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Judges rule that the West Virginia and North Carolina transgender care coverage policies discriminate
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s and North Carolina’s refusal to cover certain health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance is discriminatory, a federal appeals court ruled Monday in… Read More
![The message "being trans is not a phase" was written in chalk outside the Ohio Statehouse after a protest over a bill banning gender transition treatments for minors in May 2022.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/npr.brightspotcdn-e1704314835128-900x422.webp)
A judge halts the Ohio law banning gender transition treatment for minors till after hearing
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Franklin County judge has again blocked a state law that would ban gender transition treatment for minors and would stop trans athletes from… Read More
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An appeals court says West Virginia’s trans sports ban discriminates against teen athlete
By: John Raby | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s trans sports ban violates the rights of a teen athlete under Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools,… Read More
![The voting board shows the Ohio House votes to override a veto of HB 68.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-e1704922602169-900x422.webp)
A judge puts a short-term pause on HB 68 in Ohio prior to its effective date
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A judge in Franklin County put a short-term pause Tuesday on House Bill 68, a statewide ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors that… Read More
![Opponents of HB 68 hold a press conference prior to an Ohio Senate vote on the bill, which bars transgender youth from participating in school athletics and accessing certain medical care.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/npr.brightspotcdn-8-e1711483993618-900x422.webp)
Ohio is being sued over a new law that limits health care for transgender kids
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The ACLU of Ohio, along with global law firm Goodwin, has filed a lawsuit against the state, trying to halt legislation from going into… Read More
![Trans Allies of Ohio sign at the Ohio Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/download-26-e1710870959673-900x422.webp)
Trans advocates are still against Ohio’s draft rules on youth transition treatment
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — About a dozen Ohioans testified Monday morning against some of the state’s draft rules regarding transition treatments and other gender-affirming care for trans children… Read More
![A cardboard sign reads "Trans Ohioans Stand with Nex Benedict." It sits on steps surrounded by candles](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Untitled-2-900x422.png)
The trans community and allies in Athens held a vigil for Nex Benedict
By: Haley Richardson
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Athens community gathered on campus Saturday to commemorate the life of Nex Benedit, a 16-year-old non-binary, transgender high school student who died last month in… Read More
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Democrats say West Virginia’s bill defining gender is transphobic and ‘political rubbish’
By: John Raby | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Republican-supermajority House of Delegates overwhelmingly passed legislation Wednesday to narrow the definitions of gender that Democrats label as a dystopian bill that would… Read More
![The West Virginia state capitol building](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/West-Virginia-Statehouse-e1518097711392-900x422.jpg)
Critics say a West Virginia ‘Women’s Bill of Rights’ is an effort to suppress transgender people
By: John Raby | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Legislation in West Virginia to narrow the definitions of gender would give women no further rights and is a way for Republicans to suppress transgender people,… Read More
![Demonstrators outside the Ohio Statehouse showing support for transgender kids](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/npr.brightspotcdn-5-e1707423068767-900x422.webp)
Revised state rules on gender treatment say they’ll affect only trans youth in Ohio, not adults
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The first round of revised rules on gender-affirming treatments for trans youth in Ohio have been released, after public comment on them closed last… Read More
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The ACLU of Ohio says a lawsuit is coming soon over the law affecting trans kids
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The ACLU of Ohio said it’s preparing a lawsuit to try to stop Republican-supported legislation from going into effect that would limit health care… Read More
![LGBTQ activists stand in the rain outside the Ohio Statehouse as the Senate debates overriding Gov. Mike DeWine‘s veto of House Bill 68](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/npr.brightspotcdn-8-e1706294740840-900x422.webp)
An LGBTQ group says dozens of families are looking to leave Ohio because of the law on trans kids
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The ban on gender transition treatment for minors and on trans kids in girls’ sports will take effect in April, now that Republicans in… Read More
![Ashton Colby holds a box that contains two vials of Testosterone Cypionate Injection in his apartment bathroom in Columbus.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Testosterone-injections-e1705783838412-900x422.jpg)
Ohio is poised to become the 2nd state to restrict gender-affirming care for adults
