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The Buckeye Flame

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The Buckeye Flame
Typeonline newspaper; website
Owner(s)The Buckeye Flame
Founder(s)Ken Schneck
PublisherKen Schneck
Founded2020
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersOhio
Websitehttps://thebuckeyeflame.com

The Buckeye Flame is a state-wide LGBT community-oriented online news website based in northern Ohio.[1] The website updates online regularly, and news recaps are distributed in a weekly newsletter, which makes this the largest LGBTQ news source in the state of Ohio.[2][3] The website debuted in June 2020.[4][5]

History

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The Buckeye Flame launched in 2020, and this followed the closure of Ohio's printed LGBTQ news magazine, Prizm.[4][5]

Since its creation, The Buckeye Flame has published LGBTQ news articles on a number of topics. Topics have included gender affirming care,[6] conversion therapy bans,[7] LGBTQ sports content,[8] and more.[3] Additionally, The Buckeye Flame regularly covers content related to anti-LGBTQ legislation at the local and state-wide level across Ohio.[2]

The Buckeye Flame is associated with several professional organizations, including the Institute for Nonprofit News, other journalist groups, and Ohio's LGBTQ chamber of commerce.[1] Occasionally, they co-publish higher profile material with other Ohio-based sources, such as The Cleveland Scene.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Our Mission". The Buckeye Flame. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "WKCY Studio NBC News". A Turning Point: Covering anti-LGBTQ+ legislation as a member of the queer community. 23 June 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "WKCY Studies NBC News". How One Organization is Amplifying LGBTQ+ Voices and News. 7 June 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Formed during the pandemic, The Buckeye Flame has become Ohio's go-to LGBTQ publication". Cleveland.com. 20 June 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "City Beat". LGBTQ+ Pub Buckeye Flame Launches Weeks after Ohio's Prizm Magazine Shutters. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  6. ^ "The Buckeye Flame". Ohio Republicans introduce bill to restrict gender-affirming care with some new – and surprising – prohibitions. 23 February 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  7. ^ "The Buckeye Flame". Akron bans LGBTQ+ conversion ‘therapy’ for minors; becomes the 11th Ohio city to do so. 25 October 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  8. ^ "The Buckeye Flame". New Ohio Research Study Finds Lesbians Are Bigger Sports Fans Than Gay Men. 6 February 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  9. ^ "The Cleveland Scene". Leaders of Studio West 117 Admit to Some Early Growing Pains. Some in Cleveland’s LGBTQ+ Community Think That Undersells the Problems. Retrieved July 28, 2023.