The US state of Kansas is considering bringing in laws that would make it illegal for transgender people to use the bathroom matching their gender identity. Students who encounter some one using the “incorrect” bathroom would be awards $2,500.
The proposed ‘Student Privacy Act’ would require students of all public schools and universities to use the restroom corresponding to their assigned-at-birth sex, and not the gender they identify with. The bill defines gender as ““determined by a person’s chromosomes and is identified at birth by a person’s anatomy.”
The proposal has been condemned by transgender rights activists who have said the move will lead to transgender people being targeted.
Tom Witt, executive director of Equality Kansas, told the The Lexington Herald Reader the bills would ban transgender students from using restroom facilities appropriate to their gender.
“This is isolating kids,” Witt said, “and it’s not going to end well.
“It’s outing them. It’s putting a target on their backs.”
Republican Senator Mary Pilcher-Cook, who is in favour of the restrictions, has said they are needed for privacy and public safety reasons.
“I think any child or young adult has a right to have their privacy protected when they’re in various stages of undress,” the senator said.
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