Bill would amend Wyoming civil rights law to regulate bathroom use [View all]
A Cheyenne legislator wants to amend civil rights-era legislation to bar transgender individuals from using public bathrooms in Wyoming.
People would be subject to imprisonment for using a bathroom that does not correspond to their “sex identified at birth by the person’s anatomy” under House Bill 244, which would expand the crime of public indecency.
To be charged with public indecency under the existing law, a person must engage in an activity “with the intent of arousing the sexual desire of himself or another person.”
Sponsor Rep. Lars Lone, R-Cheyenne, declined to speak with a Star-Tribune reporter at the Wyoming Legislature.
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