The bill requiring trans students in Ohio to use bathrooms that match the gender on their birth certificates now heads to Gov. Mike DeWine after this vote, in the first legislative session following the election.

Ohio lawmakers have put a bill on Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk that would ban transgender students from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity.

The Ohio Senate voted Wednesday to ban transgender students from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity. The GOP-backed legislation would require K-12 and college students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their sex assigned at birth,

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