California has become
the first US state to protect the rights of transgender people. The law will require
all public schools to allow pupils from kindergarten to the 12th grade to have access
to either male or female toilets depending on their liking. The law further
allows transgender schoolchildren to play girl’s or boy’s sports. Legislators in
support of the bill think it will minimize bullying and discrimination.
Other states like Massachusetts
and Connecticut have policies giving the same protections, but California is
the first to ratify and pass them into law.
After the passing of
the bill, State Assembly Speaker John Perez said, they had distinguished themselves
as transgender activists and that it put "California at the forefront of
leadership on transgender rights".
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