Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law prohibiting transgender people at public schools from using the restroom of their choice
criminalizing trans adults using public restrooms that match their gender identity.
Similar laws have been enacted in Alabama, Oklahoma and Tennessee, although lawsuits have been filed challenging theProposals to restrict transgender people using the restroom of their choice have seen a resurgence this year, six years afterin the wake of widespread protests and boycotts. More than two dozen bathroom bills have been filed in 17 states, according to the Human Rights Campaign.
The new Arkansas law requires schools to provide reasonable accommodations, including single-person restrooms. Superintendents, principals and teachers who violate the prohibition could face fines of at least $1,000 from a state panel, and parents could also file private lawsuits to enforce the measure.
“She feels targeted, she feels discriminated against, she feels bullied, she feels singled out,” Crockett said at a House panel hearing on the bill in January.
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