Representative who Called for Removing Protections for Black People and Women from Nondiscrimination

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Representative who Called for Removing Protections for Black People and Women from Nondiscrimination Laws Files 2nd Bathroom Bill, and Vowed to 'Die Politically' Defending It

Texas now has not one but two anti-transgender bathroom bills.

GOP state Rep. Matt Shaheen, who once vowed to "die politically" for the cause of anti-trans discrimination, on Monday filed House Bill 1362.

With Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick's bathroom bill, Senate Bill 6, facing intense opposition from the business community, Shaheen is attempting to disguise House Bill 1362 as somehow less hateful, but the two measures would have similar effects.

HB 1362, which you can read here, would prohibit school districts from adopting policies that allow people of "more than one sex or gender" to use the same multi-occupancy restrooms. It would also bar government entities, including cities, from limiting the ability of businesses to adopt their own policies on restroom use — thereby preempting trans-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinances in Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth and San Antonio.

HB 1362 doesn't define "sex" or "gender," but its provisions would be enforced by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is rabidly anti-trans. In an interview with The Texas Tribune, Shaheen claimed HB 1362 is needed because the state didn't create cities "to tell people where to go to the bathroom."

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