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.
The bill was introduced on Trans Day of Visibility.
The bill mirrors one that was just introduced in Kentucky a few weeks ago.
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."
Wednesday's hearing featured the claim that gender-affirming care is "homosexual conversion therapy."
Conservative lawmakers said they will use the bill to target transgender Ohioans who use public locker rooms
Transgender people will celebrate the lives, legacies and futures of transgender Ohioans across the state.
‘People were smiling and happy and feeling comfortable [because] they have access to firearms for the first time in a safe place.’
The drag ban and the bill to legally protect parents who reject their trans children both have hearings on Wednesday
Conservative lawmakers said part of their intent is to ban trans and gender non-conforming people from using public locker rooms
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