Advocates and educates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, nonbinary and transgender + Ohioans. #BlackLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter
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Last night, Ohio's ban on transgender athletes in K-12 sports failed to pass through the legislature.
We are absolutely thrilled by this news! Thank you to our partners and advocates who tirelessly fought this legislation into the night last night.
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“I am begging you to stop attacking trans healthcare and trans people. I am begging you to stop referencing detransitioners such as myself as a justification for attacking trans healthcare.” Carey Callahan, destransitioner and counselor testified in opposition to HB 68 today.
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Governor Kasich just issued an executive order which protects all LGBTQ state employees from discrimination––including transgender and genderqueer employees.
Equality Ohio and TransOhio have been working on this for months!
equalityohio.org/gov-kasich-…
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Today, in a 10-7 vote, the Ohio Board of Education voted to pass the Anti-Transgender resolution to oppose the proposed changes to Title IX passed by the federal government in June of this year.
We are deeply disappointed in this result.
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👏 VICTORY: You showed up and delivered a clear message to the governor: #OhioIsHome and we won’t tolerate bills that take away our freedoms. We’re relieved to see #HB68 vetoed, and we couldn’t have done it without your support.
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Good news! 🌈 House Bill 6, Ohio's Transgender Sports Ban, has been removed from the committee hearing for tomorrow.
We'll let you know about any updates or schedule changes. But today, a bit of GOOD NEWS :)
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This Thursday, Ohio politicians will be hearing TWO extreme pieces of anti-bodily autonomy legislation: HB 454 and HB 598. Lawmakers are purposefully trying to split your attention. Don’t Let Them.
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Everyone in Ohio deserves reproductive freedom. Everyone deserves bodily autonomy. Period. 💕
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🚨 BREAKING: HB 454, Ohio's Ban on Gender Affirming Care, is halted in the legislature for 2022:
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🎉 BREAKING: YOU DID IT!
Issue 1 did NOT pass in Ohio!
We showed that we will continue to rise above divisive forces and preserve democracy.
🎉 Congratulations Ohio!
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Hi folks! We know today is heavy. We understand this misinformation is harmful. Please take a moment to yourself today, whatever that means to you.
Do not let them take away your joy. Joy is resistance.
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🌈🥳Cleveland has became Ohio’s 10th next locality to protect LGBTQ+ youth by completely prohibiting the use of so-called conversion “therapy”—congratulations!
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YES!
🗣️BREAKING: We will be filing a lawsuit to defend transgender youth and their constitutional right to receive medically necessary healthcare.
HB 68 is not only cruel; it violates the Ohio Constitution and must be challenged.
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🚨 HB 616 is more than just “Don’t Say Gay.”
This bill is also “Don’t Mention Race.”
➡️ HB 616 is a curriculum ban, attacking Ohioans right to an honest education, banning discussions of race and intersectionality in schools + LGBTQ+ topics.
#WeSay
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Ohio Lawmakers have introduced a worse version of Don’t Say Gay that expands to include K-12th grade. Call Speaker Cupp and tell him to STOP HB 616:
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Ohio House Bill 68 is scheduled for a hearing next Wednesday May 24th at 9:30am.
This bill violates the rights of parents, youth, and families to make choices about their bodies and futures.
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Good morning! We are here today at the Statehouse at the hearing for HB 68 -
You can watch live on the Ohio Channel: ohiochannel.org/
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Good morning! This morning we received word that the proponent testimony hearing for HB 6, Ohio's Ban on Transgender Sports, has been cancelled until further notice. There will be no hearing Wednesday.
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"If you are a trans kid in Ohio right now, know that you are seen, you are heard and I personally apologize for this." Bill DeMora at the Ohio Statehouse in advance of the HB 68 vote today.
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UPDATE: Governor DeWine's voicemailbox is full!
✊Send an email now and tell him to VETO HB 68, Ohio's extreme ban on trans youth in sports and healthcare. governor.ohio.gov/contact
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Lawmakers want to silence LGBTQ+ people in Ohio. Don't let them.
🌈 We say Gay. We say Trans.
We say our truth loud & proud.
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The city of #Akron has voted unanimously to become Ohio’s 11th locality to protect LGBTQ+ youth against the use of so-called conversion therapy—congratulations!
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🚨Equality Ohio Condemns today’s House Override of the Governor’s HB 68 veto. Trans Ohioans: we love you, we see you, and we will continue to fight alongside you. Join us this Friday at 2 pm for a Virtual Town: linktr.ee/EqualityOhio
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HEARING ALERT! 🚨 The House Families, Aging, and Human Services Committee is scheduled to hear HB 454, Ohio’s ban on gender affirming care, for a fifth hearing this Wednesday at 10am.
