Summary

Marcy Rheintgen, a 20-year-old transgender college student, was arrested at the Florida State Capitol after intentionally entering a women’s restroom in protest of the state’s transgender bathroom law.

Civil rights lawyers say it is the first known arrest under such laws in any U.S. state.

Rheintgen faces a misdemeanor trespassing charge and could face up to 60 days in jail.

Florida is one of only two states to criminalize such acts.

  • @sfu@lemm.ee
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    11 days ago

    Bathrooms just need to be single person use. Then neither side could complain. Who wants to go to the bathroom with other people anyway?

    • @YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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      2511 days ago

      I got a food truck bazaar near me with only one bathroom with a placard that shows the typical man/woman then a half half, and an alien reading. " Whatever, just wash your hands."

      Best break down I’ve ever seen on this dumb ass debate.

    • @Zink@programming.dev
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      2011 days ago

      Seriously this. I’ve been to other places that have it figured out (Sweden in my case) and it is better in every possible way.

      Well, unless you are a landlord who wants the up-front construction costs of the restrooms to be as cheap as possible regardless of how it will affect the decades of use. Or if you live in a country with no healthcare and can’t let people have privacy in the restroom because you’re afraid they’ll OD in there.

      • @lightnsfw@reddthat.com
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        610 days ago

        If only there was some kind of “stall” they could put in that would allow multiple people to be in the same restroom and maintain their privacy…

      • @sfu@lemm.ee
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        -310 days ago

        Um, you just add a door to the bathroom if it doesn’t have one. Then you put a lock on it, and a new sign. Very easy to do.