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Trans advocates tell Senate HB 96 provisions on gender identity would harm youth shelters, health care and safety
Summary
Multiple transgender-led organizations and individual witnesses testified against provisions in HB 96 that would define sex as binary in state policy and restrict gender-affirming care, saying the budget language risks harming youth shelters, mental-health care and public safety.
A series of witnesses representing transgender advocacy groups, health care providers and affected Ohioans urged the Senate Health Committee to remove several anti‑trans provisions that were inserted into the House version of HB 96.
Dara Adkisson of TransOhio asked senators to reject language in the bill that declares Ohio’s policy should "recognize only two sexes, male and female," and warned the provision contradicts medical and legal consensus about gender. "This language is not only factually incorrect, it is inherently dangerous,"…
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