Virginia GOP Bill Would Result In School Children Having To Show Their Genitals – Not. Kidding.
Yesterday I wrote about a North Carolina A state law requiring that doctors who perform an abortion after the 16th week of pregnancy supply an ultrasound to state officials. If you thought that was creepy, take a look at this:
Use of restroom facilities; penalty. (HB663)
Introduced By: Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg)Description
Use of restroom facilities; penalty. Requires the Director of the Department of General Services and local school boards to develop and implement policies that require, respectively, that every restroom designated for public use in any public building on property that is owned, leased, or controlled by the Commonwealth and every public school restroom, locker room, and shower room that is designated for use by a specific gender to solely be used by individuals whose anatomical sex matches such gender designation. Such policies may also provide that a student may, upon request, be granted access, to the extent reasonable, to a single stall restroom or shower, a unisex bathroom, or controlled individual use of a restroom, locker room, or shower. The bill defines “anatomical sex” and provides a civil penalty for a willful and knowing violation.
That’s the general overview. Let’s take a look at the actual bill (emphasis mine):
HOUSE BILL NO. 663
Offered January 13, 2016 Prefiled January 11, 2016 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 2.2-1147.3 and 22.1-79.7, relating to use of restroom facilities; penalty.———- Patron– Cole (By Request) ———- Committee Referral Pending ———- Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding sections numbered 2.2-1147.3 and 22.1-79.7 as follows:
§ 2.2-1147.3. Use of restroom facilities in public buildings; penalty.
A. For the purposes of this section, “anatomical sex” means the physical condition of being male or female, which is determined by a person’s anatomy.
B. The Director of the Department shall develop and implement policies that require every restroom designated for public use in any public building on property that is owned, leased, or controlled by the Commonwealth as defined in § 2.2-1147 and that is designated for use by a specific gender to solely be used by individuals whose anatomical sex matches such gender designation.
C. Any person who willfully and knowingly violates this section shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $50. Civil penalties assessed under this section shall be paid into the Literary Fund. Any law-enforcement officer may issue a summons regarding a violation of this section.
§ 22.1-79.7. Use of restroom facilities; anatomical sex; penalty.
A. For purposes of this section, “anatomical sex” means the physical condition of being male or female, which is determined by a person’s anatomy.
B. Local school boards shall develop and implement policies that require every school restroom, locker room, or shower room that is designated for use by a specific gender to solely be used by individuals whose anatomical sex matches such gender designation. Such policies may also provide that a student may, upon request, be granted access, to the extent reasonable, to a single stall restroom or shower, a unisex bathroom, or controlled individual use of a restroom, locker room, or shower.
C. Any student who willfully and knowingly violates this section shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $50. Civil penalties assessed under this section shall be paid into the Literary Fund. Any law-enforcement officer may issue a summons regarding a violation of this section.
Exactly what sort of policies would local school boards develop and implement? How would they be enforced? I would think that if a school official thought a child was using the wrong bathroom they would need to confirm their suspicions with a physical inspection. Typing that sentence made my skin crawl.
I guess law enforcement will be pulling down pants and lifting up skirts, as well. How else would they know if they should issue a summons?
All roads in this Bill lead to a person proving their gender by exposing themselves – in schools it would be children exposing themselves to adults. Hey, maybe they could take pictures of each child’s genitalia and keep it on file!
And what is it about bathrooms with these guys? (Okay, insert joke bursting with truth here) They are obsessed with gay and trans sex. They equate sexuality with gender, but they’re never as worried about lesbians. All their fascination revolves around the male anatomy. The way they behave one would think that the only thing stopping them from engaging in the very behavior they decry is the law. Remove/don’t implement laws and then there’s nothing holding them back.
99.99999999999% of people enter a bathroom to, you know, use a bathroom, but not in their world. In their world gay and transgender people enter a bathroom for sex. Freud would have a field day with these people.
What the hell is wrong with Republicans? They’re against Sex Ed, but are okay with a bill that would make a pedophile salivate?
The GOP is up to some weird shit with regard to bathrooms. You are right, they are obsessed. The obsession leads them to say and do things that would have disqualified them from public service a mere 20 years ago. Hell, they’d have been disqualified from being allowed out of the house alone.
Here is a collection of other GOP Bathroom cops.
http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/04/02/meet-americas-transphobic-bathroom-cops
Oh my.
These laws say so much more about them. I wouldn’t be comfortable having anyone who supports laws like this near children.
If I was a parent and the school tried something like this I’d have them arrested.
Agreed, UI. There’s something very wrong with this people.