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Ohio bans gender-affirming care and restricts transgender athletes despite GOP governor's veto

apnews.com Ohio bans gender-affirming care and restricts transgender athletes despite GOP governor's veto

Ohio has banned gender-affirming care for minors and restricted transgender women’s and girls’ participation on sports teams.

Ohio bans gender-affirming care and restricts transgender athletes despite GOP governor's veto
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  • This is the best summary I could come up with:


    Her 14-year-old daughter Amity is already receiving mental health services and some medication, and would be able to continue her treatment under the law’s grandfather clause, but she wouldn’t be able to seek anything further, such as hormone therapies, and would have to go out of state to progress in her gender-affirming care.

    Scaglione and her partner, Matt, are even considering moving their family out of state entirely, despite recently buying a house in a school district and community that’s safer for Amity and her 10-year-old sister, Lexi, who is also transgender.

    DeWine reiterated Wednesday that he vetoed the legislation — to the chagrin of his party — to protect parents and children from government overreach on medical decisions.

    The nation’s first law, in Arkansas, was struck down by a federal judge who said the ban on care violated the due process rights of transgender youth and their families.

    Senate Minority Leader Nickie J. Antonio, a Cleveland-area Democrat, called the measure “bullying” and said that the Legislature should be dealing with bigger issues such a mental health and substance use disorders rather than those that ostracize transgender youth and take away parental rights.

    Maria Bruno, public policy director for Equality Ohio, a statewide LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, said that they will be exploring whatever legal and legislative options are available to them in order to protect transgender residents and their families.


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  • Working in laws that actually help anyone. Anyone at all. NAH!

    Oppressing a group of kids who just want to kick a ball. HELL YEAH GET EM BOYS

  • Cant drink or smoke until 18, but cut of my dick and call me shirly at 13

    • Step 1: invent imaginary problem/scenario

      Step 2: ANGERY

    • It's easy to tell if you're on the right side of history if transphobes continually show how much they don't actually understand gender-affirming care.

      I've yet to meet a transphobe that actually understands gender affirming care and general psychology/biology.

    • Removed, rule 6, transphobic. 24 hour ban.