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.

  • AppleTea@lemmy.zip
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    15 hours ago

    I think (though i’m not certain) it was hyperbole. Emphasizing that the median resume would look unemployable to, like, a high paying consulting firm, like the sort that does work in DC.

    • slackassassin@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      14 hours ago

      I understand what you’re saying and I’m not certain either.

      But, given that the context is a response to concern, it makes it sound like they’re suggesting that she’s gunning for the outcome. Like “don’t worry about them they’re all setup now.” A nobody who is now a champion of liberalism.

      It just reads weird. Maybe they are just an ernest doomer who believes nobody is employable, but also thinks that everything will work out here. Stranger things have happened. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