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Proposed ban on drag performances in public places in Ohio gets praise and questions
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Supporters of a Republican-backed bill that would ban drag performers from doing shows in public places within view of children testified before the Ohio… 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)
Republican-dominated Ohio Supreme Court denies request to let House Bill 68 go into effect
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican-dominated Ohio Supreme Court has denied a request from Attorney General Dave Yost to overturn a judge’s order that blocks a law banning… Read More
![Rep. Adam Bird (R-New Richmond) and Sen. Andrew Brenner (R-Delaware) at a press conference in May 2024.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/snbsenators-e1716059546195-900x422.png)
Ohio AG, Republican lawmakers speak out against overhaul of federal rules on gender
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some Ohio officials are pushing back against changes to a federal law that seeks to protect LGBTQ+ students from discrimination at school based on… Read More
![Ohio governor Mike DeWine stands at a podium.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/woubdewine-e1703870424343-900x422.png)
DeWine vetoes controversial bill banning trans kids from girls’ sports and some medical treatments
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine has vetoed a bill that nearly all of his Republican colleagues supported but many in LGBTQ communities and child health leaders… Read More
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The state-level battles brewing in America over LGBTQ+ rights
By: Geoff Bennett | Courtney Norris | Gabrielle Hays | Adam Kemp | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang | PBS NewsHour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — More than a dozen GOP-led states have passed bans with limits ranging from healthcare to sports participation, while Democratic-controlled states have sought to shore up protections for… Read More