Trans Couple's Arrest Sparks Outrage Amid Bossier City Restroom Debate

Trans couple's arrest sparks outrage amid Bossier City restroom debate

A transgender couple who were allegedly assaulted at a Bossier City park were subsequently arrested by local authorities, an incident that has ignited intense social media debate alongside a proposed ordinance regarding restroom usage.

A mob viciously beat a trans couple. Now the couple is facing prison time.

A mob of people beat a transgender couple on May 31 after one of the partners used a public restroom in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. After the attack, police arrested one of the trans women, took her to a men’s jail, and has now charged the couple with offenses that could imprison them for months. Near the end of a lakeside barbecue with friends at Cypress Black Bayou Park, Shae Sanders (a nonbinary person assigned female at birth) used the women’…

Police charged the trans couple who said a mob beat them outside a park bathroom

Aurora Rush and Shae Sanders say a crowd surrounded them outside a Louisiana park restroom, shouted threats and slurs, and beat Sanders unconscious. Police charged Rush and Sanders, and asked the town council to pass a law banning their bathroom use. — Read the rest The post Police charged the trans couple who said a mob beat them outside a park bathroom appeared first on Boing Boing.

Trans Couple Brutalized At Louisiana Park Bathroom, Then Charged By Police

An angry mob allegedly beat them. The police charged them. The municipality voted for one of the most severe anti-trans bathroom ordinances in the country.