News from Assigned Media: Odessa Texas “has now declared the [bathroom bounty] ordinance unenforceable, a step taken after voters ousted the council members and mayor who had pushed it through.”
The election that transformed the council was a direct result of community action, Alexander Ermels, a transgender resident and a leader in the local LGBTQ+ community, said in an interview with Assigned Media.
You may remember that I have shared about the horrible law the city council of Odessa Texas had passed. It banned transgender people from using public and private restrooms of their lived gender. It also authorized any citizen to sue a transgender person for $10,000 or more for being seen using the “incorrect” restroom. I’ve previously referred to that as placing a bounty on transgender people.
I’m truly impressed that the people of Odessa threw out the mayor and city council responsible for this legal excrement. The newly elected representatives saw that it was a Bad Idea™. That they decided to eliminate it for fear of lawsuits, rather than recognition of its discriminatory nature, is the only downside to this outcome.
I really needed this bit of hopeful news right now. Life has been rather unkind to me recently. The journey continues.
An Aging Trans Woman 
This is good news. Happy holidays!
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I know, right? In Texas!
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The law also inadvertently targeted every single woman who didn’t meet some random person’s stereotype. For instance, a woman who was unusually tall. The case wouldn’t hold up in court, but who wants to have to defend their gender. Oh, the irony.
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Yes. All “transgender bathroom bans” have that (unintended?) side effect. Any woman who isn’t properly femme enough, or too tall, or has broad shoulders is at risk with those laws. It’s patriarchy at its most misogynistic.
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Exactly! 😃👍
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