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Ohio University students and residents urge Athens to declare a "safe haven" for gender-affirming care
Summary
At a Feb. 24 committee session, students and residents testified in favor of a resolution asking Athens to declare itself a safe haven for gender-affirming care; council members generally supported moving the draft to the law director for review and to be introduced at the next meeting.
Jeff Ryner, president pro tem of the Athens City Council, opened a committee-of-the-whole discussion on a student-drafted resolution asking the city to be considered a ‘‘safe haven’’ for people seeking gender-affirming health care and to encourage administration policies supporting that role.
Liam, introduced by Member Wood as president of the Ohio University Young Democratic Socialists of America chapter, told the committee, “the time has come to put in place local protections both rhetorical and legal that would halt the formalized legislative push of transphobia in our state…
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