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Ohio’s Supreme Court says artificial insemination laws don’t apply to unmarried same-sex couples
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled unmarried same-sex partners who broke up before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2015 can’t claim… Read More
The US Supreme Court’s conversion therapy ruling prompts Columbus and other Ohio cities to review bans
By: George Shillcock | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Columbus, Westerville and Whitehall leaders are all reviewing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Tuesday that struck down a state law in Colorado banning conversion therapy on… Read More
Ohio’s only LGBTQ+ adult homeless shelter is in high demand, weeks after opening in Youngstown
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — A new homeless shelter opened in Youngstown earlier this March and it holds a certain distinction: Full Spectrum’s Rainbow House of the Mahoning Valley… Read More
An indecent exposure bill passes the Ohio House, as critics say it could criminalize some drag shows
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) —It’s already a crime in Ohio to put obscene material in front of children, but the Ohio House has passed a bill that Republicans say… Read More
Pieces of LGBTQ Ohio history were at risk of disappearing. A digitization effort is rescuing them
By: Allie Vugrincic | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In a conference room at The Ohio History Connection in Columbus, OHC interpretation and content specialist Wendy Korwin pulls up a clip from a… Read More
Ohio is among states with the most ‘anti-LGBTQ incidents’ last year
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Ohio nearly topped the list of ‘anti-LGBTQ incidents’ in 2025. That’s according to GLAAD, a nonprofit that advocates for inclusive representation and LGBTQ acceptance. It’s… Read More
A federal appeals court sides with a parent group in the fight over an Ohio school district’s pronoun policy
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A divided federal appeals court in Ohio ruled against the state’s fourth largest school district on Thursday in a case that pitted its gender pronoun policy… Read More
Backers of an anti-discrimination amendment in Ohio decide to go ahead and split it in two
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Supporters of an anti-discrimination amendment for LGBTQ Ohioans, women, veterans and others have decided to start circulating two proposed amendments for signatures to put them… Read More
With a federal LGBTQ+ hotline offline, Ohio advocates fear the worst
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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Content Warning: This article mentions suicide. DARKE COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — When the LGBTQ+ Community Center of Darke County was still in the works, a local resident in… Read More
The Supreme Court will take up a new case about which school sports teams transgender students can join
By: Mark Sherman | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed last week to hear a case over state restrictions on which school sports teams transgender students can join. Just two weeks after upholding… Read More
The lawsuit over Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors goes on, as the U.S. Supreme Court upholds a similar law
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The US Supreme Court has upheld a law from Tennessee banning gender-affirming care for minors. Ohio has a similar law, and the decision has given… Read More
Democrats in the Ohio Legislature want to put marriage equality on the ballot in 2026
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic state lawmakers are taking steps to put marriage equality on the ballot in 2026 so voters could decide whether to recognize gay marriages… Read More
Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is in effect again after a court ruling
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Supreme Court is allowing a ban on gender-affirming care for minors ruling to go back into effect, a little over a month… Read More
The latest Ohio budget proposal recognizes only two sexes and relocates LGBTQ content at libraries
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state House GOP folded hundreds of changes into the two-year Ohio budget Tuesday, including several non-fiscal items further legislating sex and gender issues…. Read More
An appeals court blocks Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is unconstitutional and must be permanently blocked from being enforced, a three-judge panel of appellate judges ruled Tuesday. The… Read More
GOP lawmakers in Kentucky voted to protect conversion therapy
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Republican lawmakers have passed a measure to protect conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youths as part of a bill that also would outlaw the use of… Read More
LGBTQ+ Ohioans prepare for a second Trump term
By: Stephen Langel | Ideastream Public Media
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CLEVELAND (Ideastream Public Media) — LGBTQ+ Ohioans say they are concerned about Donald Trump’s second term as president, given the rhetoric he used during the campaign and various policy promises. Members… Read More
Ohio GOP leaders prioritize ‘Parents Bill of Rights’ passage before the lame duck session ends
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With only a few weeks left of lawmaking at the Ohio Statehouse this session, both GOP legislative leaders have said they want to pass… Read More
A bill requiring trans students in Ohio use the bathroom of their gender at birth heads to DeWine
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republicans in the Ohio Senate have passed a bill to make changes to the state’s College Credit Plus program. The bill was approved with an… Read More
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
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
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
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
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 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
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