North Carolina GOP introduces new transgender bathroom bill – Washington Examiner
The North Carolina GOP has introduced Senate Bill 516, which restricts transgender individuals from using bathrooms that do not correspond to their biological sex in certain state buildings. This follows the repeal of the controversial House Bill 2 from 2016, which faced significant backlash after prohibiting transgender people from using appropriate bathrooms across all state, city, and county facilities. The new bill defines sex strictly as male or female and imposes limitations on restroom use in public schools and prisons, while allowing some flexibility for transgender individuals to use bathrooms aligning with their gender identity under specific conditions. Another measure, Senate Bill 442, asserts that parents cannot be prosecuted for not acknowledging their child’s gender identity. The push for stricter regulations reflects ongoing debates around transgender rights in North Carolina.
North Carolina GOP introduces transgender bathroom bill after repealing similar 2016 law
Republican North Carolina lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday that would restrict transgender people from using a bathroom different from their biological sex in some state buildings. A more sweeping transgender bathroom law was passed in 2016 but was revoked after sparking controversy.
The measure, Senate Bill 516, seeks to define sex exclusively in terms of male and female descriptions and prevent individuals from changing their gender on documents and identification, in addition to the bathroom limitations.
Former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory signed House Bill 2 into law in 2016. That law was wider-reaching in its restrictions and prohibited transgender people from using the bathrooms of all city, county, and state buildings that do not correspond with their biological sex.
The 2016 legislation was met with strong public disapproval and protest. PayPal canceled a $3.5 million global operations center in Charlotte, and the NBA, NCAA, and Atlantic Coast Conference also canceled events. McCrory lost his bid for a second term as governor in the wake of the controversy. The law was repealed a year later by former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.
Senate Bill 516 isn’t as far-reaching as House Bill 2. The new bill puts limitations on bathroom use for public schools and prisons, but it doesn’t apply to all state buildings like its predecessor did. It also allows transgender people to use the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity, as opposed to biological sex, if no one else is present.
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“A single or multiple occupancy restroom, changing facility, or sleeping quarters within a covered facility in this state shall only be used by one designated biological sex at one time,” the bill proposes. “If more than one designated biological sex is able to access or use a single or multiple occupancy restroom, changing facility, or sleeping quarters, then the covered facility shall have administrative rules or policies specifying that only one biological sex may use the area at any point in time.”
North Carolina Republican lawmakers introduced another bill Monday, Senate Bill 442, which says it is not child abuse for a parent to refuse to acknowledge their child’s gender identity.
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