Utah became the latest state to regulate bathroom access for transgender people after Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed a law Tuesday that requires people to use bathrooms and locker rooms in public schools and government-owned buildings that match their sex assigned at birth.
Under the legislation, transgender people can defend themselves against complaints by proving they had gender-affirming surgery and changed the sex on their birth certificate. Opponents noted not all states allow people to change their birth certificates and that many trans people don’t want to have surgery.
The legislation also requires schools to create “privacy plans” for trans students and others who may not be comfortable using group bathrooms, for instance by allowing them to use a faculty bathroom — something opponents say may “out” transgender children.
Utah joins 10 other states in declaring themselves shit-holes no one should think about visiting.
It’s unfortunate that the most gorgeous state in the union was settled by religious fuckwads.
I guess beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder. Utah has a certain stark appeal to it I can see, but the sheer lush greenery of my native Oregon always wins me over.
Utah has plenty of green-space you just need to climb a mountain to get to it. It’s perfect. It’s also not raining 75% of the time.
Mountains are fine, no complaint there… but my counterpoint would be that to reach a lush, green area, I can basically just step outside my front door.
You’re not wrong about the rain, though.
I mean my beloved Colorado is far from ugly but Utah (or, well, Moab which is the only part I have seen in person so far) is fucking amazing to see. But I also think Arizona is gorgeous. Wyoming too. At some point it isn’t a contest it’s just, “these states are fucking amazing, holy shit.”
Anyway it sucks Utah is overrun with zealots.
As someone currently striving to move out of Utah, I can confirm this.