Utah became the latest state to regulate bathroom access for transgender people after Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed a law Tuesday that requires people to use bathrooms and locker rooms in public schools and government-owned buildings that match their sex assigned at birth.
Under the legislation, transgender people can defend themselves against complaints by proving they had gender-affirming surgery and changed the sex on their birth certificate. Opponents noted not all states allow people to change their birth certificates and that many trans people don’t want to have surgery.
The legislation also requires schools to create “privacy plans” for trans students and others who may not be comfortable using group bathrooms, for instance by allowing them to use a faculty bathroom — something opponents say may “out” transgender children.
I love that they claim that they’re stopping women from being sexually assaulted by a man wearing a dress and going into the women’s room… as if bathrooms are so closely monitored that a man in standard men’s clothing couldn’t just slip into one if he wanted. I mean he could wear a janitor uniform if he was worried about it.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it is worded in a way that would make it illegal for janitors who are men to be breaking the law if they enter a woman’s bathroom.
Also, they always seem to forget that if you force trans people to use the restroom for their agab, you’re also forcing trans men into women’s restrooms. So now instead of having women they want to pretend are men in the women’s restroom you now have actual men in the women’s restroom.
(But also gendered restrooms are just dumb everyone would be so much better off without them)
It’s about making being trans an obvious thing, making life for them more dangerous. It’s not about anything else they say out loud.
This is such a non-issue that they are trying to make into an issue, most restrooms should be gender-neutral anyways because who the fuck just trying to check out other people in the bathroom, people just want to get in and get out and the gender of the other people in there makes no difference to me.
Gender neutral private bathrooms? Sure Gender neutral community bathrooms? I’m a little uneasy. As a small female, the thought of being in a semi-private area with just any guy gives me the chills. Trans people can share my bathroom, but I’d rather keep the other dudes away please.
“other dudes” lol
Utah joins 10 other states in declaring themselves shit-holes no one should think about visiting.
It’s unfortunate that the most gorgeous state in the union was settled by religious fuckwads.
…most gorgeous state in the union…
I guess beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder. Utah has a certain stark appeal to it I can see, but the sheer lush greenery of my native Oregon always wins me over.
Utah has plenty of green-space you just need to climb a mountain to get to it. It’s perfect. It’s also not raining 75% of the time.
There shouldn’t be laws about who can use what bathroom. Just let people use the bathroom. It really has nothing to do with gender ideology. Just let people use the bathroom even if you reject transgender identities.
