The Louisiana Legislature is continuing its assault on transgender rights in the state, this day with a costs that restricts their access to facilities in public buildings and other places.
Schools would be required to identify rooms and changing areas just for men, ladies, or families in House Bill 608, which was introduced by Denham Springs Republican Rep. Roger Wilder III. Use of a men’s area or a women’s place by trans men or boys would be prohibited.
Also, trans people may be forced to use women’s infrastructure and transgender women forced to employ men’s facilities at home assault shelters and prisons, jails and juvenile detention facilities.
The bill carves out a few momentary instances, mainly for repair and disaster situations.
Transgender rights activists and previous governor are among the majority- traditional legislature’s over the years. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, were able to beat some of them.
Gay people in Louisiana no longer have a majority in either party’s government or governor’s business. New Republican Gov. HB 608 has now received a voicemail from Jeff Landry expressing his help for it.
Republicans have also successfully vetoed two bills that Edwards successfully vetoed last year, including a version of the” Do n’t Say Gay” bill that forbids the discussion of” sexual orientation” or “gender” in K-12 schools and another that restricts the names or pronouns school employees can use to refer to a student.
The legislature overrode Edwards ‘ veto of a bill that would have prohibited gender-affirming treatment for minors, including estrogen therapies and puberty blockers.
Now using public restrooms can cause trans people to feel uncomfortable. Peyton Rose Michelle, the senior director of Louisiana Trans Advocates, just admitted to trying to avoid using the restroom in high school. After receiving concerns about her using the women’s room her freshman year, Aria Williams, a trans student of Dutchtown High School in Ascension Parish, informed Gambit in 2022 that her main asked her to use the staff room.
The passage of the policy coincides with a rise in anti-LGBT mood. According to a Washington Post analysis of FBI information, hate crimes against Gay people are becoming more prevalent in schools, especially in states with anti-LGBT rules.
They found that in such state, the number of annual reported love acts at K- 12 institutions quadrupled when comparing 2015- 2019 numbers to 2021- 2022.
In the state House and Senate, Republican lawmakers introduced a number of bills that would have previously been seen as fringe legislation.
