Ohio House Bills

LOVEboldly follows bills introduced in and processing through the Ohio General Assembly which involve LGBTQIA+ rights and religious issues broadly. Unfortunately, we do not the capacity to follow all the bills we might like or which may important to people in our community. We encourage people to visit the pages maintained by some of our strategic partners including:

Equality Ohio (www.equalityohio.org)
Honesty for Ohio Education (www.honestyforohioeducation.org)
ACLU of Ohio (www.acluohio.org)

Please remember as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, LOVEboldly does not engage in lobbying and partisan politics. We choose to engage in limited issue-based advocacy and present our opinions here as well as links to other sources (you can find our positions on Ohio Senate Bills here). We encourage each person to be knowledgable about bills in the Ohio General Assembly and hope that these pages will assist in that process.

Ohio House Bill 8 (HB8)

HB8 is a forced outing bill labeled as a "Parents Bill of Rights." The bill would require administrators, teachers, and school counselors in K-12 education to reveal a student's sexual orientation and/or gender identity to their parents.

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