Ohio House Passes Bill Banning Trans Women From Female Sport, Doctor Will ‘Verify’ Gender

Republicans in Ohio passed a bill, 56 to 28, that would not only ban transgender women from high school and university sport. It would also institute a “verification process” in order to enforce the ban. 

The ‘Save Women’s Sports Act,’ or House Bill 61 was added as a substitute bill, to House Bill 151 which would revise the State’s Teacher Residency Program.

Under the substitute bill, schools and universities would be required to create separate male/female teams. 

It also bans “individuals of the male sex to participate on athletic teams or in athletic competitions designated only for participants of the female sex.”

Includes a ‘Verification Process’

According to the text of the bill, “If anyone questions an athlete’s biological sex, regardless of gender identification, the athlete would have to present a signed doctor’s note indicating the student’s sex via:

“The participant’s internal and external reproductive anatomy, the participant’s normal endogenously produced levels of testosterone, an analysis of the participant’s genetic makeup.”

As I was saying… The Ohio Republicans passed a bill last night requiring internal and external genital inspections of children in order to play sports. I (and all of my other Democrat colleagues) voted NO. Full bill below. https://t.co/xMIo2NCNl5

— Rep. Beth Liston (@Liston4Ohio) June 2, 2022

Legislative policy director for Equality Ohio Maria Bruno, in response, said, “I know that there are a lot of folks in the LGBTQ community who are sitting there asking themselves, ‘What did I do to them? because they keep coming after me’ and I can’t blame them for having that perspective. But the answer is nothing, just existing.”

The Bill now moves onto the Ohio Senate.