"Utterly abysmal": Protestors demonstrate why anti-trans bathroom laws can't be practically enforced
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/utterly-abysmal-protestors-demonstrate-why-anti-trans-bathroom-laws-cant-be-practically-enforced/ 🔗Molly Sprayregen (15 Dec 2025)
An anti-trans bathroom bill that took effect in Texas on December 4th is proving complicated to enforce, something trans advocates have known all along would be the case.
On December 6, transgender protestors with a group called the 6W Project visited the Texas Capitol and attempted to use the restrooms that aligned with their gender identities to make a point about the lack of enforcement mechanisms in the law.
At first, they easily entered the bathrooms of their choice, then proceeded to give speeches in the Capitol Rotunda, The Texas Tribune reported. But when they attempted to use the restrooms a second time, officers stopped them and asked to see their IDs.
Officers claimed in a statement that the ID requests were voluntary, though those who did not show their IDs were barred from entering the bathroom. The officers did allow two trans women with female markers on their IDs to enter the women's restrooms. Officers also reportedly only guarded the women's restroom and not the men's.
"I think that the Texas government just established that they have no consistent enforceable standards for this law," protester Matilda Miller told the Texas Tribune.
