Ohio dont say gay

Within 90 days, educators in Ohio will be forbidden from discussing LGBTQ + identities — unless it's to forcibly out queer students to their guardians. Columbus, Ohio – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) — the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization — condemned the Ohio House of Representatives for passing HB 8, a bill modeled after Florida’s “Don’t Say LGBTQ+” bill, and HB 68, which, as amended, would prohibit.

Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation Wednesday requiring educators to reveal a student’s gender identity to their families and allow parents to opt their kids out of lessons. Ohio Republicans introduced a House bill on Monday prohibiting "divisive or inherently racist" curriculum and banning instruction that includes sexual orientation and gender identity. The proposal is now facing backlash from local LGBTQ advocates.

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COLUMBUS – State Rep. Anita Somani (D-Dublin) today condemned the passage of House Bill (HB) 8, Ohio’s version of the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill. The law passed late Wednesday night, requires public schools to notify parents about any matters concerning a student’s mental health, emotional well-being, or requests related to their.

These amendments added a definition of sex that reduces youth to their genitalia and reproductive capacity. Additionally, the bill explicitly requires that any child in the Ohio public school system who questions their gender identity be immediately outed to their parents, without exception. Every credible medical organization — representing over 1. Parents, their kids, and doctors make decisions together, and no medical interventions with permanent consequences happen until a transgender person is old enough to give truly informed consent.

This is why majorities of Americans oppose criminalizing or banning gender affirming care. Democrats and Independents drive opposition to such legislation, suggesting that support for such bans carries risk in a general election context. Some people take medication, and some do not; some adults have surgeries, and others do not. How someone transitions is their choice, to be made with their family and their doctor.

Therapists, parents and health care providers work together to determine which changes to make at a given time that are in the best interest of the child. In most young children, this care can be entirely social. This means:. Being transgender is not new. But transgender people have always existed and will continue to exist regardless of the bills we pass. And very few transgender people change their mind.

ALL gender-affirming care is age-appropriate, medically necessary, supported by all major medical organizations, made in consultation with medical and mental health professionals AND parents. And in many cases, this care is lifesaving: A recent study from the Trevor Project provides data supporting this — transgender youth with access to gender-affirming hormone therapy have lower rates of depression and are at a lower risk for suicide.

For more information, please visit hrc. A majority of Americans oppose discriminatory bills seeking to ban transgender and non-binary youth from participation in sports. Young transgender people should be allowed opportunities to participate in a way that is safe and comfortable for them. Advocates for women and girls in sports support trans-inclusive policies and oppose efforts to exclude transgender students from participating in sports.

And nearly college athletes have stood up to anti-transgender legislation by demanding the NCAA pull championships from states that have enacted anti-trans sports laws. In , lawmakers introduced 80 bills aimed to prevent transgender youth from playing school sports consistent with their gender identity. By the end of the legislative session, a record 17 bills attacking transgender and non-binary children passed into law.

The facts about transgender and non-binary athletes. Meet the girl who lawmakers want to ban from playing sports. Yet again, Democrats and Independents are in a different place than their GOP counterparts suggesting headaches for Republicans in the elections. Voters appear poised to punish candidates who are pushing book bans and curriculum censorship.

By a point margin, Americans oppose banning books in public schools. Opposition is strong across partisanship, with opposition from almost four in five Republicans 78 percent and about three in four Democrats and Independents 74 and 76 percent, respectively. This means teachers would be prevented from providing a safe, inclusive classroom for all students. Other laws like those in Alabama bans any acknowledgement of sexual orientation or gender identity in classrooms from kindergarten through fifth grade.

Voters rejected attacks on school curriculums in the midterm elections. The midterms showed that attacks on school curriculums — specifically on critical race theory and so-called gender ideology — largely were a dud in the general election.