LGBTQ+ Rights
HB 68 and SB 104 moved Ohio's LGBTQ+ politics from rhetoric to statute. We cover the families, clinicians, and students living under laws that are still being argued over in front of judges.
Issue
Gender-affirming care banned, a bathroom law on the books, and both headed through the courts.
HB 68 and SB 104 moved Ohio's LGBTQ+ politics from rhetoric to statute. We cover the families, clinicians, and students living under laws that are still being argued over in front of judges.
Stories
The families challenging Ohio's care ban argue it violates the state's Health Care Freedom Amendment and parental rights, the same bodily-autonomy ground under the 2023 abortion-rights vote.
04 July 2026
How Ohio turned a bill its own Republican governor rejected into law, and what that says about who holds power in Columbus.
04 July 2026