ACLU of Ohio legal director Freda Levenson returns to Gaywaves to explain and share thoughts on the H.B. 68 ruling

2024-08-09

A Franklin County Court has ruled that H.B. 68, the the ban on gender-affirming care for minors, and prohibition on transgender young women participating in scholastic athletics, is constitutional. The decision is filled with animus toward transgender people and a belief that since transgender people have no federal or state protection as a "suspect class," whatever the general assembly wants to do to control their lives is pretty much fair game. Freda Levenson is the lead attorney in the case representing...

A Franklin County Court has ruled that H.B. 68, the the ban on gender-affirming care for minors, and prohibition on transgender young women participating in scholastic athletics, is constitutional.

The decision is filled with animus toward transgender people and a belief that since transgender people have no federal or state protection as a "suspect class," whatever the general assembly wants to do to control their lives is pretty much fair game.

Freda Levenson is the lead attorney in the case representing the families who challenged the law. She is also the legal director of the ACLU of Ohio. This is her second Gaywaves appearance.

Levenson explains that an appeal has been filed, and that she believes it is strong.

https://www.acluohio.org

https://www.acluohio.org/en/press-releases/ohio-families-urge-appeals-court-issue-order-blocking-hb-68-taking-effect-case

This segment aired August 8, 2024

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