Ohio conservatives consider 'license to abuse' bill for parents of transgender kids
The last thing trans kids need are these kinds of obstacles to affirming care.
ZACK FORD JUN 25, 2018, 4:40 PM
Conservatives in Ohio are pushing a bill that would make it incredibly easy for parents to block their transgender kids from accessing the care they need. It’s perhaps one of the most dangerous anti-trans bills that has been introduced in any state.
The legislation is response to a case from earlier this year when a judge took custody away from parents who rejected their transgender child. The teen was diagnosed with gender dysphoria and was prescribed hormone therapy to help resolve the depression and anxiety associated with that dysphoria, but his parents rejected his gender identity and prohibited him from accessing any of those treatments. According to the teen, they once forced him to sit and listen to six hours of Bible verses.
After reaching out to a crisis hotline, the teen was admitted to a hospital, and the doctors refused to return him to his parents’ custody because of how unsafe he felt with them. A judge ultimately granted custody to his grandparents, who “accept their grandson for who he is.”
H.B. 658 is specifically designed to make sure the state can never intervene when parents are rejecting their transgender children as such. It lays out a litany of provisions that undermine transgender kids’ safety at every turn, including even their basic access to information about their identities. Here are just a few of its effects:
https://thinkprogress.org/ohio-transgender-parents-abusive-78cd82f21558/
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I hate the Christian taliban with every fiber of my being. I flat out refuse to be a part of a religion that encourages this. 
