While North Carolina lawmakers may be embracing cuts in federal funding over their anti-transgender bathroom policy, city council members in Oxford, Alabama, weren’t fond of that prospect. The council quickly reversed course Wednesday on an ordinance that would have criminalized transgender use of bathrooms corresponding to their gender identity, reports Caitlin MacNeal:
The city council voted 3-2 to revoke the ordinance just over a week after it was initially passed, but before the city's mayor was able to sign it, AL.com.
The ordinance would have slapped people with a $500 fine or six months in jail for using the wrong restroom.
The council members who voted to reverse the measure cited an opinion from the city attorney noting that the ordinance could cost the city federal Title IX funding, according to AL.com.
The Fourth Circuit Appeals Court ruling that a transgender student had a legitimate Title IX discrimination claim was no doubt weighing on the city attorney’s mind. The ACLU, which brought that case in Virginia, and the Southern Poverty Law Center had both sent letters denouncing the Oxford measure.