transgender rights

The Senate Leadership Fund ad cites Brown’s votes on March 6, 2021, and March 22, 2024, as evidence that Brown, who generally supports LGBTQ+ rights, voted to allow transgender athletes in girls’ sports. Brown spokesperson Matt Keyes described both votes as "poison pill" amendments — designed to render legislation ineffective — to broader funding bills.

On Tuesday, a Franklin County judge upheld a ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

A lawsuit filed in March in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas sought to block House Bill 68 from going into effect on schedule, and at all.

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled unanimously against lifting a block on the law that bans trans minors from accessing gender-affirming treatment and prohibits trans athletes from competing in girls sports.

Judge Michael Holbrook extended an order to block House Bill 68 till May 20, at the request of the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio.

Attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and Ohio Attorney General’s Office laid out their cases Friday morning in Franklin County.

The ACLU of Ohio said Tuesday it sued the state over House Bill 68 in Franklin County court, along with global law firm Goodwin.

An Ohio law banning gender transition treatment for minors and prohibiting trans athletes from competing in girls' sports will go into effect, in spite of a veto from Gov. Mike DeWine.

Later this month, the Ohio Senate could override Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto and ban some healthcare for transgender children and bar transgender girls from some sports. That would leave families with transgender kids one fewer state where gender-affirming care is legal.

Gov. Mike DeWine isn't waiting to see if Republicans in the legislature will override his veto of a controversial bill that keeps trans kids from getting some medical care or competing in girls' sports.