Utah’s Republican-controlled House voted Friday to pass a sweeping proposal to keep transgender people out of restrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity in taxpayer-funded building…

Utah’s Republican-controlled House voted Friday to pass a sweeping proposal to keep transgender people out of restrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity in taxpayer-funded buildings, sending the measure to the state’s majority GOP Senate for consideration just three days after the start of the session.

House Bill 257 aims to prohibit individuals from using gender-designated facilities that differ from their sex assigned at birth in government buildings, correctional facilities and domestic violence shelters unless they have undergone a transition-related surgery and legally amended the sex on their birth certificate.

The proposal would require new government buildings to include single-occupant restrooms and changing rooms while existing ones must be studied to assess “the feasibility of retrofitting or remodeling” facilities to improve privacy.

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The bill, if passed, would make Utah the third state to adopt explicit restrictions on transgender bathroom use in buildings other than schools. A Florida law passed last year prevents transgender people from using facilities consistent with their gender identity in all government-owned buildings, and a North Dakota law restricts bathroom use in correctional facilities.

  • TherouxSonfeir@lemm.ee
    161·
    10 months ago

    Countercounterpoint: we have the internet now.

    I just want us to fart freely. Maybe we would all be better people if we were not filled with hot air.

    • eestileib@sh.itjust.works
      81·
      10 months ago

      Counterpoint : the internet is mostly funneled through a very small number of companies run by regressive fuckheads, and can not be relied upon for free exchange of ideas that may endanger said regressive fuckheads.

      I agree on ventilation though.

      • TherouxSonfeir@lemm.ee
        4·
        10 months ago

        Countercounterpoint: while true that the media does meddle, it still allow us to connect with individuals from vast distances to discuss opinions that aren’t just localized, and often biased.

        • Mango@lemmy.world
          2·
          10 months ago

          “your account has been banned for inciting violence”

          Well there went my uprising.

          • TherouxSonfeir@lemm.ee
            1·
            10 months ago

            Technically, you can also be kicked out of the bathroom… which is apparently where a bunch of dudes hang out—balls out, shooting the shit so to speak. Personally, it sounds a little homoerotic to me.

            Sign me up!!