House Bill 454 would ban vital gender affirming medical care such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender youth under the age of 18, while HB 61 and Senate Bill 132 would ban transgender girls and women from competing in women’s sports.
That's why the Board of Directors of Community Shares of Greater Cincinnati, our region's only federation of social and economic justice charities, strongly condemns these attacks on our freedoms, liberties and the very lives of our children. Ohio lawmakers have introduced several bills that have the potential to cause real and direct harm to the people of our state.
