transgender rights

The law banning gender transition treatments for minors is headed to the Ohio Supreme Court for a final decision.

It’s one of many such laws adopted around the country, with the stated intent of protecting female students. The Ohio law — which applies fully to private colleges, unlike the others — allows individual institutions to decide how they will obey and enforce the measure.

Often called the transgender bathroom ban, the "Protect All Students Act" requires Ohio schools designate multi-occupancy restrooms, locker rooms and overnight accommodations for exclusive use by male or female students based on their original birth certificate.

The Columbus City Schools' Board of Education voted to rescind its gendered bathroom policy, but did not enact any new rules at a Tuesday night meeting.

The Upper Arlington school board on Tuesday unanimously removed a May 2021 policy that created “all-gender” bathrooms for students.

Whether or not Ohioans can change the gender marker on their birth certificate depends on their county's location and probate court judge. That's even though a federal judge ordered the state to make the process available.

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.