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Given a choice, I chose "female". I was not required to drop my pants as evidence. But for my address, I had to supply two pieces of mail as evidence that the address is mine.
Unscathed after todays action, my damaged right wrist is giving me a bit of jip after drilling 20 holes! and my arms ache! Only casualty was a busted nail, cut the leather to size but its wrinkled from being folded up for 20+ years. Good job I have a steamer, well its that or anti wrinkle cream-------
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's Republican-led Legislature will not take final votes on two bills that attempted to restrict legal recognition of transgender people.
The bills died quietly when House and Senate leaders failed to agree on compromise versions before a Monday night deadline. Lawmakers were working on several other complex issues at the time.
One bill would have restricted transgender people's use of bathrooms and locker rooms in public buildings, including university dormitories. The other would have specified that sex is defined at birth, and that "there are only two sexes, and every individual is either male or female."
The House and Senate previously passed different versions of both bills. The Republican-controlled chambers would need to agree on a single version of each bill before it could go to Republican Gov. Tate Reeves.
In 2021, Reeves signed legislation to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls' or women's sports teams. Last year, he signed a bill to ban gender-affirming hormones or surgery for anyone younger than 18.
The Mississippi proposals were among several bills being considered in state legislatures across the U.S. as Republicans try to restrict transgender people's access to gender-affirming care, bathrooms and sports, among other things.
On Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Arkansas filed a lawsuit against the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA), fighting against a rule that restricts the ability of transgender and nonbinary Arkansans to self-identify their gender on driver's licenses.
ACLU filed the complaint on behalf of five people, which argues that the emergency rule was implemented "without any documented justification or compliance" under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act. According to the organization, there should've been a 30-day public notice and comment period.
"The law requires agencies to listen to the people affected by their rule," ACLU of Arkansas Legal Director John Williams said. "Agencies cannot fabricate emergencies to evade that responsibility. Having failed to seek public input as required by law, DFA will now hear from us in court."
Arkansas officials announced on March 12 a revision to a state policy that previously allowed a person to use an "X" marker instead of a gender on their license or ID card. The new policy will only allow someone to choose "male" or "female" on their identification.
