ALT “TransOhio is furious at the Biden Administration’s pivot of its support for gender-affirming care for minors. When bigots and fascists tell you to jump, you don’t say how high. Tonight’s clarification was a betrayal of a low bar of allyship. To trans youth and trans adults feeling scared right now, you’re not alone and nothing this administration or any other does can erase us. Our Emergency Fund is open for all who need it both as a fund and a planning resource, we’re in this together.”  - Dara Adkison, Executive Director of TransOhio Call or text the Trans Care Connect Warmline at: Trauma-trained volunteers will be there for a listening ear, emotional support, and Ohio-specific resources - 866-708-6446 or 866-70-TOHIO TransOhio Emergency Fund Emergency fund help available to those who need help planning, not only aid and resource connections - Information: https://www.transohio.org/emergency-fund -   Donate: tinyurl.com/transohiofund -   Apply: tinyurl.com/transemergencyfundapp

ALT “From Pre-K on, students learn about different family structures, middle school students make family trees – these are all integrated parts of the curriculum. LGBTQIA families exist in just by virtue of existing in schools as members of the community. So as a parent of an Ohio public school student, I say very clearly – trans people and LGBTQIA people belong in the curriculum.” Dara Adkison, TransOhio

ALT BRENNER: Where in this bill does it stop your kids from going by what they want to go by? ADKISON: As a parent who is transgender, my child is not transgender. In a Pre-K classroom, students are discussing families like younger students do in the curriculum, the amended bill does remove sexuality and gender identity in the curriculum K-3. When kids discuss their families, how are children who have queer parents supposed to discuss their families when that is not supposed to be a topic mentioned? BRENNER: Why does it need to be mentioned in K-3? ADKISON: Can a child say they have a mom and a dad right now? BRENNER: Why can’t they say that? ADKISON: Why can’t a child say they have two moms? Why is that less valid and needs to be legislated against? BRENNER: Nobody is legislating against that… ADKISON: That’s literally what HB 8 would do. BRENNER: Literally? ADKISON: Yes. BRENNER: That’s not what it reads according to my… ADKISON: If a child has queer parents, then they can’t d