It's time to make our voices heard! 💜 🚨
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*BREAKING* The statement from the Columbus Roundtable regarding potential violence at the Holi-Drag Storytime event this Saturday. ACTIONS: Buy virtual tickets or support the fundraiser.
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Anti-trans sports ban fails in Ohio legislature abcn.ws/3FviBxB
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"Ohio is my home. I wanna stay here. I wanna live here, but this bill would prevent me from doing that." - Sean Miller testified 5 mins ago against HB 68, missing a biology test at her high school to attend today's hearing.
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We are at the statehouse today for the fourth hearing on HB 454, Ohio's Ban on Gender Affirming Care for Minors, which will begin at 9am.
The room is packed at the statehouse today! We're in rooms 121 and 115 is the overflow!
Stay tuned 👀
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Data Adkinson from TransOhio gives incredible opening testimony in opposition to HB 6 this morning
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The legislature is likely over with major business for the year and we are looking forward to 2023 🌈 The legislature is not Sine Die quite yet (or officially gaveled out) but we can expect that soon.
Stay tuned for an official press release on last nights events later today.
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👉 Thank you for speaking up for transgender youth and their families. Get some rest next week, and we’ll be back in the New Year to keep fighting for all LGBTQ+ Ohioans’ freedom to thrive. Read our press release: equalityohio.org/equality-oh…
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BREAKING: It's time to testify for trans youth.
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On Wednesday, June 1 at 9am HB 454 will have its first hearing for medical professionals who support gender affirming care.
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Help us PACK THE HOUSE! 🏳️🌈
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More Actions Here >>> linktr.ee/EqualityOhio
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Next week is going to be busy for folks who believe in protecting bodily autonomy!
Next week on Wednesday at 9:30am in room 121 HB 68 - Ohio's Ban on Gender Affirming Care -- will have a first hearing.
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Rep. Weinstein starts off the questioning:
"Are you aware that you're in Ohio? Because in Ohio we've had an OHSAA policy that's worked in 2013 and you're talking about Connecticut."
Weinstein: "Are you representing any Ohio athletes today?"
Matt Sharp's answer: "No."
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✊JUST IN: COLUMBUS, OHIO—Equality Ohio Press Statement re: New Proposed Rules regarding Transgender Care in Ohio.
Read it now: ow.ly/V3K550QpgoU
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This is appalling. On this first day of Pride month, rather than celebrate our state’s diversity, legislators are working to undermine it on multiple fronts.
Tonight, the Ohio House of Representatives voted to Ban Transgender Athletes from Sports in Ohio.
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While the language was amended in the end, this resolution is still riddled with problems. We will continue to fight to ensure it is not implemented as it conflicts with current federal law.
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Pay attention to who's testifying today. The vast majority of people testifying on this legislation are NOT from Ohio.
Instead, they're being flown in from right-wing special interest groups all over the country to talk about legislation that will effect Ohioans here.
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🆘 Ohio Department of Health (ODH) & Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OMHAS) Release Updated Draft Rules 💗 Submit your public comments by Wednesday, 2/14
It's essential to emphasize that we STILL OPPOSE these rules. linktr.ee/EqualityOhio
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Thank you to the organizations and hundreds of advocates who showed up to speak up against the resolution. Your voices mattered in this fight and we are so proud of you 🌈
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Equality Ohio would like to thank our amazing lawmaker advocates and LGBTQ+ advocates and allies today for showing up at the Statehouse 🌈
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Legislation like House Bill 68, Ohio's ban on gender affirming care, are based in conspiracy theories and medical misinformation.
We break down how you can spot conspiracy theories in the media 👀
▶️ Watch here: tiktok.com/@equalityohio/vid…
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🆘 ICYMI: Ohio Department of Health (ODH) & Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OMHAS) Release Updated Draft Rules 💗 Submit your public comments by Wednesday, 2/14
It's essential to emphasize that we STILL OPPOSE these rules. linktr.ee/EqualityOhio
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"We would very much like to be excluded from this narrative but we have to address this: For over a decade, the Ohio Fairness Act has been introduced in the Ohio Legislature. The goal of OFA hasn’t changed but apparently some of its former supporters have.
The great state of Ohio helped put Trump in the White House and JD Vance in the senate, so I have no doubt they’ll elect the real conservative @berniemoreno over leftwing, pro-trans Frank LaRose.
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HB 6, Ohio's Ban on Transgender Girls and Women in Sports, is scheduled for a hearing next Wednesday April 19th at 9:30am.
Stay tuned for updates on opposition testimony via email on Monday morning!
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🎤In response to the hundreds of you who have not yet been heard and to galvanize further action, Equality Ohio is launching our newest #WeSay Video Campaign.
🌈Upload your 1-minute testimony snippet to socials using the hashtag #WeSay
👉Guidelines: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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This clip of Anne Becker's incredible testimony and Q& culminates today's HB 68 opposition testimony at the Ohio Statehouse.
