Ohio Gov. signs anti-trans bathroom bill ‘further marginalising an already vulnerable community’

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed an anti-trans bathroom bill, banning students from using school facilities that align with their affirmed gender. It’s a move that LGBTQ+ supporters say “will further marginalise and harm an already vulnerable community”. 

On Wednesday (27 November), DeWine signed SB 104, the “Protect All Students Act”. The Republican-majority state Senate pushed forward the bill in a 24-7 party-line vote.

The Ohio bill reads: “No school shall permit a member of the female biological sex to use a student restroom, locker room, changing room, or shower room that has been designated by the school for the exclusive use of the male biological sex,” and vice versa. 

The bill states that “biological sex” is the “biological indication of male and female, including sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex

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