On March 3, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed HB0072, "Protecting Privacy in Public Spaces Act" (full text). The new law requires that multi-occupancy restrooms, changing areas and sleeping quarters in public buildings and educational institutions be designated for use either by males or females. The Act defines males and females by their biological reproductive organs and prohibits them from entering facilities designated for the opposite sex. The Act contains a number of elaborate exceptions. It also requires educational facilities to provide reasonable accommodations to persons unwilling or unable to use the facility designated for that person's biological sex. The Act provides a cause of action against the government facility involved for a person who encounters a person of the opposite sex in a restroom, changing or sleeping area. Cowboy State Daily reports on the new law.
