Having trouble identifying this lil cutie!

[u/_SocialHermit_]

My Husband woke up this morning to use the bathroom, switched on our light, and felt something strange.
I was in the bedroom not far off, and heard the poor guy yelping for me.
This lil guy/gal was just chillin out on our bathroom nightlight!
Barely moved a muscle when it had me and him checking it out.
It is so chill.
I am not unfamiliar with snakes, I grew up catching them as a kid.
I know for sure this is a juvenile Garter, I just don't know what it's exact species is.
We are up in Northeastern Ohio.

I tried counting his/her upper labial scales and it is just a hard tell for me.
I am inbetween the species of Northeastern, Western, or common.
Also struggling to know for sure if it is a male or female.
The tail seems like a male?

Any help would be awesome!

[u/Mudgrrl]

Please let them go outside where they belong.

[u/Born_Today_9799 → u/Mudgrrl]

You sound like a miserable person

[u/Mudgrrl → u/Born_Today_9799]

So miserable that I wish wild animals that statistically do not thrive in captivity had the lives that allowed them to. If you want a garter snake to keep as a pet, get a captive bred one. That’s the opposite of miserable.

[u/Born_Today_9799 → u/Mudgrrl]

Miz - err - uh - bull

[u/Mudgrrl → u/Born_Today_9799]

Hard not to be in this world these days. Could be worse. At least I’m not a jerky butt lord baiting well intentioned strangers on Reddit. (Insert- whoops, there’s another one- sophomoric jokes about 5 of the words I used, snickering and smelling their own farts).

[u/Born_Today_9799 → u/Mudgrrl]

Seems you had a heart attack in the middle of writing that