Gender-Affirming Care

Brown, who has held his Senate seat since 2007 and broadly supported LGBTQ+ rights throughout his career, is running against Republican businessman Bernie Moreno in a hotly contested swing state contest.

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 state law banning gender transition treatments for minors is on trial in a Franklin County court. House Bill 68 didn’t take effect in April at the order of the judge hearing this case

The National Association of Social Workers, Kaleidoscope Youth Center and other organizations are partnering to provide the training. Columbus City Council will vote Monday night on whether or not to give a $60,000 boost to the program.

On Friday, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a bill passed in December by his fellow Republicans that would limit certain medical care for trans kids and ban them from competing on girls' sports teams.

Hundreds of opponents testified against Ohio’s multifaceted measure when it was moving through the Legislature, including medical and mental health providers, education professionals, faith leaders, parents of transgender children and transgender individuals themselves.

Ohio lawmakers voted Wednesday to both ban transgender youth from school athletics and limit their access to medical care related to their gender identity.