program that has helped provide housing to more than 50 central Ohio LGBTQIA+ youth who were experiencing homelessness is ending. Kaleidoscope Youth Center’s Housing Program is closing…
Read more LGBTQ Youth Housing Program Ending After Ohio Department of Health Grant Not Renewed – Cleveland SceneOn Tuesday, September 9 – as a statewide conversion therapy ban in the Ohio Statehouse stalls once more – Cuyahoga County became the first and only county in…
Read more Cuyahoga County Unanimously Passes Ohio’s First County-Wide Ban Targeting Conversion Therapy on Minors – Cleveland Sceneclick to enlarge Photo illustration by Ben Jodway / Original photo by Delia Giandeini, Unsplash Suicide attempts among transgender and nonbinary young people increased significantly in states that…
Read more Ohio and Other States With Anti-Transgender Laws See Increased Youth Suicide RatesMat Ishbia, billionaire owner of the Phoenix Suns and the WNBA’s Mercury, is under fire for a leaked voicemail in which he reportedly referred to business rivals as…
Read more Suns owner Mat Ishbia accused of anti-gay slur in voicemail tiradeLike many public libraries across the country, the main branch of the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library in Jonesboro, Arkansas, set up a variety of displays for Pride…
Read more Conservatives Defunded A Public Library — And Things Got DireNewswise — Certain populations of mosquitoes are more heat tolerant and better equipped to survive heat waves than others, according to new research from Washington University in St.…
Read more Some mosquitoes like it hotNewswise — ROCHESTER, Minnesota — En estudios recientes se ha observado una tendencia preocupante en la salud cardiovascular de las personas adultas de la comunidad LGBTQ+. Tienen una…
Read more Por qué las personas adultas de la comunidad LGBTQ+ deben prestar atención a la salud cardíacaMy ex-wife used to say my heart kept her awake at night. The pounding, she said, sent reverberations through the mattress. Like the partner who snores, I was…
Read more I Had Quintuple Bypass Surgery. A Trait I Never Guessed Might Affect My Heart May Be To Blame.Newswise — The LGBTQ+ Educator of the Year award recognizes an educator who has significantly impacted STEM students through teaching, counseling, advocacy, and role modeling. Dr. Barthelemy is…
Read more Ramón Barthelemy wins 2023 LGBTQ+ Educator of the YearNewswise — Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people are more than twice as likely than their straight peers to experience suicidal thoughts or self-harming behaviours, finds a new…
Read more LGB adults at risk of suicide and self-harmTaylor Swift kicked off Pride Month by condemning anti-LGBTQ+ legislation during the Eras Tour concert in Chicago. “We can’t talk about Pride without talking about pain,” she said…
Read more Taylor Swift Breaks Silence And Condemns Anti-LGBTQ Bills During Eras TourWeeks after stepping down from her job as a high school math teacher, Alyssa Marano arrived at a contentious school board meeting in Hernando County, Florida. “No one…
Read more This Gay Teacher Quit After 8.5 Years — And One Thing Pushed Her Over The EdgeTulane University professor Peter Kunze, an expert on Disney’s history and societal impact, is available to speak to media on all things House of Mouse, from the feud…
Read more Expert on Disney: Can ‘Little Mermaid’ enchant audiences into forgetting culture wars?Title 42, the United States pandemic rule that had been used to immediately deport hundreds of thousands of migrants who crossed the border illegally over the last three…
Read more Immigration experts on Title 42, analysis of immigration policies, and other migrant news in the Immigration ChannelThe announcement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that it has finalized risk-based guidelines for blood donation related to sexual activity is being welcomed by the longtime…
Read more Blood bank director welcomes FDA blood donation change that will affect members of LGBTQ communityNewswise — [KAMPALA] Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill, if signed into law, could lead to the withdrawal of foreign aid and threaten goals to end HIV/AIDS by 2030, advocates warn.…
Read more Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill Imperils HIV Fight
