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A bathroom bill is the common name for legislation or a statute that denies access to public toilets by gender or transgender identity. Bathroom bills affect access to sex-segregated public facilities for an individual based on a determination of their sex as defined in some specific way, such as their sex as assigned at birth, their sex as listed on their birth certificate, or the sex that ...
On November 18, 2024, Nancy Mace introduced a bathroom bill in the US House of Representatives to ban transgender people, and specifically newly elected member Sarah McBride, from using bathrooms other than those of their sex assigned at birth. Two days later, U.S. House speaker Mike Johnson declared that Mace's ban was being ushered in. [1]
On March 30, 2017, a bill to eliminate HB2's bathroom regulations but retain other parts of the law [243] was passed by the North Carolina legislature and signed into law by Governor Roy Cooper. [ 244 ] [ 245 ] [ 246 ] The partial repeal was criticized by both conservatives and equal-rights groups. [ 14 ]
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.
Oklahoma Senate Bill 615 is a bathroom bill passed by the U.S. state of Oklahoma that required any "multiple occupancy restroom or changing area" in public schools or public charter schools in Oklahoma to be for the exclusive use of either the male or the female sex, as identified on the individual's original birth certificate.
Students protest over anti-transgender bill in Iowa, 11 March 2022. Bathroom bills are bills proposed with relation to bathroom access and gender identity. [24] There have been a number of bills proposed in the United States intended to limit access to restrooms for those who do not identify with the sex on their birth certificate. Some of ...
Potty parity in the United States refers to laws and policies granting women the right to equitable access to restrooms in public places and workplaces. Spearheaded by women workers, potty parity has long been a pillar of both the feminist movement and the labor movement. [1]
The 2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States is an ongoing political backlash from social conservatives against LGBTQ movements.It has included legislative proposals of bathroom use restrictions, bans on gender-affirming care, anti-LGBTQ curriculum laws, laws against drag performances, book bans, boycotts, and conspiracy theories around grooming. [1]