transgender athletes

Rally-goers in Cleveland Heights demanded legislative support for laws that support queer and transgender youth.

It's a tweaked version of a ban that failed to pass in the last General Assembly.

The Ohio bill still bans transgender athletes from participating in girls' sports and now says a student athlete would need to provide a birth certificate if their sex is disputed.

Matt Huffman says his chamber will move forward with a controversial bill but wants requirements for physical genital exams removed; Ohio health officials are preparing for COVID-19 vaccine approval for children under five.

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The bill that would ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports at the high school and college level, which is widely opposed by Democrats, is facing more opposition. This comes just hours after Ohio House Republicans attached the legislation as an amendment to an unrelated and popular bill and passed it.

The bill to allow college athletes to receive compensation for their name, image, and likeness passed the Ohio House, but not before Republican lawmakers attached a last-minute amendment that bans transgender women from participating in high school and college women sports; A controversial vaccine bill has passed after it was tacked onto another Senate bill; Former Canton McKinley football coaches lose their non-coaching jobs; and more stories.

The bill to allow college athletes to receive compensation for their name, image, and likeness passed the Ohio House, but not before Republican lawmakers attached a last-minute amendment to the bill that bans transgender women from participating in high school and college women sports.

The Save Women's Sports Act would end the OHSAA's decade-long policy of ensuring fairness and inclusion for transgender athletes