The first week of November 2024 was a difficult time for many in the LGBTQ+ community, as the result of the U.S. presidential election was not what we had hoped for. But there was a bright spot in the ...

The Flame's independent journalism and a collaboration with Marshall Project on outdated HIV laws receive nods.

President Donald Trump  signed two executive orders that could decimate transgender Americans’ access to health care, basic ...

The Little Miami Board of Education narrowly voted to halt the advance of a policy that would have restricted classroom ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed HB 8 (“The Parents’ Bill of Rights”) into law on Wednesday. He did so behind closed doors, not televised as he did for another bill he signed into law the same day. HB 8 ...

Across the state, LGBTQ+ organizations are hosting massive legal clinics in a rush to update transgender Ohioans’ birth certificates, passports and other legal documents ahead of President-elect ...

The US House has banned trans athletes from competing in women’s sports. Ohioans are already living under the same ban. The Republican-led U.S. House has voted to ban transgender girls and women from ...

After more than three decades of government-mandated differential treatment, on January 6 the FDA released updated draft guidelines for tissue donor eligibility for men who have sex with men (MSM).

With the real threats that are happening with our community right now, it feels political and a form of resistance.’ ...

Every week, members of the Burning River Roller Derby league meet at Cleveland Heights Community Center’s decommissioned ice rink. In the shuffle before practice begins, skaters pull the straps of ...

An Ohio woman is suing after being fired for expressing her anti-LGBTQ+ views. According to court documents filed in the United States District Court Northern District of Ohio in November, Mika Cohen ...