Utah House passes bill that restricts all trans people's use of bathrooms in the state — and threatens jail
H.B. 257 would not only ban transgender folks from many public facilities but also call for jail time.
January 24, 2024
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Ted Cruz Endorses Anti-Trans 'Bathroom Bills'
"I’m not terribly excited about men being able to go alone into a bathroom with my daughters,” the candidate says in an MSNBC town hall.
April 14, 2016
North Carolina Republican says trans people should ‘find a corner outside somewhere’ to go to the bathroom
It's only the latest anti-LGBTQ+ statements from North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who has called LGBTQ+ people "filth" and "maggots."
February 10, 2024
Right-wing extremists confront transgender people in Florida bathrooms
Imagine needing to go to the bathroom and being confronted by a stranger about why you’re there. That’s how it is for trans people in Florida under the state’s bathroom law.
April 11, 2024
51 Steamy Selfies from The Little Gay Pub, D.C.'s Hottest New LGBTQ+ Spot
Everyone is flocking to this new establishment to go to the bathroom for a selfie.
May 16, 2023
Watch: A Missouri Lawmaker Asks 14-Year-Old About Their Genitals
"You think we're going around forcing our genitalia in people's faces? We're trying to go to the bathroom," the teenager responded to the senator's questions.
March 16, 2022
Utah lawmakers pass terrifying anti-transgender bathroom policing bill
The Republican governor now has to decide whether he will sign into law the bill that limit transgender people’s ability to go to which bathroom.
January 27, 2024
Op-ed: I'm a Bathroom Renegade
Despite what some staunchly conservative lawmakers think, when this trans woman wants to go to the bathroom, all she wants to do is use the toilet.
August 7, 2013
N.C. School Board Member: Pepper Spray Trans Students
Chuck Hughes remarked that if HB 2 is struck down, pepper spray would be a “pretty valuable tool to have on the female students if they go to the bathroom.”
May 11, 2016
Craig Says He Was Entrapped in Sex Sting
Idaho senator Larry Craig said he was entrapped in a sex sting at an airport men's room and was not aware of the bathroom's reputation as a spot to cruise for gay sex. ''Well, I certainly am now,'' Craig told NBC's Matt Lauer in an interview that aired Tuesday night. ''Were you prior?'' Lauer asked. ''Not at all,'' Craig responded. ''I go to bathrooms to use bathrooms.''
October 18, 2007
Obama: Defending Trans Rights Means Changing Hearts, Not Laws
Struggling to understand what bathroom transgender people should use? President Obama has a simple test: Imagine your child was trans and needed to go potty at school.
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June 2, 2016
Watch: 'Creepy' conservative influencer mocked for filming in all-gender restroom at Kansas City airport
A far-right media personality with Turning Point USA revealed that the only danger in a public bathroom is a right-wing extremist with a camera.
April 5, 2024
Trans Woman Releases Bathroom-Finder App Refuge Restrooms
Meet transgender woman and coder Teagan Widmer, whose latest app, Refuge Restrooms, highlights the importance of providing safe public accommodations for trans people.
February 7, 2014
Oregon School Creates Unisex Bathrooms for Trans Students
There are about 10 openly transgender students in the city's largest high school, with 1,600 students.
March 26, 2013
This Hate Group Is 'Testing' Target's Bathroom Policy
The hate group is sending cisgender men into women's restooms after the retail chain stood by its trans-supportive bathroom policy.
May 2, 2016
Indiana Trans Student Exposes Transphobic 'Predator' Lie
Why do people think transgender folks will be 'bathroom predators,' when simply using the bathroom is 'our worst nightmare,' asks Indiana trans teen Alexander Dean.
March 9, 2016
Anti-Abortion Activist Protests Target Bathroom Policy in Drag
The man admitted he's not transgender but warned about "crazy people that will do what I'm doing: dressing up and going into the women's restroom and putting women and children in harm's way."
May 11, 2016
Someone Just Bombed a Target Bathroom
There is no indication that the latest incident of predatory bathroom behavior was perpetrated by a transgender person.
June 9, 2016
Seth Meyers Gives a History Lesson on Bathrooms
Bathrooms have a political history that goes back to the 1800s, says Seth Meyers.
May 18, 2016
Federal Judge Orders School District to Allow Transgender Girl to Continue Using Girls’ Bathroom
The 11-year-old girl says that teachers observing which bathroom she uses was ‘creepy.’
August 2, 2023