AZ bill advances to regulate trans students' shower usage
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PHOENIX – State lawmakers are moving to forbid public school from letting students shower with anyone other than those who have the same sex organs.
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GOP lawmakers seek to regulate student showers in public schools
State lawmakers are moving to forbid public schools from letting students shower with anyone other than those who have the same sex organs. But foes said this is a problem that really doesn’t exist. And beyond that, they said the remedy offered for transgender students whose gender identity does not match their assigned sex – a private place to shower – is likely unworkable as schools simply don’t have such facilities. SB1182 spells out that sch…
Bill allowing lawsuits if schools let trans students use locker room showers advances
Photo via Getty ImagesArizona Republicans want to give students free license to sue their schools if they were allowed to use a shower facility where a person of the opposite biological sex was present — even if that person is the parent of another student or a minor who needs help showering. Their proposal would forbid students from using multioccupancy shower facilities that don’t align with their biological sex, and mandates that schools pro…