Transgender Archives – The Buckeye Flame

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

By The 19th ● Transgender ● April 6, 2026

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.

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New Republican bill to further restrict trans Ohioans’ lived experience, from bathrooms to changing birth and death certificates

By Ken Schneck & Ben Jodway ● Policy/Legislation ● March 31, 2026

The bill was introduced on Trans Day of Visibility.

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

By Adam Rhodes & Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● March 31, 2026

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

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

By H.L. Comeriato ● Transgender ● March 30, 2026

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

By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● March 27, 2026

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

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

By H.L. Comeriato ● Policy/Legislation ● March 25, 2026

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

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

By H.L. Comeriato ● Transgender ● March 24, 2026

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

Trans Ohioans create a safe space to teach other trans people how to shoot guns and handle firearms safely

By Ben Jodway & H.L. Comeriato ● Transgender ● March 23, 2026

‘People were smiling and happy and feeling comfortable [because] they have access to firearms for the first time in a safe place.’

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

By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● March 21, 2026

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

Drag performers testify against Ohio drag ban that also targets transgender people

By H.L. Comeriato ● Policy/Legislation ● March 18, 2026

Conservative lawmakers said part of their intent is to ban trans and gender non-conforming people from using public locker rooms