Florida Republicans push discriminatory legislation targeting trans and diversity programs.

Florida's legislature has passed a bill that bans transgender people from using bathrooms and changing areas that match their gender identity, on penalty of criminal trespass charges, in the latest spate of anti-LGBTQ legislation that has been taken up by state lawmakers. The bill applies to schools, government buildings, prisons, and detention centers. It is opposed by LGBTQ and civil liberties activists, who say that it criminalizes transgender people for ordinary behavior. The legislation is “part of a pernicious, degrading, and systematic attempt to dehumanize one of our most marginalized communities,” said Human Rights Watch.