Launched in June of 2020 as a 501c3 nonprofit newsroom, The Buckeye Flame is filling the lack of a statewide LGBTQ+ news and views platform in Ohio.

May 23, 2024 · Honoring Our Community At The Buckeye Flame, we are honored to provide a dedicated space to commemorate the lives of our cherished community members. Here, we offer a free space for friends, family, and neighbors to celebrate the stories and legacies of those who have passed. If you would like to submit an obituary for […]

Jan 3, 2025 · Erika Renee Varvara was a beloved parent, sibling, and friend who brought light, wisdom, and joy to all who knew her. Her legacy of love, compassion, and curiosity will continue to inspire and connect those whose lives she touched.

Feb 1, 2025 · The Buckeye Flame amplifies the voices of LGBTQ+ Ohioans to support community and civic empowerment through the creation of engaging content that chronicles our triumphs, struggles, and lived experiences.

2 days ago · Jesse Vogel has a vision and wasted no time in acting on it. The out LGBTQ+ candidate is running to represent District 7 on the Columbus City Council and launched his campaign shortly after the November election with as grassroots approach as possible. “We ended up knocking on over 1,500 doors ...

5 days ago · (Image by H.L. Comeriato) On Jan. 7, the Little Miami Board of Education voted to terminate its membership with the nonpartisan Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA) over its public opposition to anti-LGBTQ+ Ohio House Bill (HB) 8, the Parents’ Bill of Rights.. Now passed into law and set to take effect April 9, the measure requires all public school teachers and staff, including counselors ...

Jan 11, 2025 · In just a few days, The Buckeye Flame will celebrate our fourth birthday, which gave me an excuse to go back and read what I penned in 2020 when we launched: This is the perfect time for The Buckeye Flame to ignite and serve its purpose: to shine a light on our LGBTQ+ lives, to (symbolically!) burn down the systems that neither serve nor represent us and to provide a spark to stir the activism ...

The Buckeye Flame amplifies the voices of LGBTQ+ Ohioans to support community and civic empowerment through the creation of engaging content that chronicles our triumphs, struggles and lived experiences.. Our History. The Buckeye Flame launched in June of 2020 as a 501c3 nonprofit newsroom, filling the lack of a statewide LGBTQ+ newsroom in Ohio.

Feb 3, 2025 · Image by Ken Schneck. GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ+ media advocacy organization, on Wednesday announced the nominees of the 36th GLAAD Media Awards: 303 nominees across 33 categories including culture-shifting stories about transgender people, people living with HIV, global LGBTQ+ criminalization, LGBTQ+ …

H.L. Comeriato is the senior staff writer for The Buckeye Flame. A queer and non-binary writer and reporter from Akron, Ohio, they received the 2024 Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for the LGBTQ Journalist of the Year from the NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists.