New Ohio law restricts bathroom access for transgender students

Rich McKay - Reuters - 27/11
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law on Wednesday a measure prohibiting students from kindergarten through college from using school single-sex bathrooms and locker rooms other than ones of their biological gender.
Nov 27 (Reuters) - Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law on Wednesday a measure prohibiting students from kindergarten through college from using school single-sex bathrooms and locker rooms other than ones of their biological gender.
The law, called Protect All Students Act, is the latest salvo over transgender rights roiling America. Last week, following the election of the first transgender member of the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. House speaker issued a statement reserving all single-sex bathrooms in the Capitol building for "individuals of that biological sex."
Ohio joins at least a dozen other states with laws that restrict bathroom access for transgender people. Governor DeWine's office declined comment.
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