Transgender bathroom bill generates emotional testimony, but little else: Informational hearing pits 'privacy' against 'discrimination'

ST. PAUL -- A proposal to require transgender people to use the bathroom of their birth sex drew passionate testimony from both sides at the Minnesota Legislature Tuesday, but appears to be dead for the year.

The measure, similar to controversial bills passed in states such as North Carolina, would forbid schools and businesses from allowing access to bathrooms, locker rooms and other similar facilities “on any basis other than biological sex.”

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