Similar prohibitions on transgender individuals using restrooms corresponding with their gender identities, especially in schools, have generated debate in recent years.
Proponents claim that the policies safeguard pupils, while opponents claim they are needless and degrading.
In what the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ advocacy organization in the US, dubbed the biggest year for “bathroom bills,”
Republican-led legislatures in a number of states approved legislation prohibiting transgender students from using locker rooms and restrooms aligned with their gender identities in 2023.
The Ohio Senate approved its own bill last week, and the Republican governor of the state has yet to sign it.
