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BREAKING🚨🏳️‍🌈 Ohio just CRIMINALIZED wearing MAKEUP that doesn't match your "biological sex." But it gets way worse. One of America's most dangerous anti-LGBTQ bills just passed in Ohio, and it targets everyone's clothing, and much more. The Ohio House has officially passed HB 249, deceptively titled the “Indecent Exposure Modernization Act”. While politicians claim the bill targets drag queens, the actual text of the legislation represents a terrifying assault on the First Amendment rights of EVERY SINGLE CITIZEN. The bill dramatically expands the definition of an "adult cabaret performance" to include ANYONE who exhibits a gender identity different from their "biological sex" through the use of "clothing, makeup, prosthetic or imitation genitals or breasts, or other physical markers". Anyone deemed to be violating this standard in a public space could face penalties ranging from a first-degree misdemeanor to a fourth-degree felony. The language is left intentionally, dangerously vague. The law does not define what constitutes "masculine" or "feminine" clothing. As the ACLU of Ohio and legal analysts have pointed out, the power to determine whether an individual is violating the law rests entirely upon the subjective interpretation of an observing police officer. Under the text of this bill, a cisgender woman playing a guitar in a park could theoretically be arrested if a police officer arbitrarily decides her clothing is "too masculine". A transgender individual simply walking down the street wearing makeup could be charged with a felony for existing in public. This legislation strips away the fundamental right to self-expression and hands the state the power to aggressively police gender norms. The conservative agenda is no longer hiding its true intentions; the goal is the complete criminalization of any identity that deviates from their rigid, mandated orthodoxy. The attack on LGBTQ rights is an attack on the civil liberties of every single citizen. Resistance must be mobilized IMMEDIATELY before the Ohio Senate finalizes this draconian measure.