How Washington Improved its Trans Protections and Beat the Right Wing

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Care2/By: Steve Williams January 8, 2016

"Kicking off the new year in style, Washington has quietly enacted broad public accommodations protections for trans people. But how was Washington able to do this without the significant resistance from anti-trans groups that we've seen in other states?

The change in language actually went into force as of December 26 and was instigated by the Washington State Human Rights Commission who sought to clarify the existing law that covers sexual orientation and gender expression or identity."
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This is a pretty good analysis of how Washington was able to enact these provisions without the extreme right wing backlash seen in other places.

Basically, they just used current law and extended its interpretation to cover Trans.

There will still be backlash of course but it's after the fact and the right wing won't be able to control the narrative.  I think this is a good model as we move forward.



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