In the ongoing battle over bathroom laws, Iowa Republicans have just put forward a new bill, House File 2164, which would allow businesses and schools alike to discriminate against transgender people; it would block them from using the bathroom which matches their gender identity. Sandy Salmon, the bill’s representative, says that the bill is intended to “protect women and girls” by blocking potential sexual predators from entering the women’s bathroom.
This move comes despite mounting evidence that blocking people from using their preferred bathroom does not, in any way, reduce sexual assault. This social issue is interesting to me because it raises the point: Do the lawmakers truly believe they are protecting women? Or are they simply disguising their biasses against trans people?
#LGBTQexperiencesUSA #transphobia #BathroomBill
Source: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/02/01/iowa-just-introduced-an-anti-trans-bathroom-bill/
–AG