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Odessa, Texas bans trans people from using restrooms that don’t match sex assigned at birth

In the city of Odessa in Texas, USA, the City Council passed a policy via a 5-2 vote to ban transgender people from using restrooms outside of the sex assigned to them at birth.

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Texas against LGBTQIA people.

In the city of Odessa in Texas, USA, the City Council passed a policy via a 5-2 vote to ban transgender people from using restrooms outside of the sex assigned to them at birth.

This expands a 1989 ordinance that prohibits individuals from entering restrooms of the opposite sex.

During the public testimony, Alexander Ermels, president of PFLAG’s Midland and Odessa chapter and a transgender man, said that this is “unnecessary” and is a “complete waste of the city’s time, money and resources.”

Speaking for PFLAG – one of the oldest LGBTQIA advocacy organizations in the US – Ermels added: “It’s not addressing any real problem in our community. Instead, it’s creating one, making people worried about something that just is not an issue.”

The only exclusion are parents of children of the opposite sex who are younger than 12 years old, maintenance and custodial workers, law enforcement officials, and during medical emergencies.

The ban applies to “any building, facility or space owned, leased or controlled by, or leased to, the city of Odessa including but not limited to community centers, libraries, airports, park facilities and administrative office buildings.”

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