A Republican effort to keep transgender people out of restrooms, sports teams, and other spaces in New Hampshire that align with their gender identity has again been stymied in the State House’s corner office.
Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed Senate Bill 552, sometimes called a “bathroom bill,” Friday. The bill would’ve created exceptions to New Hampshire’s 2018 Law Against Discrimination, which legally protects people from discrimination on factors such as race, religion, age, and “gender identity.” The bill would allow business owners to prevent transgender people from entering the restroom or locker room not associated with their sex at birth, sports teams to keep transgender girls and women off female teams, and jails and prisons to categorize inmates by sex at birth. It doesn’t require business owners, sports teams, and jails and prisons to do so, but it does give them the option.
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