Trans woman arrested for using women's restroom in Florida Capitol
In what could be one of the first arrests under a bathroom bill lawmakers passed in 2023, Florida police earlier this month jailed a transgender woman who washed her hands in a women’s restroom at the Capitol.
Marcy Rheintgen, a 20-year-old Illinois resident, was arrested by Capitol police March 19 on a trespassing charge after she alerted state officials that she planned to use the bathroom in protest of the law.
Lawmakers in 2023 passed legislation making it a criminal offense for some people to use restrooms in correctional facilities, schools or public buildings that don’t match their sex at birth.
Rheintgen calls Florida a “home away from home” and said she felt disturbed at the idea she could be targeted for using a women’s restroom.
She sent letters earlier in March to Florida lawmakers warning them that she planned to use a specific women’s bathroom in the Capitol and included a photo of herself for identification.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2025/04/01/florida-trans-bathroom-law-arrest-lgbtq-bill-desantis/
Guess she got what she was looking for.
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