In the past states tried to ban us from using the bathroom and locker rooms, now in an evil twist Tennessee has upped the ante.
It corrupts the public indecency law and uses it to persecute marginalized peoples.
Instead of having a misdemeanor on your record if this bill passes you will have a public indecency arrest on your record and maybe have register as a sex offender.
The Republican hate knows no limits.
Tennessee 'Indecent Exposure' Bill Targets Trans PeopleThis bill is sick!
It's one of several anti-LGBTQ bills pending in the state.
The Advocate
By Trudy Ring
March 4, 2019
A bill pending in Tennessee targets transgender people by expanding the definition of indecent exposure.
As the measure reads, it would broaden the “offense of indecent exposure to include incidents occurring in a restroom, locker room, dressing room, or shower, designated for single-sex, multi-person use, if the offender is a member of the opposite sex than the sex designated for use.”
Republican Rep. John Ragan, the bill’s lead sponsor, told Nashville newspaper The Tennessean that he simply wants to protect the privacy of people in these venues, which are not covered by current law. He denied that he has transgender people in mind, but he said of potential offenders, “I don't care if they think they're a woman.”
LGBTQ groups are sounding the alarm about the bill, which Ragan introduced last month. Tennessee legislators are “attempting to twist and distort a public indecency law put in place to protect people from sexual harassment into a tool to criminalize transgender people,” says a press release issued Monday by GLSEN, which advocates for LGBTQ students and teachers.
It corrupts the public indecency law and uses it to persecute marginalized peoples.
Instead of having a misdemeanor on your record if this bill passes you will have a public indecency arrest on your record and maybe have register as a sex offender.
The Republican hate knows no limits.
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