Utah Governor Spencer Cox recently signed a controversial bill that prohibits transgender students at public colleges and universities from residing in dormitories that align with their gender identity. This marks another restrictive measure for transgender rights in Utah, raising alarm from advocates. The ACLU of Utah criticized the law as government overreach that could exclude transgender students from campus housing altogether, highlighting the lack of gender-neutral options in Utah's public universities. The law is part of a broader shift in state legislation targeting transgender rights under Cox's governance, indicating a growing trend of restrictions in the state.
[The bill] relegates transgender students to gender-neutral or single-occupant dormitories, yet these options do not exist at all public colleges and universities in Utah.
This legislation risks creating a separate, unequal, and stigmatizing system that isolates rather than includes.
Rarely has so much fear and anger been directed at so few, highlighting the significant backlash against the transgender community.
Cox has shifted to the right on trans issues, supporting a 2023 ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth and an anti-trans bathroom ban.
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