BREAKING: Human Rights Campaign Applauds Arizona Gov. Hobbs for Vetoing Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bi

[icymist]

Phoenix, Arizona – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, applauds Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs for vetoing anti-transgender bathroom bill SB 1040.

SB 1040 would have banned trans students and school personnel from using school restrooms that match their gender identity and allows people to sue schools if they share a restroom or similar school facility with a trans person.

Gov. Hobbs recently vetoed SB 1001, which would have made it illegal for teachers and other school personnel to respect the pronouns of a trans or non-binary student without written parental permission. Gov. Hobbs also vetoed SB 1005, which left schools open to the threat of litigation for providing supportive and affirming spaces for LGBTQ+ students.

Transgender youth are denied their right to a public education when they’re prevented from accessing restroom facilities consistent with their gender identity, and “bathroom bills” are a violation of both Title IX and the U.S. Constitution. HRC and Hart Research Group conducted a 10-swing-state poll in 2020 that found at least 60% of conservative voters across each of the 10 swing states say transgender people should be able to live freely and openly.

https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/breaking-human-rights-campaign-applauds-arizona-gov-hobbs-for-vetoing-anti-transgender-bathroom-bill

[yankee87]

1. Great Victory

Great victory, I'll take iy.