2025-26 Guide to Ohio’s LGBTQ+ Legislation (136th General Assembly)
To help you differentiate one bill from another, we have put together this easy-to-use reference guide to Ohio LGBTQ+ legislation.
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Ohio cities, county review conversion therapy bans after SCOTUS ruling
Columbus, Cincinnati and Cuyahoga County spokespeople say they are ensuring their ordinances are still enforceable
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
Sing out! A new choir camp will let Ohio LGBTQ+ youth raise their voices.
The Cleveland-based two-week camp will provide space for camaraderie, community and Cyndi Lauper
Ohio teacher sues school district and school board president for removal of ‘Hate Has No Home Here’ poster
Little Miami teacher had the poster up for nearly four years before the LGBTQ+ flags caused an uproar.
New Republican bill to further restrict trans Ohioans’ lived experience, from bathrooms to changing birth and death certificates
The bill was introduced on Trans Day of Visibility.
Ohio Supreme Court hears case on health care ban for transgender youth
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
Wednesday's hearing featured the claim that gender-affirming care is "homosexual conversion therapy."
Columbus-based Kaleidoscope Youth Center pauses queer expansion into Northwest Ohio, lays off staff amid drop in grant funding
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’
The bill on the table would grant protections to parents who reject their trans children
