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Monday, July 25, 7pm, St. John’s Evangelical Protestant Church [UCC], 59 E. Mound St.
We cordially invite you to attend this forum, which will include presentations by the following:
• PFLAG Columbus: Growing up LGBTQ
• CBS video: Family with a young transgender son
• GLSEN [Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network]: Gay/Straight Alliances in high schools
• TED video: College-age transgender woman
• Equality Ohio: Ohio’s LGBTQ laws
Learn what most people don’t know about growing up LGBTQ and why an alarming 41% of transgender youth attempt suicide.
What’s happening with the so called “Bathroom Bills?”
• The Charlotte [North Carolina] City Council voted to expand protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
• The North Carolina State Legislature passed and the Governor signed a bill that nullifies the protections in Charlotte.
• Pro and con debates exploded throughout the country.
• Many businesses canceled company travel to North Carolina and/or moved their facilities to other states.
• The US Department of Justice put North Carolina on notice that its transgender bathroom law is unconstitutional.
• Some states passed legislation modeled after North Carolina’s Bathroom Laws.
Ohio lawmakers are taking sides:
• Columbus and Franklin County leaders placed a ban on travel to North Carolina by non-essential employees.
• Ohio State Representative John Becker is crafting legislation in Ohio to keep “sexual predators” away from women and children.
Can we find resolution?
Ohio Representative John Becker met with representatives of Equality Ohio and members of Ohio’s transgender community. Speaking after the meeting, Representative Becker said: “I learned some things I didn’t know before. They are a good group of people who had good, helpful information for me. But we have a fundamental disagreement over the need for a bill.”
Alana Jochum, Managing Director of Equality Ohio, said, “We tried to explain that we do have laws on the books currently that can be enforced whenever there’s bad behavior in our society. But introducing legislation will be harmful to the transgender community.”
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