Iowa becomes first state to remove civil rights protections for gender identity
Source: msnbc
The measure, which rolls back civil rights protections for trans and gender-nonconforming people, was signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds.
Feb. 28, 2025, 1:35 PM CST / Updated Feb. 28, 2025, 3:03 PM CST
By Clarissa-Jan Lim
UPDATE (Feb. 28, 2025, 4:03 p.m. ET): Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the measure into law on Friday afternoon, framing the legislation as one that “safeguards the rights of women and girls.” The law is scheduled to go into effect on July 1.
On Thursday, both chambers of Iowa’s Legislature passed a bill to remove gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code, positioning the state to become the first to eliminate such protections for transgender and gender nonconforming people.
Senate File 418 swept through Iowa’s House and Senate despite fierce protests against the bill, including at the State Capitol on Thursday. The measure passed the state Senate along party lines. In the state House, five Republicans voted against the bill alongside their Democratic colleagues.
The bill will remove gender identity as a protected class in the state civil rights code, effectively exposing trans and nonbinary people to being discriminated against by employers, businesses or landlords. It will also define sex as based on a person’s anatomy upon birth.
Iowa is one of 23 states that protects against discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. Iowa will now become the first state to roll back civil rights protections for a group of people facing some of the highest rates of discrimination ..................
Read more: https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/iowa-gop-civil-rights-protections-gender-identity-discrimination-rcna194242
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Because jesus or something 
Response to wolfie001 (Reply #3)
Seems cut-and-dried on my part. 
