In 2023, the Florida legislature passed an anti-trans bathroom law that-in certain settings-makes it criminal trespass to refuse to leave a restroom or changing facility that does not align with an individual's sex assigned at birth after being told to do so by a government employee. Fla. Stat.
§ 553.865. The law is complex, confusing, []. On July 1, Florida's new bathroom restrictions went into effect, making it a crime for trans people to use government-owned public restrooms that align with their gender.
In response, LGBTQ+ advocates have slammed the law as draconian and unconstitutional. Brandon Wolf, the press secretary at. What to know about Florida's new constitutional carry law 8 On Your Side spoke with a member of the transgender community.
It will soon be against the law for transgender people to use the restroom not aligned with their gender identity. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation (HB 1521) that will require restrooms to be.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed into law new restrictions on gender-affirming treatments for minors, drag shows, bathroom usage and which pronouns can be used in school, the latest. CS/HB 1521: Facility Requirements Based on Sex GENERAL BILL by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee; Plakon; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bankson; Black; Buchanan; Gregory; Holcomb; Maggard; McClain; Roach; Roth; Trabulsy Facility Requirements Based on Sex; Provides requirements for exclusive use of restrooms & changing facilities by gender; prohibits willfully entering.
The Facility Requirements Based on Sex Act, also known as Committee Substitute for House Bill 1521 (CS/HB 1521), is a 2023 Florida anti-trans bathroom law which mandates that individuals must use restrooms, locker rooms, and changing facilities that correspond to their sex assigned at birth in some public, private and state-licensed facilities. It is one of two states (Utah being the other) to. A group of transgender and nonbinary people on Friday filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Florida law requiring people to use public restrooms that align with their sex assigned at birth.
A group of transgender and non-binary people from across the country, including an activist from Tampa Bay, are challenging a Florida law that bars transgender people from using public restrooms that align with their gender. "The bathroom ban is yet another unconstitutional and politically-motivated maneuver in the state of Florida's relentless, multi-faceted attack on the rights, lives, and dignity of transgender Floridians," said Simone Chriss, Director of the Transgender Rights Initiative at Southern Legal Counsel.
