Minnesota’s Trans Bathroom Bill Bites the Dust

A proposal in Minnesota to require transgender people to use the bathroom of their birth sex appears to be dead.
 
There was passionate testimony from both sides but there was no vote and legislators will most likely not meet before the end of this year’s legislative session.
 
People who are for the bill say it protects the privacy of women and children.

But those who are against it say it’s just perpetuating discrimination.

Gov. Mark Dayton makes it clear his stance, saying if it gets to his desk, he would veto it, giving the bill little chance in the Democratic-controlled senate.

Some schools in other states like NDSU are already trying to accommodate people who identify as transgender.

“We have such a great number of gender neutral bathrooms which really make everyone more comfortable it’s not that transgender people have to go use that bathroom but it’s available if they want to,” says transgender advocate, Darcy-Corbitt Hall.
 
“I think this bill is dying in Minnesota because Minnesotans don’t want this I think Minnesotans are well beyond this type of legislation and this type of fear mongering and really don’t see this as necessary,” says MSUM Film Professor, Raymond Rea.
 
“I have a school district in my district that has a transgender student the student uses private single stall facilities their fine with that they don’t want to cause problems,” says Rep. State Representative, Glenn Gruenhagen.
 
The bill would also apply to locker rooms and other changing facilities.
 
A similar bill recently just passed in North Carolina. 

A transgender person in the community says if they have to start using their gender birth bathroom, then others may be disturbed thinking they’re the opposite sex.