Equality Ohio is a nonpartisan

Nonpartisan

In political science, nonpartisan denotes an election, event, organization or person in which there is no formally declared association with a political party affiliation....

, nonprofit organization that advocates for full equality for the LGBTQ community. It is headquartered in Columbus

Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...

, Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

. It was founded in 2005 following the passage of Ohio Issue 1

Ohio State Issue 1 (2004)

Ohio State Issue 1 of 2004, is a ballot measure that amended the Ohio Constitution to make it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform same-sex marriages or civil unions...

, which banned state recognition of same-sex relationships. Equality Ohio's most recent executive director, Sue Doerfer, announced her resignation in November 2010, and was replaced by Ed Mullen, a former candidate for Illinois State Representative and civil rights lawyer from Chicago.

In addition to other efforts, Equality Ohio worked for several years toward passing state legislation to prohibit employment or housing discrimination based on sexual orientation.