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Ohio lawmakers have introduced House Bill 183, which would ban students from bathrooms in school settings.
Ohio lawmakers need to learn to mind their own business.
Ohio appears to be trying to join Florida in a bathroom ban.
This one would apply to all schools and universities in Ohio, and would ban trans students from bathrooms matching their gender identity.
ALT designate each student restroom, locker room, changing room, or shower room accessible by multiple students at the same time for the exclusive use by students of the male biological sex only or by students of the female biological sex only. (2) No institution of higher education shall permit a member of the female biological sex to use a student restroom, locker room, changing room, or shower room that has been designated by the school for the exclusive use of the male biological sex. No institution of higher education shall permit a member of the male biological sex to use a student restroom, locker room, changing room, or shower room that has been designated by the school for the exclusive use of the female biological sex. (C) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit an institution of higher education from establishing a policy providing accommodation such as single-occupancy facilities or controlled use of faculty facilities at the request of a student due to special c
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This afternoon, our Deputy Director and Policy Director are at the State Board of Education to fight the anti-transgender resolution that they’ll vote on tomorrow. Follow along with @KYCOhio for live updates and @Honesty4OhioEd for action alerts!
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Hb 68 has been moved to the Senate floor and possible vote today at 1:30 pm ET. Show up at the Statehouse to support, call your Senators NOW.
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Thank you to everyone who protested HB 616 at the Ohio Statehouse today 💜 Thank you for standing up to support LGBTQ+ youth in Ohio!
#WeSay
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Rep. Joe Miller asks a question:
"I want to know whether you believe that a single win by Lia Thomas overshadowed the wins of the 27 other female athletes that day who also won? Are you aware she won a single race, and did not break a record?"
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We so appreciate all of Rep. Zephyr's advocacy, both in Montana and across the country, fighting for Transgender folks 🌈
Thank you for visiting with us today!
And thank you to @Liston4Ohio for her continued advocacy for transgender youth and their families!
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👏 JUST IN: Equality Ohio Responds to Revised ODH and OMHAS Rules by DeWine Administration.
Read the full statement: equalityohio.org/press-state…
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NOW: Call your Senator in the next 30 mins and tell them NO on HB 68. Find your senator here: ohiosenate.gov/members/distr…
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Help push LGBTQ+ rights forward in 2023. Give Equality Ohio’s monthly membership program, Defenders of Equality, starting at a special year-end price of just $10 a month.
JOIN US! Become a Defender of Equality: equalityohio.org/get-involve…
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Cuyahoga County is now the 21st Ohio community to welcome LGBTQ Ohioans after passing an LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance.
#CuyLGBTQ
equalityohio.org/cuyahoga-co…
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Call Gov. Kasich at 614-466-3555 and tell him to veto the 6-week abortion ban in HB 493.
Together, with Ohio women, we are strong!
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Just now, KENT OHIO became the 19th city in Ohio to pass fully inclusive nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people.
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🆘✊Read this Commentary by Equality Ohio Policy Director Maria Bruno and learn what you can do about the Ohio House coming back early to override the Governor's HB 68 Veto: thebuckeyeflame.com/2024/01/…
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TODAY OH lawmakers are hearing a bill to restrict healthcare access for trans kids. Politicians have no place interfering with decisions made between doctors and patients. Tell Committee Members to get politics out of pediatricians’ offices NOW: secure.everyaction.com/r1KGF…
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If you intend on showing up to testify tomorrow for the HB 68 hearing, we advise you to:
- Use the buddy system for safety (Bring a friend!)
- Wear shoes/clothes you'll be comfortable in
- Make sure to get to the Statehouse an hour early.
- Bring Water and a Snack
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Ohio Lawmakers have introduced a bill to ban transgender youth from sports. Again.
House Bill 6 has been referred to House Higher Education Committee.
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It's official: Athens, OH is the fifth Ohio city to ban conversion therapy! Thank you @cityofathensoh and everyone who helped!
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We are live from Ohio House Session where lawmakers are actively attempting to amend the Anti-Transgender Sports Bill into another piece of legislation.
You can watch session live here: ohiochannel.org/live/ohio-ho…
We will use this as our thread for this evening as it develops 🧵
URGENT: We need you to call, email, text, and tweet at your state lawmaker and tell them NO on HB 61.
Tell lawmakers that sports are for everyone.
