01/10/2024

Ohio Vote Highlights Intensified Transgender Rights Battles across U.S.

Some of the new proposals are among the most prohibitive to date

On Wednesday, Ohio lawmakers are expected to vote whether to override the governor's veto of a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for minors, one of the dozens of bills introduced this year to restrict transgender rights.

In this presidential election year, the number of bills has already surpassed last year's record-setting pace, extending a contentious cultural debate in the United States. Democrats say transgender people and parents of transgender kids should determine treatment, as endorsed by the medical consensus, while Republicans portray that stance as medically radical and dangerous to children.

Some of the new proposals are among the most prohibitive to date. One Florida bill would require all driver's license applicants to sign affidavits attesting to their sex at birth and another would classify some allegations of transphobia as defamation, carrying statutory damages of up to $35,000.

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