Ohio Code § 9.05

§ 9.05.

(A) As used in the Revised Code: (1) “ Boy ” means a juvenile human male. (2) “ Female ” means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive

cell. (3) “ Gender identity ” means an individual's internal and subjective sense of self, disconnected from biological

reality and sex and existing on an infinite continuum, that does not provide a meaningful

basis for identification and cannot be recognized as a replacement for sex. (4) “ Girl ” means a juvenile human female. (5) “ Male ” means an individual belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small

reproductive cell. (6) “ Man ” means an adult human male. (7) “ Sex ” means the biological indication of male and female, including sex chromosomes, naturally

occurring sex hormones, gonads, and nonambiguous internal and external genitalia present

at birth, without regard to an individual's psychological, chosen, or subjective experience

of gender. (8) “ Woman ” means an adult human female. (B) It is the policy of the state of Ohio to recognize two sexes, male and female.  These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible

reality.