Ohio colleges could soon be banned from asking students' pronouns on applications

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio's public universities could be banned from asking prospective students their preferred pronouns on applications if a new state house bill becomes law.House Bill 686 was introduced this month to prohibit a state institution of higher education from using "any application for student admission that asks for, or contains a field in which an applicant may indicate, an applicant's preferred gender pronouns." Proposed by Rep. Gail Pavliga (R-Portage County), the legi