Equality Ohio‘s director Alana Jochum and public policy director Maria Bruno join Gaywaves to talk about the federal lawsuit against LGBTQ rights filed by 20 attorneys general, and Ohioans

Two days ago 20 Republican state attorneys general, including Ohio's Dave Yost, filed a federal suit in Knoxville, Tennesee, that threatens the gains the LGBTQ community made last year when the U.S. Supreme Court decided the Bostock v. Clayton County case, which changed the meaning of "sex" for the purpose of including protection on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity under Title VII and by extension Title IX.

The reactionary lawsuit, which appears to be motivated by cynicism and culture war partisan politics, seeks to upend Bostock, and give the states the legal right to harm LGBTQ people, especially transgender people, and more especially transgender girls.

This action is an existential threat to LGBTQ rights, and because of ideological shifts on the courts, it has a good chance to succeed.

 

Gaywaves this week addresses this lawsuit head on. Two thirds of the show is devoted to guests talking about it.

 

This segment features Equality Ohio's director Alana Jochum, and new public policy director Maria Bruno. They talk about the Ohio-focused policy and political ramifications of this lawsuit, and other pressing Ohio legislative issues.

 

 

 

This segment aired September 2, 2021