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Sweet Spot revives Ohio’s underground party scene with the weirdest sapphic rave of the decade

Located outdoors adjacent to the LGBTQ+ entertainment complex Studio West 117th, the wildly successful daytime market quickly ...
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Equality Ohio releases Family Law Guide for LGBTQ+ Ohioans

Statewide LGBTQ+ advocacy organization Equality Ohio has launched an updated Family Law Guide, a public resource developed to ...
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Groundbreaking survey launches to collect health-related data on LGBTQ+ Ohioans in Columbus and Central Ohio

The project began over two years ago when a collaborative of LGBTQ+ researchers at OSU met with Heather Pennington, who was ...
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Cleveland now has a full-time LGBTQ+ community liaison; one of only a handful in the country

But Gibbons’ new position – Cleveland’s LGBTQ+ community liaison – is a first in Cleveland and maybe even in Ohio. Gibbons was hired in July to the full-time paid position that now stands among only a ...
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Take a deep breath — marriage equality is probably here to stay

There’s good news for LGBTQ+ married couples who want to stay married: The Supreme Court is not likely to overturn marriage equality any time soon. Alarms were raised recently by an appeal to the ...