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Ptah

(33,687 posts) Sun Mar 30, 2025, 09:56 AM Mar 30

Montana restricts bathrooms to sex assigned at birth, bars transgender athletes from women's sports

HELENA — Governor Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, has signed into law two highly debated bills affecting transgender Montanans. As of Thursday, Montanans must now use the bathroom that aligns with their sex at birth.

House Bill 121 requires public schools, correctional facilities, other public buildings – including the State Capitol – and domestic violence shelters to designate bathrooms, changing rooms and sleeping areas for either men or women, based on their biological sex at birth.

The law also requires those facilities to “take reasonable steps” to keep the opposite sex out. Someone could then sue a facility if they failed to take those steps and someone of the opposite sex used the space.

Opponents of HB 121 said it discriminates against transgender Montanans, while supporters of the law said it was about protecting women and girls.

https://www.kbzk.com/news/montana-politics/montana-restricts-bathrooms-to-sex-assigned-at-birth-bars-transgender-athletes-from-womens-sports

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Montana restricts bathrooms to sex assigned at birth, bars transgender athletes from women's sports (Original Post) Ptah Mar 30 OP

So do people need a birth certificate now to use public restroom? SheltieLover Mar 30 #1

Exactly, not only is stupid and cruel, it's a disaster to enforce. Wait till a big school has ... marble falls Mar 30 #3

Like this'll pass a court muster. TRO in 10 ... 9 ... marble falls Mar 30 #2

How many women and girls have been assaulted by trans people in public bathrooms? Ocelot II Mar 30 #4

Not aware of such, mwmisses4289 Mar 30 #5

Trans gendered men Dogberry57 Mar 30 #6

SheltieLover

(65,868 posts)

1. So do people need a birth certificate now to use public restroom?

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sun Mar 30, 2025, 10:01 AM

Mar 30

Wtaf is wrong with repukes with their bathroom obsession?

Clearly, they are not concerned about women's privacy or safety, just ask the adjudicated rapist pResident.

Sick fucks.

marble falls

(64,450 posts)

3. Exactly, not only is stupid and cruel, it's a disaster to enforce. Wait till a big school has ...

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 30, 2025, 10:14 AM

Mar 30

... to bleed payments to lawyers for suits from a string of individual students suits and the inevitable class action.

marble falls

(64,450 posts)

2. Like this'll pass a court muster. TRO in 10 ... 9 ...

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sun Mar 30, 2025, 10:11 AM

Mar 30

Ocelot II

(124,055 posts)

4. How many women and girls have been assaulted by trans people in public bathrooms?

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sun Mar 30, 2025, 10:16 AM

Mar 30

Bueller...? Bueller...? Does anyone know if this has ever actually happened in the history of the universe?

mwmisses4289

(823 posts)

5. Not aware of such,

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 30, 2025, 11:38 AM

Mar 30

but women attacked in bathrooms by "normal" men...there are too many of those kinds of arrests and trials.
A lot small to medium businesses have the luxury to simply have bathrooms- one person per, doesn't matter you gender.

Dogberry57

(7 posts)

6. Trans gendered men

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sun Mar 30, 2025, 02:40 PM

Mar 30

with bushy beards should use the women's bathroom in the state capital. That would get the Karens and Kens squawking.

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