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👉Here are 3 Actions you can take this week to support Transgender Ohioans: linktr.ee/equalityohio
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Digital Communications and Policy Manager Kathryn Poe spoke truth to power today in opposition of HB 68. Stay tuned for more information about how you can help Equality Ohio defeat bad bills like this one:
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Community: HB 68, Ohio's ban on affirming care for trans youth, has passed in Ohio. Ensure you are signed up to our email list, as we will send out more soon. equalityohio.org/sign-up-for…
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TransOhio, the state’s only statewide trans-led organization, is urgently appealing to the public and other organizations for support. READ MORE: thebuckeyeflame.com/2024/01/…
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BREAKING: We are hearing from multiple sources that tonight lawmakers will once again attempt to put Ohio's Anti-Transgender sports ban, HB 61, into another piece of legislation.
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Rep. Lightbody, a science teacher, asks a question: "The science I've seen suggests that there is no competitive advantage after one year of hormone therapy. What do you say to that?"
Rep. Lightbody is correct! You can learn more about the science here: cces.ca/transgender-women-at…
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Good morning from the Statehouse!
We're here today for the HB 454 proponent hearing. We'll be live tweeting the hearing and testimony today starting at 9am. We hope you join us!
You can watch too here: ohiochannel.org/
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We're here for the second hearing on HB 6, Ohio's Ban on Transgender Sports, today!
You can watch this morning on the Ohio Channel beginning at 9am: ohiochannel.org/live/ohio-ho…
You can follow along here on this thread:
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Policy Director Maria Bruno “let’s go back to dealing with real issues, not humoring cruel proposals like this.”
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The Anti-Transgender Sports Bill has been scheduled for a sponsor testimony hearing on Wednesday 10:30am.
We have mobilized on this issue before and we can do it again!
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🏳️🌈Equality Ohio has released our highly anticipated 2022 Ohio Lawmaker Equality Scorecard.
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Find your local candidates, learn about what they stand for before you head to the polls in Nov.
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🚨BREAKING: Equality Ohio supports best practice gender-affirming care and calls for allies to speak out in opposition of House Bill 454.
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Read the full press release: equalityohio.org/equality-oh…
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Congratulations to @shakeronline for becoming the 26th locality in Ohio to welcome LGBTQ folks by passing an LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance. Shout out and thanks to council, law staff, and @housingcenter!
Reply and help us congratulate Shaker Heights!
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Rep. Liston (D- Worthington) speaks to the legislation from the perspective of a physician and speaks about the importance of gender affirming care.
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Your calls made a difference! THANK YOU! The Senate has recessed for the night--and they did not vote on the amended SB 187 with the anti-transgender bill language in it.
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Student Athlete Ember live at HB 6 hearing just now: “To all the other trans kids in Ohio, I ask you not to give up…our rights matter, our lives matter.”
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Equality Ohio is strongly opposed to HB 598 and firmly believes ALL Ohioans have a right to bodily autonomy. #wesay
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Got 1 minute? Want to support trans kids in Ohio? Help us fight this bill which attacks our most vulnerable.
Call Ohio House Speaker Ryan Smith 614-412-4237.
Introduce yourself, say where you live, and that this bill attacks trans kids. Then ask that it not be moved forward.
Ohio lawmakers debate bill that would require teachers to "out" transgender students to their parents. abcn.ws/2KjLgMw
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Good morning! HB 454 is receiving its third hearing this morning is House Families, Aging, and Human Services this morning starting at 9am!
You can watch live with us here: ohiochannel.org/
We'll be live tweeting the hearing from this thread 🧵
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✊ January 24th, 2024: Equality Ohio Condemns Ohio Senate’s Override of Governor’s Veto of HB 68, Affirming Commitment to Transgender Rights:
👉Read the full release, donate to TransOhio's emergency fund, sign up for tomorrow's Town Hall here: linktr.ee/EqualityOhio
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TOMORROW HB 454, which would ban gender affirming care for minors in Ohio, will receive a second hearing.
Every child deserves access to the health care they need in order to live safe and healthy lives.
Tell committee members to stop this bill: secure.everyaction.com/r1KGF…
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We are in the rm 121 at the Statehouse this morning for HB 68, the gender affirming care hearing. Watch live on the Ohio Channel.
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House Bill 454, Ohio's Ban on Affirming Care for Minors, is scheduled for a hearing this upcoming Thursday at 9am in House Families, Aging, and Human Services.
All kids in Ohio deserve to grow up healthy. STOP HB 454 & protect our transgender youth!
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We are mourning.
Elected officials––in times like this––should lead with compassion and unity.
#CandiceKeller's comments are simply vile.
Please sign our petition AND call her at (614) 644-5094 to let her know her comments are unacceptable.
equalityohio.org/do-somethin…
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“There is no anti trans legislation currently in Ohio—it’s being debated” Rep. Lipps today at the HB 68 opposition testimony clarified that this legislation is indeed, anti trans.
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Ohio lawmakers wouldn't listen to this family's story - Will you? Listen to this family in Northeast Ohio describe the real cost of ban on gender affirming care.
▶️ tiktok.com/@equalityohio/vid…
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