Marcy Rheintgen, 20, faces a misdemeanor trespassing charge punishable by up to 60 days in jail and is due to appear in court in May.

Summary

Marcy Rheintgen, a 20-year-old transgender college student, was arrested at the Florida State Capitol after intentionally entering a women’s restroom in protest of the state’s transgender bathroom law.

Civil rights lawyers say it is the first known arrest under such laws in any U.S. state.

Rheintgen faces a misdemeanor trespassing charge and could face up to 60 days in jail.

Florida is one of only two states to criminalize such acts.

  • GiveOver@feddit.uk
    443·
    4 days ago

    I’ve said this before but I really want to hear some stories of trans men using the womens bathroom in these places. Big muscular men with bald heads and beards, barging in pissing everywhere and leaving toilet seats up.

    I want to see the meltdown when people find out they’re just following the law. Please trans bros do this for me.

    • parody@lemmings.world
      11·
      4 days ago

      Barge in

      Woman runs out screaming to her boyfriend

      RIP

      [edit mainly for intl readers, this place def has some gun action going on, like anywhere but feels especially dangerous state for this civil rights experiment, as domestic readers will intuitively understand]