2025-26 Guide to Ohio’s LGBTQ+ Legislation (136th General Assembly)
To help you differentiate one bill from another, we have put together this easy-to-use reference guide to Ohio LGBTQ+ legislation.
Latest News
Therapeutic workforce program in rural Ohio ensures LGBTQ+ workers don’t ‘fall off the map’
Rocksprings Wellness helps queer Ohioans get jobs, housing and learn independent living skills as safety nets shrink
AudioThis News is So Gay (5/13/26): Reporting on Gayborhood Drama and Queer Disinformation
Featuring: Jason Villemez (Philadelphia Gay News) and Jake Wittich (Windy City Times).
Sherrod Brown will face anti-transgender Republican Sen. Jon Husted in bid for Ohio U.S. Senate seat
Brown won the Democratic nomination but has been criticized by some LGBTQ+ leaders for bending on trans rights.
Ohio Pride PAC forms to build political power for LGBTQ+ equality
The PAC has set an initial target of recruiting 1969 founding members, a number specifically chosen to evoke the year of the Stonewall Rebellion.
‘Get in, Loser. We’re Going to the Hillsboro Pride Festival.’: ‘Mean Girls’ star Daniel Franzese joins rural Ohio Pride celebration
‘We want the whole region to know that at our festival, you can sit with us.’
‘We are still here’: Ohio LGBTQ+ students navigate campus life after Senate Bill 1
The queer community at Kent State University continues to express itself, even as Ohio’s SB1 reshapes speech and life on campus.
