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Utah Gov. Cox signs transgender bathroom bill and diversity, equity and inclusion program end
KSL ^ | 1/30/24 | Ashley Imlay

Posted on 01/30/2024 7:36:21 PM PST by LiberalismDestroys

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a pair of this legislative session's most controversial bills Tuesday night. The move effectively ends diversity, equity and inclusion programs in state-owned schools, and bans transgender people from accessing restrooms that differ from their biological sex except in certain circumstances in state-owned buildings. "We want public facilities that are safe and accommodating for everyone and this bill increases privacy protections for all," Cox said in a statement, explaining his reason for signing HB257. The bill requires more unisex and single-stall facilities to be created in public buildings and only allows transgender people to use gender-specific bathrooms if they have undergone transgender-related surgery and changed their birth certificate to match their gender identity.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: bathroom; dei; govcox; spencercox; transgender; utah; xyxx
Great news for the state of Utah!
1 posted on 01/30/2024 7:36:21 PM PST by LiberalismDestroys
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To: LiberalismDestroys

Good., but sucky title


2 posted on 01/30/2024 7:44:36 PM PST by Pikachu_Dad
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To: LiberalismDestroys
...only allows transgender people to use gender-specific bathrooms if they have undergone transgender-related surgery and changed their birth certificate to match their gender identity.

Will there be guards stationed at every single bathroom door to verify?

"OK, Buster, drop trou and show me!"

3 posted on 01/30/2024 7:44:39 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: LiberalismDestroys

Surprising, pleasantly, because Cox is a little squishy.


4 posted on 01/30/2024 7:45:15 PM PST by vivenne (⁹)
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To: LiberalismDestroys

My thoughts exactly.


5 posted on 01/30/2024 7:52:19 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: LiberalismDestroys

“The move effectively ends diversity, equity and inclusion programs in state-owned schools, and bans transgender people from accessing restrooms that differ from their biological sex except in certain circumstances in state-owned buildings.”

Excellent! Hope other states follow.


6 posted on 01/30/2024 8:09:22 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: vivenne

Maybe he’ll learn that if you act courageous you become courageous. In think the trans issue has shown a lot of squishy people that the other side is just flippin nuts. Just because they whine and yell and dress funny doesn’t mean you have to give in to them


7 posted on 01/30/2024 9:15:04 PM PST by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/22/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Yes, the headline seemed to imply the opposite of what the bills were enacting.


8 posted on 01/30/2024 9:19:12 PM PST by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Exactly! If one word to read the sentence without that final word, “end”, it would’ve been an entirely different story!


9 posted on 01/31/2024 12:57:36 AM PST by Joann37
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And then I make a typo (should’ve been “were”, not “word”!)


10 posted on 01/31/2024 12:59:49 AM PST by Joann37
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To: LiberalismDestroys

Media Rules - “controversial” is only applied to things conservatives support.


11 posted on 01/31/2024 5:24:59 AM PST by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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