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A recent report by the Ohio Capital Journal unveiled findings from two Ohio organizations, revealing over 200 instances of HIV-related prosecutions in Ohio. Equality Ohio and the Ohio Health Modernization Movement (OHMM) researchers examined data from 2014 to 2020, focusing on six existing statutes within Ohio law that criminalize or impose penalties on individuals living with HIV.

Chief of Strategy Nanette Pitt is bringing her faith and her experience with apartheid to her newly created role in the Malik administration.

 

Ohio Supreme Court helped coordinate training for judges that claimed children have sense of their gender identity by the age of four.

Nick Zingarelli attended a town hall about Ohio's soon-to-be-enacted gender-affirming care ban to show support for his trans daughter and others like her.

 

Two Ohio departments have backed off proposed rules that would have made the state just the second with a policy limiting gender-affirming care for adults. The revised plans Wednesday came after gathering public comment on proposals released last month. Transgender people and their healthcare providers feared the original rules would have left thousands of patients scrambling to find care — and facing health risks in the meantime. The proposed rules also relax requirements on treatment for...

 

As lawmakers continue to push bills targeting the LGBTQ community, and specifically transgender people, some fear for safety and their future.

Ohio transgender youth who aren’t already on a treatment plan won’t be able to access gender-affirming care after House Bill 68 takes effect on April 23.