Monday, June 15, 2026 Happy Monday, my friends! If you were following Monday Moments before January 6, 2026, you probably noticed how the essays and reflections came to a rather abrupt end. That wasn’t entirely planned. The last essay I published was never meant to be a farewell, but life has a way of making decisions for us before we have time to make them ourselves. The short version is this: the last several months have been a season of reassessment. LOVEboldly’s financial constraints,...

Chair Roegner, Vice Chair Gavarone, Ranking Member Blackshear, and Members of the Senate General Government Committee, Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Huelskamp. I'm the Executive Director of LOVEboldly, an Ohio, faith-based nonprofit serving LGBTQIA+ Ohioans, and the Pastor of Blue Ocean Faith Columbus. In my work, I walk alongside people who are routinely pushed to the margins of civic life including people experiencing homelessness, people...

Monday, May 19, 2026 Today, May 19, 2026, the Ohio Senate Education Committee is hearing opponent testimony to Senate Bill 113, which would prohibit diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in Ohio public schools. Given the conduct of the committee's chair in other hearings, LOVEboldly is joining Honesty for Ohio Education, Trans Allies of Ohio, Right to Read Ohio, Columbus Education Justice Coalition, and other organizations in submitting the following statement as written testimony to this...