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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.

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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.”

A black-and-white photo of a tent in the lower third that's in front of a Findlay, Ohio city building. Two Pride flags hang from the tent in full color, contrasting against the black-and-white.

Columbus-based Kaleidoscope Youth Center pauses queer expansion into Northwest Ohio, lays off staff amid drop in grant funding

By Ben Jodway & Ken Schneck ● Rural ● March 24, 2026

LGBTQ+ residents attempt to pick up the organizing that no longer has a sponsor

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

By Ken Schneck & H.L. Comeriato ● Policy/Legislation ● March 13, 2026

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

Same affirming Ohio summer camp for trans and gender-expansive kids. Different zip code.

By Ken Schneck ● Youth ● March 13, 2026

Camp Indigo returns to Ohio for a third summer, this time in Columbus

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

By H.L. Comeriato ● Policy/Legislation ● March 5, 2026

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

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

By Ben Jodway ● Education ● February 28, 2026

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

An Ohio lawmaker claimed ‘parental alienation’ denying accusations of sexual misconduct with a minor [COMMENTARY]

By Ohio Capital Journal ● Commentary ● February 25, 2026

Two other Ohio Republican lawmakers are looking to write the term into Ohio Revised Code to protect parents who reject their trans children.

Ohio Republicans introduce bill to protect parents who reject their trans children

By H.L. Comeriato, Ken Schneck & Ben Jodway ● Policy/Legislation ● February 12, 2026

Republican sponsor: ‘We’re fighting a war here.’

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