FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2026 Contact: Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp, Executive Director, LOVEboldly Email: bhuelskamp@loveboldly.org Phone: 614-918-8109 A Betrayal of Equal Protection, A Betrayal of the Gospel: LOVEboldly Statement on West Virginia v. B. P. J. and Little v. Hecox: Today, the United States Supreme Court affirmed that states may bar transgender girls and women from playing on the sports teams that match who they are. We want to name this plainly: this

Chair Roegner, Vice Chair Gavarone, Ranking Member Blackshear, and Members of the Senate General Government Committee, Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Huelskamp. I'm the Executive Director of LOVEboldly, an Ohio, faith-based nonprofit serving LGBTQIA+ Ohioans, and the Pastor of Blue Ocean Faith Columbus. In my work, I walk alongside people who are routinely pushed to the margins of civic life including people experiencing hom

Monday, May 19, 2026 Today, May 19, 2026, the Ohio Senate Education Committee is hearing opponent testimony to Senate Bill 113, which would prohibit diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in Ohio public schools. Given the conduct of the committee's chair in other hearings, LOVEboldly is joining Honesty for Ohio Education, Trans Allies of Ohio, Right to Read Ohio, Columbus Education Justice Coalition, and other organizations in submitting the following statement as written tes