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. Research consistently finds that transgender people report negative experiences like harassment and violence when accessing bathrooms.
Transgender people face increased risks when required to use bathrooms according to their sex assigned at birth. 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.
More than a dozen states prohibit trans people from using bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity in public buildings. Nearly 10 years after North Carolina's HB 2 caused nationwide boycotts, 19 states have enacted restrictions on what bathrooms transgender people can use. Thirteen states have bans on transgender people accessing bathrooms in schools that align with their gender identity.
Recent political rhetoric has implied that trans. When a bill or proposal explicitly addresses transgender people and the use of restrooms, locker rooms, or other single-sex spaces, journalists should contextualize it with the facts above, speak with transgender people and organizations to include their perspectives, and make note of broadscale patterns of targeting trans people with false. Some states and municipalities have adopted provisions addressing the use of restrooms by transgender people, with some permitting transgender individuals to use public restrooms that match their gender identities and others prohibiting it.
Government actions in a variety of states and localities, including North Carolina and Houston, Texas, brought this issue to the fore beginning in 2015 and. "Bathroom bills" restrict access to public bathrooms, changing rooms, and other facilities based on gender. They often force people who are transgender or non.
