Ohio’s Republican governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
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Ohio’s Republican governor on Friday vetoed a transgender bill that would have both banned gender-affirming care for youth in the state and prohibited transgender girls from participating in school sports matching their gender identity. The announcement by Gov. Mike DeWine — which was celebrated by LGBTQ rights advocates as a “huge win for trans youth and their families” — came after a series of conversations with doctors and families of trans youth. The proposed bill, which was advanced by the state’s Republican-led legislature earlier this month, would have prohibited doctors from offering g…
