Nevada Assembly Votes Down Anti-Transgender Bill

Last night, a bill that would have forced transgender students to use bathrooms that correspond to their "biological sex" failed by a vote of 22-20.

The measure, AB375, was strongly opposed by the Democrats in the chamber who said that it would lead to more bullying of trans students.

Transgender teens already face much higher rates of suicide.

Proponents of the bill said the legislation was important to protect the privacy of students in locker room and bathrooms.

Five Republicans broke ranks and voted with the Democrats against the bill.

Gov. Sandoval had indicated earlier that he was concerned about the legislation because it "targets students based on their gender expression, or potentially sanctions discrimination."

Today is the deadline for legislation to pass out of their house of origin, which means the bill is effectively dead and cannot be revived.

Good.

This bill would have forced, for instance, transgender females - who present as females - to use a male bathroom. Inversely, transgender males would have had to utilize the women's bathroom.

So, imagine this scenario:

This is who you would see in the ladies room. How do you think this would go over?

Michael C. Hughes was assigned "female" at birth.
He would be forced to use the ladies' room.

Aydian Ethan Dowling was assigned the sex of female at birth.
Aydian would be forced to use the ladies room.