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Ohio lawmakers introduced legislation to protect transgender candidates. Republicans countered with a bill requiring them to list their deadnames.

Heated exchanges occurred solely between witnesses and Chair Andrew Brenner (R-Delaware), who repeatedly asserted that the bill would not do what opponents said the bill would do.

Democrats’ bill would exempt candidates from having to disclose deadnames, while the Republican bill would broaden opportunities to protest trans candidates.

The Ohio state representative quoted Scripture and compared transgender people to animals while justifying her anti-trans bill.

There could be more restrictions on gender-affirming care for all Ohioans, not just children.

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State Rep. Beth Lear also compared gender dysphoria to delusions of being an animal, proposing a child might want to “explore being a bird” by jumping off a five-story building.

The bill would also ban trans female athletes in kindergarten through college. The Senate will vote to concur on January 24.

Restrictions on gender-affirming care for adults are still a rarity across the country — Oklahoma, Mississippi and Missouri have attempted (and failed) to pass legislation with adult restrictions.

Republican Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio received thousands of dollars in donations from donors who provided transgender medical services or opposed efforts to ban the procedures for minors.