Arkansas’s Governor Signs Bill Banning Trans Students From Using Correct Bathroom

Arkansas has passed a new law banning transgender students at public schools from using bathrooms that match their gender identity. Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the law, making Arkansas the fourth state in the U.S. to pass this type of anti-trans legislation.
The law prohibits trans people from using multi-person restrooms and locker rooms in the state’s public and charter schools that do not match the sex they were assigned at birth. Superintendents, principals, and teachers who violate the law face fines of at least $1,000. The law also allows parents to file private lawsuits against schools to enforce the measure.
The law, which will go into effect this summer, requires schools to provide “reasonable accommodations” to trans students, including single-person restrooms. But opponents of the law say it does not provide the funding schools need in order to provide those accommodations.
In her first few months in office, the newly elected governor has already signed multiple anti-LGBTQ+ bills into law. In February, she signed a bill reclassifying drag performances as adult-oriented entertainment. Earlier this month, she signed a bill similar to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, prohibiting classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation before fifth grade.
Just last week, Sanders signed another bill that allows anyone who received gender-affirming care as a minor to sue their doctor up to 15 years after they turn 18.

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[shawnlong]

Allowing trans students to use the restroom of their choice is a matter of respect for their human rights, it ensures their safety and well-being, and it aligns with legal obligations to provide equal access to educational opportunities.

[kcitf]

Correct according to whom? Just who is this Lord Voldemort "assigning" gender at birth? For a community claiming to love science, they just ignore biology...

[tanya]

I love a whole group of men telling young girls to "shut up and take it!" Young ladies are learning to manage their menstruation in those restrooms. Do you have any idea what it's like to be a young girl trying to open the wrapper on a pad and praying no one hears you? Women and girls don't need a panel of men to tell them how to navigate the beginnings of womanhood.