School can’t punish Ohio students for misgendering transgender classmates, appeals court rules By Signal Ohio ● Policy/Legislation ● November 7, 2025 Allowing students to ignore trans classmates’ pronouns wouldn’t “materially and substantially disrupt” the classroom, judges said.
‘I witnessed evil’: Anti-LGBTQ+ hate groups support Ohio’s public drag ban By H.L. Comeriato ● Policy/Legislation ● October 30, 2025 Bill banning public drag performances also targets transgender Ohioans who use public locker rooms
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Ohio LGBTQ+ youth gain XP and craft queer tales through tabletop RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons By Ben Jodway ● Queer Joy ● October 27, 2025 ‘The staff were like, ‘Hey, the youth are clamoring for it. They want it.”’
Chastity Bowick assumes new role as executive director of the Ohio-based Marsha P. Johnson Institute By H.L. Comeriato ● Transgender ● October 24, 2025 ‘We have to have unity within community. We have to do this together.’
Cincinnati awards $225k to fund orgs supporting trans youth’s mental healthcare By Ben Jodway & Ken Schneck ● Transgender ● October 21, 2025 The city invested $500,000 into trans youth’s mental healthcare last year after Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban was legalized.
Ohio’s state budget puts intersex children in danger [COMMENTARY] By The 19th ● Commentary ● October 17, 2025 “Nearly 2% of people are born with sex traits that fall outside the male/female sex binary, with as many as 1 in every 1000 born with ‘ambiguous genitalia.'”
Lakewood, the ‘unofficial gay capital of Ohio,’ unanimously passes Gender Freedom Policy By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● October 10, 2025 City Council defends transgender rights from state and federal attacks.
Republican lawmakers introduce abuse exemption to Ohio’s anti-LGBTQ+ Parents’ Bill of Rights By H.L. Comeriato ● Education ● October 6, 2025 New education bill includes exemption for reporting LGBTQ+ students, eliminates 20 more provisions
Lakewood drafts first-in-Ohio ‘Gender Freedom Policy’ in response to anti-trans attacks By Ken Schneck ● Policy/Legislation ● September 29, 2025 Lawmakers aim to provide ‘reassurance and protection’ to transgender residents, families and drag performers