Earlier this week we looked at the state of the child trans protection measures shaping up in Ohio, as well as their legislative efforts to protect women’s sports. An ambitious legislative package designed to achieve those goals had been vetoed by Governor Mike DeWine. The House easily overrode the veto with the question reaching the state Senate yesterday. Any concerns that support for the measure might falter were quickly put to rest. The chamber voted 24-8, mostly along party lines, to override the veto and allow the law to take effect in April. Ohio’s trans advocates are crying “transphobia,” of course, and the Associated Press is wringing its hands in dismay.
Ohio has banned gender-affirming care for minors and restricted transgender women’s and girls’ participation on sports teams, a move that has families of transgender children scrambling over how best to care…
