Ohio gets a failing mark on sex education policy from national group
Ohio’s curriculum stresses abstinence as a general policy and requires only some instruction about sexually transmitted infections.
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Book bans, censorship and funding fears challenge Ohio public school librarians
Proposed legislation to filter the reading choices students can make has brought concern, and budget reductions make some worry about the future of public school librarians as a mainstay in schools.
A lack of funding, a glut of stigma: How Ohio LGBTQ+ health outcomes are impacted
Recognizing the ripple effects of one population’s health outcomes can be a powerful message for other Ohioans whose attention might be elsewhere.
Ohio Supreme Court rules against parental rights for woman in same-sex custody case
The state’s highest court debated whether or not a “would-have-been-married” test would decide whether the parental rights were allowed.
Want to tell Ohio legislators how you feel about policy? Here’s one way to do it.
Testifying in Ohio legislative committees vital to democracy, advocates say.
‘Everyone deserves a warm bed.’ Ohio’s only LGBTQ+ adult homeless shelter is opening in Youngstown
According to a 2020 study, 17% of LGBTQ people surveyed said they had experienced homelessness at a point in their life.
An Ohio lawmaker claimed ‘parental alienation’ denying accusations of sexual misconduct with a minor [COMMENTARY]
Two other Ohio Republican lawmakers are looking to write the term into Ohio Revised Code to protect parents who reject their trans children.
‘It feels like a betrayal.’ Ohio college students experiencing effects of new higher education law
Diversity and LGBTQ+ centers across Ohio’s public universities have closed because of the new higher education law.
Kent State University to close LGBTQ+ Center, Women’s Center and Multicultural Center
The Living-Learning Community will cease to exist because of Senate Bill 1 going into effect, according to a statement from KSU.
Ohio library systems, advocates push back on House provision to hide LGBTQ+ materials
A provision in the Ohio budget proposal would require libraries to place LGBTQ+ content out of view of minors.
