Trans people could be sued for using the bathroom under proposed Montana bill

Montana looks set to be the first state this year to hold an anti-trans state legislative meeting, with a bill to restrict trans people’s use of single-sex spaces in publicly owned venues.

House Bill 121 was introduced by Republican Kerri Seekins-Crowe, who once said she would rather see her child take their own life than be trans. It seeks to make access to “multi-occupancy” spaces such as toilets, changing rooms and sleeping quarters in public buildings, based on biological sex.

It would cover any “building owned or leased by a public agency… and that is open to the public”, including libraries, museums, schools, hospitals, universities, Montana’s state Capitol and courthouses.

Trans folks could be sued for using the bathroom under a proposed Montana bill (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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