Iowans erupt in cheers as lawmakers protect gender identity as a civil right
Iowans erupted in cheers as lawmakers allow gender identity as a civil right.
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Iowans erupted in cheers as lawmakers allow gender identity as a civil right.
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All three members of a House Judiciary subcommittee said they will not sign off on moving the bill forward, following roughly an hour of testimony from transgender Iowans, school safety advocates, attorneys and civil rights activists.
Iowa lawmakers on Wednesday declined to advance a bill that would have stripped gender identity from the state’s civil rights law, a proposal that opponents said could have subjected LGBTQ+ Iowans to discrimination in education, housing and public spaces. The bill has been floated in recent years without success but reached the first step in Iowa’s lawmaking process Wednesday, when it was rejected by three members of a House Judiciary subcommittee. As they discussed the measure, LGBTQ+ advocates outside the room cried out: “Trans rights are human rights.”
Iowans erupted in cheers as lawmakers said they would not advance a bill to remove gender identity protections from Iowa's civil rights law.