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Ohio High School Selectively Bans Pro-Gay T-Shirts
By Jason St. Amand | Monday Nov 5, 2012
Students from a high school in CelinOhio weren’t allowed to wear pro-gay rights t-shirts. Officials said they were too political. The students claim that classmates have worn Tees with pro-life and Mitt Romney messages.
United Way of Cleveland, Intel Halt Boy Scout Funding
By Jason St. Amand | Friday Sep 28, 2012
The United Way of Cleveland & Intel will stop funding the Boy Scouts of America because it refuses to change its policy that prohibits gay mem and youth from joining the organization.
Ohio Judge Grants Gay Couple Divorce
By Jason St. Amand | Tuesday Mar 27, 2012
After marrying last September in New York, a few months after the state ceremoniously legalized same-sex marriage, a couple living in Ohio asked a judge to grant them a divorce.
Gay Politician in Isolated Ohio Town Has a Big Impact
By Steve Weinstein | Monday Mar 26, 2012
If it’s gotten better for those in big cities, the small towns and rural America is where the bravest fight the hardest. Take Kevin Johnson: the Portsmouth, Ohio, city councilman’s rejection of his mayor’s homophobia is only one of many such battles.
’Joe the Plumber’ Still Doesn’t Want Gays Near His Kids
By Jason St. Amand | Friday Mar 9, 2012
Samuel Wurzelbacher, aka "Joe the Plumber," recently appeared on CNN’s Thursday morning show and was asked if he still stood by anti-gay comments he made in 2009.
Ohio County Oks Domestic Partner Benefits
By Jason St. Amand | Thursday Feb 16, 2012
The Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Council on Tuesday voted 6-4 to approve domestic benefits to the same-sex couples and their children.
Alleged Anti-Gay Ohio Arsonist Remains At-Large
By Joseph Erbentraut | Friday May 6, 2011
Ohio authorities have yet to identify any suspects in a fire that destroyed a gay man’s barn and killed all eight of his quarter horses and an unborn foal late last month, but the Humane Society of the United States has offered a $2,500 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction in the case.
For the First Time, Ohio Lawmakers Approves Gay Rights Bill
By Kilian Melloy | Wednesday Sep 16, 2009
For the first time, Ohio state lawmakers approved a bill that extends protections to the state’s LGBT citizens.
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