Lawmakers in South Dakota have withdrawn a discriminatory bill that would have barred transgender students from using locker rooms consistent with their gender identity.
The Senate Education Committee was scheduled to hear testimony on the bill, SB 115, early yesterday morning. In anticipation of a vote, students and advocates packed the hearing room to testify to the harm it would cause. When the committee convened, however, nobody offered testimony in support of the bill, and the chair unexpectedly announced that it was being withdrawn.
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South Dakota Lawmakers Withdraw Bill Targeting Transgender Youth
Other States Should Abandon Discriminatory Proposals
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