Texas city expands $10,000 ‘bounty’ on trans people using ‘wrong’ bathroom

A Texas city that is already offering a $10,000 (£7,900) reward to anyone turning in trans people using a public toilet that corresponded with their gender identity, has made the restrictions even more stringent.

At a meeting on Tuesday (12 November), Odessa City Council tightened the regulations surrounding a 1989 ordinance which already said anyone identifying a trans person in the “wrong” toilets might be able to claim $10,000 in damages.

Now, by a vote of 5-1 vote, the council members agreed to expand the ordinance to private facilities too. The move means civil penalties and trespassing charges can be enforced against anyone who knowingly uses a toilet not matching their birth gender in any city buildings.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas argued that the expansion not

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