Parents and LGBTQ advocates spoke out this week at the Ohio Statehouse against a bill that would force educators to out a student’s sexuality to their parents and notify parents on “sexuality” content. “Forcing schools to out kids, regardless of their home situation, will lead to unconscionable cruelty against LGBTQ kids,” Maria Bruno, Equality Ohio’s […] The post LGBTQ advocates speak out against forced-outing bill during Ohio Senate education committee appeared first on Ohio Capital Journal.
House Bill 8 would require educators to notify parents of “any request by a student to identify as a gender that does not align with the student’s biological sex.”
Heated exchanges occurred solely between witnesses and Chair Andrew Brenner (R-Delaware), who repeatedly asserted that the bill would not do what opponents said the bill would do.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A coalition of public schools is looking to grow its ranks as its lawsuit against the state moves closer to its trial date. The group, Vouchers Hurt Ohio, is pushing to eliminate the EdChoice vouchers that allow students in designated public schools to attend participating private schools. The lawsuit said these vouchers hurt […]