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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.

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She sued her rural Ohio school for banning LGBTQ+ inclusion in her classroom. Now, she is launching a nonprofit to help people like her.

New Richmond teacher launches the Rainbow Classroom Advocacy Fund while she appeals her court case

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‘They’re erased’: When trans people are misgendered after death, the consequences extend beyond paper

The way people are accounted for and processed after death in regard to sex and gender remains ‘in the Dark Ages’ – often representing a loss of self that weighs heavily on the minds of trans people.

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."

Drag queen reads a children's book to a group of children in a library.
Next week in Ohio: One committee hearing, two anti-LGBTQ+ bills and two big (potential) votes

The drag ban and the bill to legally protect parents who reject their trans children both have hearings on Wednesday

‘I’ve had more engaging conversations with trees’: Trans Ohioans get a cold reception from Ohio US rep in D.C. trip

A trans elder, a trans daughter and her father lobbied Ohio US Rep. David Joyce for trans rights on Capitol Hill

Tensions flare in Ohio House Committee over whether trans people exist and ‘parental alienation’

The bill on the table would grant protections to parents who reject their trans children

Conservative Christian lawmakers push for chaplains to serve as ‘substitute mothers and fathers’ in Ohio public schools

Republican bill inviting volunteer chaplains to minister in Ohio public schools could place LGBTQ+ students at risk

Ohio-born Gaddies brand helps gay dads find each other

Shaker Heights dad’s queer clothing line builds community.

Ohio school district bans ‘Hate Has No Home Here’ poster over inclusion of rainbow, trans flags

Little Miami School Board deemed the flags to be "sexuality content."

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