Black Trans Woman and Gender-Nonconforming Gay Man Killed in Ohio Double Murder
Amiri Reid and Kejuan Richardson, both 21, were shot to death last month while driving around their city.
December 11, 2023
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Ohio Woman Is 2017's Third Transgender Murder Victim
Jojo Striker was found shot to death in Toledo last week.
February 17, 2017
Ohio: LGBT Leaders, Politicians Call for Justice After Transgender Hate Crime
A leading transgender activist's brutal attack in Toledo, Ohio has drawn local and national attention.
November 7, 2014
Did an Antigay Church Force the Closure of a 30-Year-Old Gay Club?
Toledo's Bretz nightclub closed suddenly in December and is being replaced by a ministry that believes LGBT people are immoral.
February 3, 2018
'Christian' Judge in Ohio to Keep Refusing Same-Sex Marriages
Toledo Municipal Court Judge C. Allen McConnell refused to marry a lesbian couple Monday because of his religious convictions -- and will continue to do so unless the state Supreme Court intervenes.
July 8, 2015
Project Inauguration
Michelle Obama's inauguration dress by Cuban designer Isabel Toledo certainly turned heads. Students from Boston's School of Design shared with Advocate.com their original looks for the first lady.
January 20, 2009
Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of Firing Over Antigay Speech
In its first day back in session, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review an appeal of Dixon v. University of Toledo, involving an administrator who was fired for antigay remarks.
October 9, 2013
Senate Republicans are trying to tie Democrat Jon Ossoff to anti-trans smear
The GOP are recycling the playbook Donald Trump used to attack Kamala Harris on culture war issues.
April 4, 2025
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Condemns 'Homophobic' Attacks Post-Shooting
Chicago's lesbian mayor is being critiqued for her response to the police killing of a 13-year-old, but she says some of the criticism is getting too personal.
April 19, 2021
Ohio Judges Can't Refuse to Wed Same-Sex Couples
A judge who cited his 'personal and Christian beliefs' in refusing to marry gay couples is told by Ohio's Supreme Court Board of Professional Conduct he doesn't get a choice.
August 11, 2015
WATCH: Trans Women Hate Crime Survivors Speak Out
Survivors Candice Milligan and Kimy Hartman got real with reporters following two separate, nearly fatal beatings.
November 24, 2014
Travon Free on His Oscar-Nominated Film and America's Violence
The bisexual filmmaker behind Two Distant Strangers discusses life in a country soaked in blood and hate.
April 17, 2021
Exciting gay updates on 'The Office' spin-off 'The Paper'
Here's what gays have to look forward to in the new Peacock series.
May 13, 2025
LGBT Ohio Rebounds From the 2004 Marriage Amendment
LGBT people in Ohio suffered a stinging blow when the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage passed in 2004, but the episode also served as a call to action to activists across the state.
October 31, 2008
Ohio universities are closing their LGBTQ+ centers to comply with a state DEI ban
Ohio's ban on DEI prohibits public universities from endorsing "any controversial belief" — including LGBTQ+ existence.
June 4, 2025