US EditionTransgender Student Arrested in Florida for Violating Bathroom Law, Believed to Be First Case
- Marcy Rheintgen, a 20-year-old transgender student, was arrested for violating Florida's law barring transgender women from entering women's bathrooms in some government buildings.
- Rheintgen was arrested after refusing to leave a women's restroom at the Florida State Capitol building, where she had entered to wash her hands and pray the rosary.
- Rheintgen faces a misdemeanor trespassing charge punishable by up to 60 days in jail, and her arrest is believed to be the first under transgender bathroom restriction laws in any U.S. State with a criminal ban.
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A trans woman was arrested at the Florida Capitol for using the women’s restroom
Florida police recently arrested a transgender woman for using the women’s restroom in the state Capitol in Tallahassee, in what is believed to be the first such arrest in a state with an anti-trans bathroom ban.
Transgender student Marcy Rheintgen’s arrest for violating Florida bathroom law may be first of its kind
Civil rights attorneys say the arrest of Marcy Rheintgen last month is the first they know of for violating transgender bathroom restrictions passed by numerous state legislatures across the country.
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