Summary

Marcy Rheintgen, a 20-year-old transgender college student, was arrested at the Florida State Capitol after intentionally entering a women’s restroom in protest of the state’s transgender bathroom law.

Civil rights lawyers say it is the first known arrest under such laws in any U.S. state.

Rheintgen faces a misdemeanor trespassing charge and could face up to 60 days in jail.

Florida is one of only two states to criminalize such acts.

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    2 days ago

    🙄OMG, let’s turn the tables and ban these conservative trolls from ALL bathrooms! Why should they have the privilege of relieving themselves when they’re relieving us of our basic human rights? They can hold it in until they burst, for all I care. Trump is literally kill ing trans people. What’s next is he gonna TARIFF them as well? 🙄

    Trans girls are the true embodiments of womanhood, and these closed-minded fools are just scared of what they don’t understand. Their fear is a pathetic attempt to maintain a fake sense of power. Let’s give them a taste of exclusion and see how they like it.

    Everyone else can go bathe in their own bigotry. #TransRightsAreHumanRights