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

Carolyn Harding with Dominic Detwiler and Amanda Erickson, activists and advocates promoting lived and legal equality for LGBTQIA+ Ohioans, young and old. Dominic 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. Equality Ohio: https://equalityohio.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/equalityohio Twitter: http://twitter.com/equalityohio Insta: http://instagram.com/equality.ohio Amanda 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. Kaleidoscope Youth Center website: http://www.kycohio.org @kycohio on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KYCOhio @kycohio on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/kycohio @kycohio on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kycohio Welcome to GrassRoot Ohio. On 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. And on July 7, Rol