Trans students in Oklahoma are suing the state over its transphobic "bathroom bill"

[Behind the Aegis]

Three students in Oklahoma are suing state and school officials over the latest “bathroom bill” denying transgender kids the same rights as their fellow cisgender classmates.

Andy Bridge, a 16 year-old, and two other students (who filed the lawsuit anonymously) are being represented by Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the ACLU of Oklahoma.

In May, the Oklahoma state senate passed Senate Bill (SB) 615 in a 38 – 7 vote. The bill was quickly signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt (R). The law forces all pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade public schools and public charter schools in the state to restrict transgender students’ use of school restrooms and locker rooms to those consistent with the gender they were assigned at birth.

The law mandates a reduction in funding for school districts that don’t comply and allows parents to sue school districts if they believe their child is in danger of sharing a restroom with a transgender classmate.

Supporters of the new law say it promotes “safety.”

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[Thomas Hurt]

1. Safety my ass. Unless the students have gender segregated card keys to get into the bathroom...

they are just as susceptible to someone of the opposite sex walking into them to do bad acts.

[Probatim]

2. Shows what you know - these assholes think the public is at risk from transgender people.

The "safety" aspect is to protect those kids from the "degenerates", despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

[Thomas Hurt]

3. The only "degenerates" the christofascists are concerned about is the trans kids.

That was the point of my comment.

[Probatim]

5. That was also the point of my "overwhelming evidence to the contrary"

Every accusation is a projection for these assholes.

[Turbineguy]

4. I seem to recall

in elementary school in the Netherlands there were just some toilet rooms were you could use the toilet and wash your hands. The toilets could not see what your gender was, so it didn't matter.

The school was built in the 1930's so it had been that way for some time (I was there from 1959 to 1964).

[Initech]

6. This law doesn't promote safety. It promotes hate, harassment, and bigotry.

Safety...

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. If the radicalized Republican party gets away with this, "white only" facilities will come back.

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