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More states consider bills limiting which bathroom trans people can use [1]

['Laura Barro N-Lo Pez', 'Dorothy Hastings', 'Joshua Barajas']

Date: 2023-03-29 18:30:29-04:00

Laura Barrón-López:

Last week, Arkansas banned transgender students from kindergarten through high school from using public school bathrooms that match their gender identity.

Another bill in the state would allow someone to be charged with a misdemeanor if they enter a public changing room of the opposite sex with so-called sexual intent and a minor is present. So far, six states have passed bathroom bills of their own. And, just this year, more than two dozen bathroom bills have been filed by Republicans in at least 15 states, more than any other year.

For more on these bills and their impact, I'm joined by Jo Yurcaba. They cover LGBTQ issues for NBC Out of NBC News.

Jo, thanks for joining.

The latest Arkansas bill originally criminalized transgender people's access to bathrooms based on a minor being in that bathroom. Now the amended version applies only where there is sexual intent, according to the bill, when a minor is present.

Republican state Senator John Payton, the lead sponsor of the bill, said he didn't intend for it to target transgender people.

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[1] Url: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/more-states-consider-bills-limiting-which-bathroom-trans-people-can-use

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