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.

  • angrystego@lemmy.world
    17·
    15 hours ago

    This is bravery, not a career step. The part about surviving of what’s comming next is too scary. Trans people in jail are already being transported to prisons of their birth gender. She’s risking a lot.

    • Critical_Thinker@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      26 minutes ago

      Bravery or suicidal?

      She told the cops ahead of time what the plan was. Did she expect it to go some other way?

      She could’ve moved up to mass, i’m positive if she posted online someone would have taken her in to help her get a leg up in a part of the nation that isn’t full of bigoted ignorant dumpy lovers, but she didn’t.

      I can’t see Florida, land of the insane, to rule anything on her side. That leaves appellate court or the supreme court… and I don’t see those going her way either.