LGBTQ Rights

The website pointed to resources, events and advice for LGBTQ+ students that cisgender and heterosexual students were not prohibited from utilizing or participating in. OSU cited a vague part of the higher education law signed by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine earlier this year, which doesn't go into effect until June 27.

Sandusky, Ohio native Jim Obergefell was the lead plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges, which affirmed the right to same-sex marriage across the United States. Ten years since that landmark ruling, Obergefell says he fears the U.S. Supreme Court is on a path to revisit Obergefell and likely overturn it.

Republican lawmakers in Ohio and elsewhere want to police everything from drag performances to bathroom protocol to library books.

And that's not all. Democrats used PRIDE month to unveil a list of legislative changes they are seeking for LGBTQ+ Ohioans.

The ban on gender-affirming care for minors, which was part of the Ohio law that also banned trans athletes in girls’ sports, was ruled unconstitutional last month.

The Ohio House GOP folded hundreds of changes into the two-year state budget Tuesday, including several non-fiscal items further legislating sex and gender issues.

Presidential executive orders and legislation from the Ohio Statehouse have created concerns in the LGBTQ community about marriage equality. An Ohio law firm is advising couples to update their legal documents.

The law banning gender transition treatments for minors is headed to the Ohio Supreme Court for a final decision.

Ohio University President Lori Stewart Gonzalez addressed a student protest against Ohio Senate Bill 1. She said the university would not take any preemptive action on the bill's requirements because it is still going through the legislative process.

The LGBTQ+ organization received a grant for $276,000 from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners last week.