Utah Trans Bathroom Tip Line
Transgender activists have flooded a Utah tip line created to alert state officials to possible violations of a new bathroom law with thousands of hoax reports. SALT LAKE CITY - John Dougall's feud with the Utah Legislature is continuing over the state's bathroom law which blocks blocks transgender people from using public restroom or public locker. In the two days since Utah's w tip line to help enforce a new controversial bathroom bill went live, it's been flooded with thousands of fake complaints.
Activists have flooded the tip line with thousands of hoax reports in an effort to shield trans residents and their allies from any legitimate complaints that could lead to an investigation. Utah's new tip line for enforcing the state's transgender bathroom law is receiving a deluge of hoax reports, mirroring challenges seen in other states with similar reporting platforms. Why it matters: Problems with the online form is the latest example of Utah Republicans' hasty implementation of HB 257, which bars trans people from using public facilities, such as bathrooms and locker rooms.
Transgender activists have flooded a Utah tip line created to alert state officials to possible violations of a new bathroom law with thousands of hoax reports. As the AP reports, it's an effort. SALT LAKE CITY (AP).
Utah's Anti-Trans Bathroom Snitch Line Got 12,000 Tips. None Could Be Verified. Utah Republicans have presumably spent hundreds of work hours and untold thousands of tax dollars on a tip line that, in a month and a half, has only been used to troll them specifically.
The tip line's form asks people to report public school employees who knowingly allow someone to use the bathroom of the opposite sex. Utah's new law, which the governor signed in January, prohibits trans. On Wednesday evening, the Utah Public Auditor released a form to report transgender individuals encountered in changing rooms and restrooms to state authorities.
