Superheroes helped Mike Boyce navigate life as queer young person. Now, as an art therapist, they’re helping other LGBTQ+ children see themselves as superheroes.
With the sea change of leadership that is about to hit Cleveland as the new mayoral and council administration takes office, a number of LGBTQ+ leaders will find themselves not only sitting at the table, but also holding positions of great influence.
Not every nun lists their pronouns in their e-mail signature. But let’s be clear: not every nun is quite like Sister Susan Zion. Zion has spent more than a decade as the executive director of Ursuline Piazza, an organization she founded to address gaps in service for the HIV-positive community.
“It’s been a bumpy road,” said the 17-year-old who is currently in the permanent custody of the Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services (CCDCFS). “A really bumpy road.” Over the past five years, Anastasia has moved between foster homes to group-living arrangements to a brief time at a residential care facility. She remembers being terrified at age 12 when she was first told that she was going “into the system.”
When COVID-19 began to rage across the land, the warning bells quickly rang out loud and clear: we must be extra careful around our senior citizens.
Only one project stands between Halle Preneta and the highest honor that can be achieved by a Girl Scout. And she is taking decidedly rainbow approach to get to her goal. The 18-year-old Chagrin Falls resident has spent more than half of her life in the Girl Scouts, and is now poised to complete the Gold Award, the highest achievement within the Girl Scouts of the USA, earned by only 5.4% of eligible Girl Scouts.
Racks of neatly organized dresses, ties, suits, shoes, bras, baby and kid’s clothes, and even wedding dresses fill the storefront on W. 117 St. in Lakewood. A nearby glass display case holds wigs and makeup with the tags still attached. Trans and LGBTQ+ Pride flags hang in the windows.
Rebecca Maurer wants more transparency in Cleveland City Hall. It’s a quality she role-models herself in her bid to become the newest member of the Cleveland City Council. Right on her campaign website, she proudly shares that her LGBTQ+ identity helps inform her point of view.
What’s in a voice? For participants in Baldwin Wallace University’s (BW) transgender voice clinic, a voice means feeling like themselves. And for many trans people, security in their voice presentation is nothing less than a matter of basic safety.
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