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Ninety-three percent of transgender youth ages 13 to 17 — approximately 280,300 children — live in states that have considered or enacted laws restricting their rights.
The Ohio House nixed a new version of the bill after the Senate OK'd it, meaning it most likely won't pass this year.
The new law signed Friday builds on existing anti-trans laws in the state.
The former president is once again targeting trans people as he gears up for a potential 2024 run.
However, after Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed the bill, he took even stricter executive actions on gender-affirming care.
It comes after the school refused to play a team with a trans girl on it.
The Democrat stood in the way of a law that Republicans wanted to have enacted targeting the trans community.
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics' new policy will go into effect with the 2024-2025 school year.
The state had already barred trans athletes from competing under their gender identity in K-12 public schools.
A judge has blocked the ban on trans girls in girls' sports, days after it was reported that there had been complaints about supposed trans competitors.
The Supreme Court has previously declined to weigh in on other high-profile cases concerning the rights of trans students.
"We just want to be accepted, and she just wants to be a kid. It shouldn’t be that hard to be a kid,” the girl's mom said.
LGBTQ+ advocates are stunned by the transgender woman’s ongoing stance against the inclusion of trans people in many facets of public life.
DeWine's veto is likely to be overridden by the state legislature, as HB68 passed both the state House and Senate with a supermajority.
It's now the 20th state to ban gender-affirming care for minors.
Only two justices dissented.
Civil rights groups lauded the court decision, saying it struck down a harmful policy.
The U.K. study, while using a small sample, cautions against blanket bans on trans women's participation in women's sports.
The state's Assembly has passed a ban on gender-affirming care and restrictions on trans athletes in school sports, sending them on to the Senate.
The boy was forced to use a single-person restroom for P.E. and sports after being banned from the boys' restrooms and locker rooms.
The Montana House approved a bill restricting trans students' sports participation and voted down one banning transition care for minors.
