Trans Bathroom Vote

Mike Johnson's bathroom ban extends to trans and non-binary staff members, interns and any visitors, including members of the public. [11] The ban was renewed when the 119th United States Congress convened on January 3, 2025. Texas lawmakers voted late Wednesday to ban transgender people from public restrooms that match their gender identity, sending the measure to Republican Gov.

Greg Abbott after nearly a decade of fa. The Supreme Court has heard the first of two cases on Thursday that challenge state bans on transgender athletes competing in girls' and women's sports. The outcome will have broad.

South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace says the resolution aims to protect women's rights. Democratic Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, the first out trans person elected to Congress, has slammed it as a distraction.

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. A proposed bill in Congress would ban trans people from bathrooms in museums, national parks and other federal property. How would it be enforced, and what are the consequences? More than a dozen states prohibit trans people from using bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity in public buildings.

This story was originally published in Them. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a sweeping trans bathroom ban with fines up to $125,000 into law on Monday. 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. New federal rule bars transgender school bathroom bans, but it likely isn't the final word 1 of 2 FILE - A protester outside the Kansas Statehouse holds a sign after a rally for transgender rights on the Transgender Day of Visibility, March 31, 2023, in Topeka, Kan.

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