Transgender Bathroom Policy

A transgender activist clasps her hands while Kentucky state senators vote in 2023 on a bill restricting gender-affirming care for minors. So far in 2025, at least eight states have passed or expanded laws restricting which bathrooms transgender people are allowed to use. The policies shown in this map prohibit transgender people from using bathrooms and facilities-such as locker rooms, shower rooms, changing rooms, and other sex-segregated spaces-according to their gender identity.

Some of these policies apply to K-12 school settings, while others apply more broadly to government. The post Texas legislature bans transgender people from public bathrooms appeared first on The 19th. News that represents you, in your inbox every weekday.

Subscribe to our free, daily newsletter. Thirteen states have bans on transgender people accessing bathrooms in schools that align with their gender identity. What does trans inclusion look like? Trans-inclusive policies allow all people-including transgender people-to use the bathroom that best matches their gender identity.

Trans-inclusive policies do allow for men's and women's rooms, and recommend but do not require gender. As a result, more than 1 in 4 trans people live in states with policies that restrict their bathroom use, according to the Movement Advancement Project, an LGBTQ think tank. South Carolina asks Supreme Court to allow anti.

Co-workers uncomfortable with a transgender employee's use of the same restroom or locker room should be advised to use separate facilities. Restrooms and locker rooms can be a challenging topic for transgender and non. After coming out as transgender, he began using the men's restroom in school.

After nearly two months, parents of other children of the school complained to the Gloucester County School Board, which then created a policy prohibiting transgender students from using the restroom that corresponds to their gender identity.

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