The Westerville Queer Collective has opened submissions for their second volume of gINKgo, a zine centered on Queer and Trans experiences. This upcoming volume has the optional theme of “Resistance, Resilience, Utopia” and is accepting submissions online up through February 14th, 2026. We accept all forms of visual and written creations such as paintings, poetry, essays, digital art, short stories, etc. There is also an optional cover competition for visual creations. 

Each summer the new volume is printed and is handed out to contributors and around the community of Westerville, Ohio. gINKgo works to uplift and empower the realities of LGBTQ+ people and their stories. Any person who is LGBTQ+ or a supporter can submit to gINKgo; no age or skill requirement, no submission payment needed. 

For full submission guidelines and formatting expectations, as well as the link to submit, go to www.westervillequeercollective.org/ginkgozine WQC cannot wait to see what you submit!

Saturday, September 27, 2025,1:00 – 3:30 PM
Bicentennial Park & Ohio Statehouse

Bill 1 (HB1) and Senate Bill 88 (SB88), currently under consideration in the Ohio General Assembly, would ban individuals and businesses from owning property within a 25-mile radius of “critical infrastructure” based on national origin.

On September 27, concerned Ohioans will rally at Bicentennial Park and march to the Ohio State House to speak out against HB1 and SB88 in defense of our civil liberties, property rights, and constitutional protections.

Learn more and register here.

Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan celebrate Latino Heritage Month with Spanish language songs including Buena Vista Social Club, Lila Downs, Gloria Estefan, Julio Iglesias, Eddie Pamieri and more!

Listen here

Listen live at 11pm Fridays, September 26 and October 3 streaming at wgrn.org or on the radio at 91.9FM
and
Mondays at 2pm streaming September 29 and October 6 at wcrsfm.org or on the radio at 92.7 or 98.3FM

It is interesting how President Donald Trump keeps whining about the 20 alleged Israeli hostages that are reportedly still held by Hamas in Gaza, demanding that they be released immediately, while ignoring the hundreds of unarmed Palestinians that are being murdered daily by Israeli military and armed contractors as well as by deliberate starvation. Also, the thousands of Palestinians who had nothing to do with Hamas or Gaza and are nevertheless being held without charge in Israeli prisons under horrific conditions including torture are of no interest to the US president and his team. Trump is of course profoundly ignorant, demonstrated most recently during his 55 minute rambling speech to the United Nations General Assembly in which he attacked both the UN institutionally as well as nearly every delegate and nation represented in the room, minus the Palestinians, of course, for whom he had blocked the issuance of visas guaranteeing that they would have no voice or presence in New York.