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Ohio Lawmaker Introduces Anti-Discrimination Bill for Housing and Employment

photo of Nickie Antonio
JO INGLES
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STATEHOUSE NEWS BUREAU
Rep. Nickie Antonio (at podium) says multiple versions of the bill have been introduced since 2009.

based on sexual gender or identity has been introduced in the legislature. 

says this legislation is not new.

“A version of this bill has been introduced in the general assembly in the state of Ohio, since 2009.”

Antonio, the state's first openly lesbian lawmaker, says gays, lesbians and transgender people are . She notes many major companies have already adopted this policy on their own.

Antonio says, even if this bill were passed, it would still include exemptions for religious organizations. No majority Republicans have signed on to the legislation yet.

Jo Ingles is a professional journalist who covers politics and Ohio government for the Ohio Public Radio and Television for the Ohio Public Radio and Television Statehouse News Bureau. She reports on issues of importance to Ohioans including education, legislation, politics, and life and death issues such as capital punishment. Jo started her career in Louisville, Kentucky in the mid 80’s when she helped produce a televised presidential debate for ABC News, worked for a creative services company and served as a general assignment report for a commercial radio station. In 1989, she returned back to her native Ohio to work at the WOSU Stations in Columbus where she began a long resume in public radio.