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A Universal Restroom is located on the first floor in Franklin Hall.

Students and Kent State respond to the ‘Bathroom Bill’

Aryn Kauble, Reporter March 2, 2025

Editor’s note: The student taking down bathroom gender signs was granted anonymity for their concerns about disciplinary action. The Protect All Students Act included in SB 104, widely known as the...

Kent Interhall Council held an open forum meeting Feb. 18, 2025, to discuss SB 104.

University Housing to make residence hall bathroom changes amid SB 104 regulation

Aryn Kauble, Reporter February 19, 2025

Most residence halls will experience changes to resident restrooms after University Housing sent out an email Feb. 18 detailing the effects SB 104 will have on living conditions. Kent Interhall Council...

A women's bathroom located in the Center for the Visual Arts with directions to universal facilities Jan. 17, 2025.

Kent State updates campus map in preparation for SB 104

Aryn Kauble, Reporter February 10, 2025

Kent State sent out an email Monday morning notifying students that the interactive campus map was updated to make navigating and identifying single-occupancy universal restrooms easier.  SB 104 goes...

The LGBTQ+ Center on Feb. 7, 2025,  located in the lower level of the student center.

‘Bathroom Bill’ set to take effect Feb. 25: What will it mean for students?

Aryn Kauble, Reporter February 10, 2025

The Protect All Students Act included in SB 104, widely known as the "Bathroom Bill," is set to go into effect on Feb. 25. The bill prohibits K-12 and all public and private universities from creating...

Republican Rep. Jena Powell is the representative in the Ohio House of Representatives who reintroduced the bill focused on trans student athletics.

Proposed Ohio bill would prevent transgender athletes from playing on school sports teams

Ian Jameson Reporter April 18, 2021

Ohio’s statehouse is currently reviewing a bill focused on trans student athletes. Senate Bill 132, if passed, would require high schools, universities and private colleges to designate separate “single-sex”...

ASHFORD, ENGLAND - MARCH 10: A metropolitan police officer is seen at a disused paintball centre on Bears Lane, near Great Chart Golf and Leisure during an investigation into the disappearance of a woman, Sarah Everard, last week in South London, on March 10, 2021 in Ashford, England. Overnight, a Metropolitan police officer was arrested in connection with the case. Ms Everard, 33, from Brixton, London, has been missing since leaving a friend's home in Clapham on Wednesday, March 3. She was last seen at about 21.30 GMT, wearing a green rain jacket, navy blue trousers with a white diamond pattern, turquoise and orange trainers, a white beanie hat and possibly wearing green earphones. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Police officer involved in Sarah Everard search removed from duties over ‘inappropriate graphic’

 (CNN) -- A London Metropolitan police officer who took part in the search for Sarah Everard has been removed from duties for sharing "an inappropriate graphic," the force has said."On Friday, 12...

Our View: South Dakota ‘bathroom bill’ discriminates against transgender students

Kent Stater Editors February 16, 2016

The South Dakota state senate passed a bill Tuesday that would ban transgender students from using the school bathrooms and locker rooms of the genders they identify with.The bill passed the state senate...

Opinion: Houston just took a step back

Carlyle Addy November 8, 2015

​Houston recently rejected an anti-discrimination ordinance named the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance. The people from Houston probably know it better as “the bathroom bill," which is funny because...