Ohio Republican lawmaker introduces bill to ensure prisoners and inmates are housed according to ‘biological sex’

The bill mirrors one that was just introduced in Kentucky a few weeks ago.

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Ohio Supreme Court hears case on health care ban for transgender youth

The case dates to 2024, when the ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf two 12-year-old transgender girls and their parents challenging the “SAFE Act.”

Republicans bus in anti-trans ‘lesbian Democrats’ to support Ohio bill protecting parents who reject their trans children

Wednesday’s hearing featured the claim that gender-affirming care is “homosexual conversion therapy.”

They started as a friend group of LGBTQ+ Ohioans. Now, they’re running their rural county’s first Pride.

In the past, Van Wert County residents traveled to Indiana for Pride

House Republicans pass drag ban targeting transgender Ohioans; bill now moves to Senate

Conservative lawmakers said they will use the bill to target transgender Ohioans who use public locker rooms

AudioThis News is So Gay (3/25/26): Exposing How ICE Presence is Impacting HIV Care

Featuring: Sam Donndelinger (Uncloseted Media) and Darian Aaron (GLAAD)

LGBTQ+ Ohioans mark upcoming Transgender Day of Visibility 2026 with community events

Transgender people will celebrate the lives, legacies and futures of transgender Ohioans across the state.

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