COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican lawmakers want to require Ohioans to have their "biological sex" listed on their licenses and state IDs. This is just one of the bills impacting the LGBTQ+ community being heard during Pride Month.
Pride Month is meant to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, but Arienne Childrey isn’t feeling very proud of Ohio.
"Stop attacking me and people like me," Childrey said. "Let us live"
The state lawmakers are debating a slew of LGBT-related bills — ones that she says could be harmful for transgender people like her.
A provision in the Senate's proposed budget would require driver’s licenses and state IDs to have a person’s sex assigned at birth on them, regardless of whether someone had changed their name or birth certificate.
This would misidentify and demean people,