Transgender

The young man wants to see dress code policies that are more inclusive toward trans people at public swimming areas, including Zoombezi Bay, the Columbus Zoo's waterpark.

Riicara Janelle Dior is a transgender woman currently serving time at the Grafton Correctional Facility — a men's prison in Northeast Ohio's Lorain County.

The Human Rights Campaign kicked off its “American Dreams Tour” in Columbus. Visiting 12 cities nationwide the tour focuses on stories of LGBTQ+ people in red states.

After experiencing discrimination while receiving medical treatment, Hailey Adelaide pursued court orders to change her name and gender on her birth certificate.

More than half of U.S. states have limited access to gender affirming care for minors. That includes Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri. Now, the nation’s highest court will take up a case out of Tennessee this December that could have ripple effects across the country.

The Ohio Senate on Wednesday approved a ban on transgender students using bathrooms that fit their gender identities and sent the measure to Gov. Mike DeWine.

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

Ohio AG Dave Yost argued that Franklin County judge Michael Holbrook overstepped his judicial authority by placing a hold on House Bill 68, the law that bars gender affirming care for transgender minors.

They testified Monday morning against some of the rules, which regulate gender transition care for minors and were introduced at Gov. Mike DeWine’s request.

The first round of revised rules on gender-affirming treatments for transgender youth in Ohio have been released, after public comment on them closed last month.