trans athletes

House committee passes bill banning trans athletes from Ohio women’s sports, talks higher ed bill

BY: - May 11, 2023

The controversial bill that would prevent trans athletes from participating in Ohio women’s sports and youth athletics passed by a 8-6 vote in the Higher Education Committee on Wednesday morning.  All five Democrats on the committee and state Rep. Gayle Manning, R- North Ridgeville, voted against the bill.  State Rep. Jena Powell, R-Arcanum, introduced House […]

Biden proposal on transgender student athletes met with praise but also questions

BY: - May 1, 2023

WASHINGTON — Transgender legal scholars and advocates say they were relieved to see the Biden administration extend some protections for transgender students’ sports participation at a time when bans are being enacted by multiple states. But they say they remain cautious about the effect on high school and college sports. For two years, the U.S. […]

Clergy members and parents of trans youth testify against controversial House Bill 6

BY: - April 27, 2023

A dozen people — including a handful of clergy members — testified against a bill that would prevent trans athletes from participating in Ohio women’s sports and youth athletics Wednesday morning in front of the Higher Education Committee.  The committee heard the remainder of opponent testimony against the bill dubbed “Save Women’s Sports Act,” after […]

Biden rule on transgender athletes would set conditions on school sports bans

BY: - April 10, 2023

The Biden administration will advance a rule to make it more difficult for schools to exclude transgender youth athletes from competition based on their gender identity, a senior U.S. Education Department official told reporters this past Thursday. The proposed rule would prohibit blanket bans of transgender athletes competing in sports consistent with their gender identity. […]

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Veteran, lifelong athlete, coach, parent, and trans man: Barring trans kids from athletics is awful

BY: - March 13, 2023

To start it off simply, since I was 5 years old, I have loved everything about sports. I can’t imagine my life without the lessons sports have taught me, and the teammates who became my community along the way. As a lifelong Ohioan, it breaks my heart to think that transgender youth in my home […]

Legislation barring trans athletes from women’s sports introduced in Ohio House

BY: - March 9, 2023

A bill to keep trans athletes from participating in women’s sports in college and youth athletics was introduced in the Ohio House on Wednesday. State Rep. Jena Powell’s House Bill 6 came to the House Higher Education Committee, where Powell spent her testimony emphasizing the biological differences between males and females, and decrying a “biological […]

Six transgender girls play sports in Ohio, but GOP wants them out

BY: - February 20, 2023

The following article was originally published on News5Cleveland.com and is published in the Ohio Capital Journal under a content-sharing agreement. Unlike other OCJ articles, it is not available for free republication by other news outlets as it is owned by WEWS in Cleveland.   Six girls across Ohio may no longer be able to play on their […]

Ohio GOP to reintroduce bill to prohibit transgender girls from school sports

BY: - February 15, 2023

The following article was originally published on News5Cleveland.com and is published in the Ohio Capital Journal under a content-sharing agreement. Unlike other OCJ articles, it is not available for free republication by other news outlets as it is owned by WEWS in Cleveland. A bill to prohibit transgender girls in Ohio from playing school sports will be […]

Ohio trans athletes ban moving forward with genital inspections replaced by birth certificates

BY: - December 7, 2022

Changes to remove genital inspections as part of a ban on trans student athletes have been approved by an Ohio Senate committee, replaced by birth certificates, as the overall bill continues to move forward. House Bill 151’s efforts to increase teacher mentorship in Ohio were praised by education leaders, except for the part of the […]