CLEVELAND, Ohio - On the day before Thanksgiving, Gov. Mike DeWine announced he signed Ohio’s transgender bathroom bill, requiring transgender students at most K-12 schools and colleges in the state to only use bathrooms and locker rooms based on their biological sex at birth.

While transgender Ohioans and allies lament Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signing a transgender bathroom ban bill despite 10,000 Ohioans reportedly urging him not to do so, Republicans are celebrating.

The new law will require K-12 and college students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their sex assigned at birth.

Under the new law, all K-12 schools and colleges will have to require students use bathrooms and locker rooms matching the gender on their birth certificates.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a bill into law banning transgender students from using school bathrooms and locker rooms that match up with their gender identity. The law requires people at Ohio K-12 schools and universities use the restroom that aligns with their gender assigned at birth.

Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation Wednesday barring transgender students from using school restrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity, joining more than a dozen