Equality Ohio, Kaleidoscope Youth Center & LGBTQIA+Rights w/ Dominic Detwiler & Amanda Erickson

Published: July 23, 2021, 9:55 p.m.

b'Carolyn Harding with Dominic Detwiler and Amanda Erickson, activists and advocates promoting lived and legal equality for LGBTQIA+ Ohioans, young and old.\\n\\nDominic Detwiler (he/him/his) is a graduate of Ohio University where he studied Sociology with Minors in Psychology, Political Science, and Music. As Public Policy Strategist, Dominic works primarily on advancing Equality Ohio\'s objectives at the Ohio Statehouse, including passing the Ohio Fairness Act and protecting minors from so-called "conversion therapy". Dominic has worked with Equality Ohio in various capacities since 2017 and has served as Public Policy Strategist since January 2020. Dominic is excited to be a part of the Equality Ohio team and work with lawmakers and other public officials to promote lived and legal equality for LGBTQ Ohioans.\\n\\nEquality Ohio: https://equalityohio.org/ \\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/equalityohio \\nTwitter: http://twitter.com/equalityohio \\nInsta: http://instagram.com/equality.ohio \\n\\nAmanda Erickson (she/her) is the Director of Education and Outreach at Kaleidoscope Youth Center. Since 2017 she has focused on advocating for LGBTQIA+ youth across Ohio through professional development and education for youth-serving professionals including teachers, social workers, and more. Amanda has a Bachelor of Science in Education from Bowling Green State University, and spent two years post-college as a Peace Corps Volunteer educating teachers in the South Pacific. Since returning to the US, she has worked in education and programming in the Columbus nonprofit sector. \\n\\nKaleidoscope Youth Center website: http://www.kycohio.org\\n@kycohio on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KYCOhio\\n@kycohio on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/kycohio \\n@kycohio on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kycohio \\n\\nWelcome to GrassRoot Ohio.\\n\\nOn July 2, 2021, News5 cleveland.com headlined, Ohio\'s budget has a provision allowing medical providers to refuse care for LGBTQ community -Gov. DeWine said people could just find another provider.\\n\\nAnd on July 7, Rolling Stone headlined, Ohio Allows Doctors to Deny LGBTQ Health Care on Moral Grounds - The new provision, snuck into a last-minute amendment to the budget, was signed by Gov. Mike DeWine.\\n\\nThis flies directly in the face of this portion of the Hippocratic oath, \\u201cI will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.\\u201d\\n\\nWhat\\u2019s going on Right Now regarding LGTBQIA+ Rights in Ohio?\\n\\nGrassRoot Ohio, Conversations with everyday people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio.\\nEvery Friday 5:00pm, EST on 94.1FM & streaming worldwide @ WGRN.org,\\nSundays at 2:00pm EST on 92.7/98.3 FM and streams @ WCRSFM.org, and Sundays at 4:00pm EST, at 107.1 FM, Wheeling/Moundsville WV on WEJP-LP FM.\\nContact Us if you would like GrassRoot Ohio on your local station.\\nCheck us out and Like us on Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/\\nCheck us out on Instagram:\\nhttps://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/\\nIf you miss the Friday broadcast, you can find it here: All shows/podcasts archived at SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753\\nGrassRoot Ohio is now on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085\\nThis GrassRoot Ohio interview can also be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAX2t1Z7_qae803BzDF4PtQ/\\nIntro and Exit music for GrassRoot Ohio is "Resilient" by Rising Appalachia: https://youtu.be/tx17RvPMaQ8\\nThere\'s a time to listen and learn, a time to organize and strategize, And a time to Stand Up/ Fight Back! See Less'