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Utah bill would replace "gender" with "sex" in laws, restricting transgender rights and sparking civil rights concerns.
Utah lawmakers are advancing HB183, a bill that would replace "gender" with "sex" in state laws, banning transgender people from certain jobs involving children, restricting birth certificate changes, and allowing courts to consider parental opposition to a child’s gender identity in custody cases.
LGBTQ+ advocates call it the most harmful legislation they’ve seen, warning it undermines civil rights, enables discrimination in housing, employment, and healthcare, and threatens the 2015 "Utah Compromise."
The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Trevor Lee, claims it restores biological sex and opposes gender identity as a "made-up" concept.
El proyecto de ley de Utah reemplazaría "género" por "sexo" en las leyes, restringiendo los derechos de los transexuales y generando preocupaciones sobre los derechos civiles.