HB 249 restricts drag performances to adult-only venues, making it a crime to dress differently from your sex assigned at birth in any space where minors may be present.

A grassroots organization called Ohio Equal Rights is collecting signatures for two proposed amendments. One of those amendments, The Ohio Equal Rights Amendment, aims to protect all Ohioans from discrimination. The other, the Ohio Right to Marry Amendment, would protect same-sex marriage rights if those were overturned at the federal level.

Ohio and Washington tied fourth in the nation for having the most anti-LGBTQ+ incidents last year with 50, according to a new report from GLAAD, a LGBTQ+ advocacy organization.

Ohio Equal Rights has started collecting signatures to get two amendments on the November ballot — one to get rid of the ban on same-sex marriage in the Ohio Constitution and the other to bolster discrimination protections.

A week after launching a statewide campaign to place two equal rights-related constitutional amendments on Ohio’s November 2026 ballot, organizers say they are feeling positive about the signature-collection process in front of them.