It seems Indiana’s promise to do better when it comes to LGBTQ issues after last year’s “religious freedom” debacle that ultimately destroyed Gov. Mike Pence‘s political future and cost the state millions of dollars doesn’t extend into the new year.
A new bill has just been introduced by lawmakers in the Hoosier State that seeks to fine trans people $5000 for going to the bathroom.
Yes, you read that correctly. Indiana wants to charge trans people thousands and thousands of dollars for simply answering nature’s call.
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How about we take this to the next level?
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The “Single-sex facilities Act of 2016,” which was filed this week by Republican Senator Jim Tomes, hopes to put a ban on all non gender specific public restrooms in the entire state of Indiana. Only restrooms designated “men” or “women” will be permitted by law. “Unisex” any other restrooms will be illegal.
The bill adds: “Student facilities in school buildings must be designated for use by female students or male students, and may be used only by the students of the biological gender for which the facility is designated.”
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To ensure absolute clarity, the bill does something we didn’t know Republicans were even capable of. It uses science to define the word “gender,” stating: “‘female’ shall be defined as having ‘at least one X chromosome and no Y chromosome’, and ‘male’ as having ‘at least one X chromosome and at least one Y chromosome’.”
To prove lawmakers are serious about who uses which bathrooms, the bill also “makes it a Class A misdemeanor” for a trans woman to “knowingly or intentionally enters a single sex public facility that is designed to be used by females” and for a for trans man to “knowingly or intentionally enters a single sex public facility that is designed to be used by males.”
The penalty for breaking the law is $5,000 dollars or up to one year in jail.
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h/t: Pink News
Jennifer Mercury
Disgusting.
Sidney DaviesWinter
Can we fine these lawmakers 10,000 every time they open their shitty mouth?
Glücklich
Fine. Trans people can go to Indy and take a dump on the State House steps. Best done after a hearty meal of enchiladas washed down with prune juice.
Bauhaus
@Glücklich:
Shit my Pants:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8mfPkU_UJu0
1EqualityUSA
How will they show proof? What kind of mug shots are we talking about here? This entire document should be made into a bed sheet set, shams, extra.
NateOcean
Trans folks need to use the restroom like everybody else.
They can’t hold it in forever (unlike Indiana lawmakers who apparently *are* full of crap).
Christopher Hayward
Stupid law, will not work and disrespects the trans community. Trans persons are really boring ordinary people.
Jesse Erickson
That is the biggest pile of BS I’ve seen all day.
Rick Caffey
Glücklich
@Bauhaus:
Revenge of Montezuma! LOL!
Erica Jade Worthington
Discrimination, by any other name, still sucks (to paraphrase Shakespeare)
Brian JC Kneeland
Let’s fine lawmakers for being idiots!
Greg Marmai
F*cking idiots.
ProfessorMoriarty
Virginia sees Indiana’s bigotry and raises:
Virginia Republican wants to ‘protect’ children by mandating their genitals are inspected in school
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2016/1/13/1469333/-Virginia-Republican-wants-to-protect-children-by-mandating-their-genitals-are-inspected-in-school
Kevin J Desmond
Cool … now they can piss in the streets instead.
CamRon Hastiin Yazhii
well give theim their own bathrooms then.
Robert Guillermo Hernandez
NOT RIGHT … IF I NEED to URINATE and there is NO MEN’S or UNISEX .. I will go in the woman’s … They have stalls … OTHERWISE it is OUTSIDE ….
tsmithknox
and with the amount of time those conservative lawmakers spend “hanging out” in rest rooms, you know they’ll catch a few.
rocky-rhodes
@Jennifer Mercury: it sure is these trans are out of line fine if they wanna play dressup but use the bathroom of the sex you were born with
rocky-rhodes
@Robert Guillermo Hernandez: to bad born a man use the mens room
rocky-rhodes
why are trans issues even on this site trans are hetaeros they don’t belong on a gay site