A TRANS WOMAN WAS HUMILIATED IN PUBLIC — AND OHIO LAW STILL LEAVES THE TARGETING UNDERNAMED.

An 18-year-old man is accused of walking up behind a trans woman at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, pulling down her skirt and underwear, then running from the park.

That is not just “disorderly conduct.”

That is public sexual humiliation. That is targeting. That is the kind of violence meant to strip a trans woman of dignity in front of strangers.

The victim reportedly told police she believes she was targeted because she is trans.

Ohio’s hate-crime statute does not include gender identity or sexual orientation.

That means the law can process the incident while still failing to name the full anti-trans harm.

That gap matters.

When the law will not name anti-trans targeting, it helps hide the pattern behind smaller charges.

Trans people deserve safety in public.