You have to show your birth certificate or medical records to use a changing room in Utah if someone suspects you’re in the wrong room. Would this have stopped Trump from raping E. Jean Carroll. Short-arm inspections for everyone, by everyone!
A provision of Utah's new any-trans law is so extremely invasive that they wrote a defense *into the law* for how cisgender people can defend themselves against allegations that their presence in a changing room would violate the ban.
Utah became the latest state to regulate bathroom access for transgender people after Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed a law Tuesday that requires people to use bathrooms and locker rooms in public schools and government-owned buildings that match their sex assigned at birth.
Under the legislation, transgender people can defend themselves against complaints by proving they had gender-affirming surgery and changed the sex on their birth certificate. Opponents noted not all states allow people to change their birth certificates and that many trans people don’t want to have surgery.
The legislation also requires schools to create “privacy plans” for trans students and others who may not be comfortable using group bathrooms, for instance by allowing them to use a faculty bathroom — something opponents say may “out” transgender children.
“We want public facilities that are safe and accommodating for everyone and this bill increases privacy protections for all,” Cox said in a statement Tuesday night.
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