Texas Takes Back Bathrooms As New Law Bans Men From Using Women’s Facilities

Get ready to flush idiocracy down the drain because public bathroom signs matter again in Texas.

The Texas Women’s Privacy Act, or “bathroom bill,” went into effect Thursday. It requires you to do your business in the bathroom that matches your biological sex.

State Senator Mayes Middleton wrote the bill to save female multiple-occupancy private spaces in Texas, including restrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms, from being invaded by men.

“This is common sense to want to make sure we don’t allow men in women’s private spaces,” Middleton said during a press conference on August 4.

He believes the gendered symbols that have long identified which restroom to use for decades finally have a purpose again.

“This bill restores those boundaries and makes them enforceable,” Middleton said.

The bill also requires the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to house inmates according to their biological sex and domestic violence shelters made for women to only serve women and their children.

“These are boundaries that have existed for generations. They are boundaries based on biological truth. Boundaries based on Biblical truth.”

Women across the country have been fighting for more laws like the one in Texas. Just last month, a woman in California went viral for complaining about men being in the women’s locker rooms at her gym. Tish Hyman has since put pressure on her state leaders in California to keep women safe.

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Another victim of men wrongfully invading women’s spaces is Payton McNabb. During a high school volleyball game, she was knocked unconscious by a man playing on the opposing women’s volleyball team. She is thrilled Texas has chosen to stand up for women.

“A big win for basic privacy and common sense,” McNabb said. “With the Texas Women’s Privacy Act officially going into effect today, I’m thinking about the girls who will never have to go through what I did. Seeing these protections taken seriously is a reminder of what good leadership looks like.”

The law imposes civil penalties of $5,000 for a first violation, followed by $25,000 for subsequent violations. People can file complaints with the state’s attorney general, who issues the penalties.

The bill includes some exceptions, such as allowing entry for custodial, maintenance, medical, or childcare purposes.

The Texas Women’s Privacy Act is a victory for the state’s lawmakers who have fought for this protection since the first bills were introduced in 2017. Now with the law in effect, Texas Scorecard reports the state joins 19 others that have legislation protecting women in locker rooms and bathrooms.