"Dubbed the "Texas Women's Privacy Act," the bill requires government-owned buildings, state-funded universities, and public schools, to ban trans people from using facilities consistent with their gender identity. The bill, passed in August, also forces Texas prisons to house trans inmates in jails aligned with their sex assigned at birth and bans trans women from women's domestic violence shelters entirely. It is the 20th law of its kind to be passed in a US state."
"According to the Movement Advancement Project (MAP), at least 33 per cent of trans US citizens live in states that impose some form of toilet ban, with 17 per cent of that group living in states that ban trans people from bathrooms in all government-owned spaces. Ash Hall, policy advocacy strategist on LGBTQ+ rights for the ACLU of Texas, warned the bill would encourage "gender policing" from those who she said "seek to harass or harm transgender people - or anyone who may not conform to stereotypical gender roles.""
Texas passed the Texas Women's Privacy Act requiring government-owned buildings, state-funded universities, and public schools to bar transgender people from using facilities that match their gender identity. The law also mandates that Texas prisons house transgender inmates according to sex assigned at birth and prohibits trans women from entering women's domestic violence shelters. It marks the 20th US state-level law restricting restroom access for transgender people. At least 33% of transgender US citizens live in states with some toilet ban, with 17% in states banning access across all government-owned spaces. Advocates warn the law will encourage gender policing and harm public health and safety.
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