By: Geoff Mulvihill | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Associated Press) — Gov. Mike DeWine announced proposals this month that transgender advocates say could block access to gender-affirming care provided by independent clinics and general practitioners, leaving… Read More
![Jacksonville, Ohio- Voters cast in their ballots.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Swensen_voting-1-2-e1492966382495-900x422.jpg)
A transgender candidate facing disqualification is now cleared to run despite omitting deadname
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A transgender candidate vying for a seat in the Republican-majority Ohio House was cleared to run Thursday after her certification had been called into question for… Read More
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More transgender candidates face challenges running for office in Ohio for omitting their deadname
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Several transgender candidates for state office in Ohio are facing challenges and even outright disqualification for omitting their former names from petition paperwork under a little-known… Read More
![An "all gender restroom" sign at a public restroom.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/download-11-e1705368859528-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s Republican-backed “bathroom bill” gets an update and another hearing, but no vote
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican-backed bill that says K-12 and higher education institutions in Ohio must require students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to the… Read More
![Republican lawmakers who overrode Gov. Mike DeWine's veto of a bill that bans trans athletes from playing on girls' sports teams and limits health care for trans kids at a news conference](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/download-8-e1705080801493-900x422.webp)
How the Ohio House veto override might affect DeWine’s proposed rules on trans kids’ health care
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House has overridden Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of a controversial bill affecting trans kids on a party line vote. And the Senate… Read More
![The voting board shows the Ohio House votes to override a veto of HB 68.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-e1704922602169-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s House votes to override the veto of a gender-affirming care ban
By: Sarah Donaldson | Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — By 65-28, Republicans in the Ohio House broke with Gov. Mike DeWine and voted to override his veto of House Bill 68, which blocks… Read More
![Newly elected House Speaker Jason Stephens (R) addressees the Ohio House from a podium.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/download-1-e1672865449642-900x422.webp)
For the Ohio House, marijuana is on the backburner as a HB 68 veto override vote takes center stage
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Members of the Ohio House will officially vote Wednesday on whether to override Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of House Bill 68—the bill blocking trans… Read More
![The message "being trans is not a phase" was written in chalk outside the Ohio Statehouse after a protest over a bill banning gender transition treatments for minors in May 2022.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/npr.brightspotcdn-e1704314835128-900x422.webp)
DeWine wants rules for treatment for trans kids in Ohio. Lawmakers may override his veto instead
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a bill that would have banned trans kids from receiving gender transition treatments or playing on girls’ sports teams,… Read More
![The Ohio Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ohio_statehouse__credit_statehouse_news_bureau_-e1653657900609-900x422.png)
2023 year in review: Higher ed plan, marijuana changes among Ohio bills that did not pass
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When the mid-term General Assembly went home for the holidays, lawmakers left behind hundreds of bills to deal with in the new year: in… Read More
![Opponents of HB 68 hold a press conference prior to an Ohio Senate vote on the bill, which bars transgender youth from participating in school athletics and accessing certain medical care.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/download-1-e1702562720948-900x422.webp)
A bill that bans Ohio trans youth from gender-affirming care headed to the governor’s desk
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers voted Wednesday to both ban transgender youth from school athletics and limit their access to gender-affirming care. The 24-8 vote in the… Read More
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Ohio lawmakers hear questions and misinformation on the ‘bathroom bill’ for schools and universities
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio House committee heard from the Republican sponsors of a bill to require K-12 and college students to use bathrooms and locker rooms… Read More
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Supreme Court says First Amendment entitles web designer to refuse same-sex wedding work
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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Updated June 30, 2023 at 11:30 AM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines that the First Amendment bars Colorado from “forcing a website… Read More
![The Ohio House considers bills during its session](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Ohio-House-STATEHOUSE-e1687447011205-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s House passes bans related to gender affirming health care and transgender women in sports
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers passed a trio of controversial bills Wednesday that affect the way LGBTQ kids in Ohio are educated, limits the types of medical treatment… Read More
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