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The permanent commission will advise Columbus City Council and the mayor's office on policies, programming and outreach, and also monitor local and federal legislation that would affect LGBTQ+ citizens in the city.

The nationwide "No Kings" protest will have a float and march alongside Columbus' LGBTQ+ Pride March on Saturday.

Sandusky, Ohio native Jim Obergefell was the lead plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges, which affirmed the right to same-sex marriage across the United States. Ten years since that landmark ruling, Obergefell says he fears the U.S. Supreme Court is on a path to revisit Obergefell and likely overturn it.

Republican lawmakers in Ohio and elsewhere want to police everything from drag performances to bathroom protocol to library books.

And that's not all. Democrats used PRIDE month to unveil a list of legislative changes they are seeking for LGBTQ+ Ohioans.

Lowe's, Walmart, Nissan and Anheuser-Busch are some of the companies that have supported Stonewall Columbus' annual Pride March and Festival in the past, but are not doing so this year.

Ohio’s House Bill 68 has been on hold because of a federal court's injunction.

Erin Upchurch, executive director of the Kaleidoscope Youth Center, said staffing changes, lack of a venue and the current political climate led to the dance's cancellation.

A nearly $250,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services was set to fund the installation of 10 more LGBTQ+ Ohio Historical Markers.

The Department of Government Efficiency under President Donald Trump said the National Institutes of Health grant would be canceled. Ohio State University declined to comment on the grant cancellation.