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Leelah Alcorn Memorial Highway founder Chris Fortin says with as much talk about anti-trans laws as there is today, it seems the public is still just as confused about transgender issues as they were eight years ago.

A new fellowship at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine aims to help future doctors become experts in transgender and LGBTQ+ medicine.

The sponsor of a bill that would have made it harder for children to get puberty blockers or hormone treatment said he’s made the decision to hold off consideration on his bill because it would be too much of a rush to get it through the lame duck session.

Some people don't sound like they want to, and others want to adjust their voice in certain situations. UC researcher Vesna Novak is collaborating with the trans community to find out what a voice training app should include.

"Our daughter is a person, a teenage girl, a kid like every other; being trans is only a facet of who she is," said Kris Hanks Patton of Cincinnati. "I am here to stand up for her and every single trans kid just like her. These children are being attacked from all angles. They need us to fight for them."

Cincinnati officials are raising the transgender pride flag over City Hall Plaza, and the main library downtown is hosting an event Thursday evening to offer resources and community to trans people.

House Bill 1041, which passed the Senate March 1 in a 66-30 vote, would prevent students designated male “based on a student’s biological sex at birth in accordance with the student’s genetics and reproductive biology” from participating in a girl’s or women’s team. The measure includes a grievance process for parents.

House Bill 327 is similar to many bills across the country attempting to prohibit concepts like critical race theory. Reggie Harris says it's also an attack on queer communities.

Trans men and women may unknowingly face unique breast cancer risks that are different than those cisgender people face.

The pandemic is exposing an increased socioeconomic vulnerability for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) populations, according to a…