How the Bathroom Bill Weaponizes Transphobia Against Public Institutions

How the Bathroom Bill Weaponizes Transphobia Against Public Institutions

On September 22, Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 8, Texas’ new “bathroom bill,” into law, marking another escalation in the Republican war on the rights of trans people. What may be less evident on first glance is how the law also represents an attack on public institutions—and on the legal system writ large.  Andrea Segovia, senior field and policy analyst for the Transgender Education Network of Texas, said the law, which bans trans pe…