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Supporters of a Republican-backed bill that would ban drag performers from doing shows in public places within view of children testified before an Ohio House committee Wednesday.

An Ohio Republican lawmaker is defending his controversial bill that would charge teachers and school district librarians with felonies for "pandering" so-called "obscene" material.

Parents and LGBTQ advocates spoke out this week at the Ohio Statehouse against a bill that would force educators to out a student’s sexuality to their parents and notify parents on “sexuality” content. “Forcing schools to out kids, regardless of their home situation, will lead to unconscionable cruelty against LGBTQ kids,” Maria Bruno, Equality Ohio’s […] The post LGBTQ advocates speak out against forced-outing bill during Ohio Senate education co...

House Bill 8 would require educators to notify parents of “any request by a student to identify as a gender that does not align with the student’s biological sex.”

“There is a long history of collaboration and cooperation between the Women’s Liberation Front and the far Christian right”

A “radical feminist” group called the Women’s Liberation Front, that has helped shape anti-trans laws nationwide, has also played a role in a proposed Ohio law that would ban transgender people in schools and on college campuses from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity and appearance, emails obtained by the Ohio Capital Journal […] The post The “radical feminist” group helping push Ohio’s trans bathroom ban appeared first on Ohio...

The Alliance Defending Freedom is a far-right, Christian legal advocacy group that has been at the forefront of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in the United States.

A recent study found dozens of cases where Hamilton County residents' criminal charges were upgraded to felonies because of their HIV status. In Ohio, there were hundreds over a six-year period.

A new trans-led national nonprofit has started that aims to change the narrative on the transgender community.

Cuyahoga County prosecutes the most people under laws with heightened penalties.