“The only thing that we can do is try to fight back and that’s why there are so many trans candidates in Ohio,” Joy said. She is a trans woman, one of the at least four running for state representative. “But in the trans community, our dead names are dead; there’s a reason it’s dead — that is a dead person who is gone and buried.”Dead names are the former names of many transgender people. At least two of the other trans candidates running also didn’t know the law, and didn’t include their dead names, but both were certified by their boards. “Do you think that this law will prevent trans people from running in the future?” Trau asked Joy.

Source: CNN January 05, 2024 15:44 UTC