‘A Solution Looking for a Problem’: Bill that would out LGBTQ+ students to parents gets third hearing
Here are 12 of the most memorable quotes from this third hearing to force teachers and school staff to out LGBTQ+ students.
Here are 12 of the most memorable quotes from this third hearing to force teachers and school staff to out LGBTQ+ students.
"The Ohio Legislature must trust the science, not Pastor Representative Gary Click."
Wednesday's hearing consisted exclusively of testimony from the bill's sponsor, Rep. Gary Click, and questions from committee members.
There will be a rare confluence of two anti-trans bills being heard at the very same time. Here's what you need to know.
If passed, the bill would ban transgender girls and women across the state from competing in team sports from kindergarten through college.
The bill is sponsored by Rep. Gary Click (R-Vickery), a Baptist pastor, the primary sponsor of another bill to deny gender-affirming care.
Ohio has now joined in on the unprecedented wave of anti-LGBTQ+ bills that have been introduced in state legislatures across the country.
Here are the committees most likely to hear anti-LGBTQ+ bills in the new legislature and a bit about those sitting at the helm.
There were certainly some horrible anti-LGBTQ+ Ohio stories in 2022. But please know that there were delightful and empowering ones too!
A substitution bill was introduced and approved at this hearing that would mandate a two-year wait before accessing gender-affirming care.