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.

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.

The state is one of at least a dozen states to set restrictions on bathrooms for transgender students at public schools.

A ban on transgender students from kindergarten through college using multiperson bathrooms that fit their gender identities has become law in Ohio

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

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.

Fox News Digital spoke to Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted about Gov. Mike DeWine’s signing of a bill requiring use of bathrooms to correlate with biological gender in schools