An 11-year-old boy says that he was harassed and humiliated at school for having long hair. The boy, who lives in Milford, Ohio, in the greater Cincinnati area, says the bullying he endured included being forced to wear his hair in pigtails and being taunted with girls’ names. What shocked his mother...

The Ohio Council of Churches has endorsed a proposed state law that would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. By a vote of 9-0, with five abstentions, the council’s governing body passed a resolution supporting House Bill 176. The vote was taken in late October,...

CLEVELAND – The group Ask Cleveland delivered a message to City Council on Monday night. The gay, bisexual and transgender rights group delivered more than 2,500 postcards to the meeting in support of legislation that would make it illegal to discriminate against transgender people. Council has...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A proposal in the Ohio Legislature to prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is poised to go further than it ever has. The legislation will get a floor vote in the Democratic-controlled House when lawmakers return next week. But...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — In 2014, the international Gay Games will land in Boston, Washington, D.C., or Cleveland. Fourteen cities originally expressed interest in hosting the event, which had its beginning in San Francisco in 1982 and draws about 12,000 participants. But only three submitted detailed...