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Transgender bathroom rule needs repealed

| January 7, 2016 12:45 PM

The Washington State Human Rights Commission enacted a new rule Dec. 26 allowing transgendered people to use the bathroom designated for the gender they identify with, in public and private facilities. What that means is that a man who believes he’s a woman can use a women’s restroom. It doesn’t matter if the man has completed or started the medical process of gender reassignment, according to a prepared statement from Sen. Doug Ericksen, a Republican lawmaker from Ferndale.

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