Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Westerville, OH – The Board, Staff, and Community of LOVEboldly is shocked and saddened to learn of the untimely passing of the Rev. Derek Terry, Executive Director of the Open and Affirming Coalition of the United Church of Christ and Pastor of St. Peter UCC in Cincinnati, OH. “Rev. Derek was a courageous, outspoken, and deeply compassionate leader working daily at the intersections of religion, race, gender identity, and sexual orientation,” LOVEb

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2026 Contact: Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp, Executive Director, LOVEboldly Email: bhuelskamp@loveboldly.org Phone: 614-918-8109 A Betrayal of Equal Protection, A Betrayal of the Gospel: LOVEboldly Statement on West Virginia v. B. P. J. and Little v. Hecox: Today, the United States Supreme Court affirmed that states may bar transgender girls and women from playing on the sports teams that match who they are. We want to name this plainly: this

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 hom