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Iowa Republican Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill on Friday that removes the protection of transgender people in the state’s civil law law.
Although every state does not have protection for transgender people, Democrats in Iowa added them to the Civil Rights Law in 2007.
Iowa is the first country to remove the protection of sexual identity from the civil rights law in the state.
The new law follows President Donald Trump’s executive orders only to identify two sexes, as sex changes and restricting people crossing the army, as well as government efforts to ban transit women from women’s bathrooms and women’s sports.
Trump is to restrict sex change procedures for a minor in line with “do not harm”.
Iowa Kim Reynolds, a draft law on Friday, has removed protection for transgender persons in the state’s civil law law. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
The draft law also defines males and females based on a person’s genitals at birth.
The Civil Rights Law in Iowa will remain protection for race, color, belief, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin and deficit.
Reynolds described the bill in a video you downloaded to X on Friday.
She said: “Today I am logging into a draft law that protects the rights of women and girls.” “It makes sense to recognize clear biological differences between men and women. In fact, it is necessary to secure real equal protection for girls. This is why we have bathrooms of men and women, but not conference halls for men and women. Sports girls and boys, but not girls’ mathematics. ”
“This logical protection was in danger because before the signing of this bill, the Civil Rights Law is not clear biological line between the sexes,” she said.
The demonstrators fill the Capitol Building in Iowa in de Mine, Iowa, on Thursday to condemn a bill that would strip the Civil Rights Protection Law on the basis of sexual identity. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Reynolds acknowledged it as “a sensitive issue for some, and many of them have heard wrong information about what this law is doing. The truth is that it is simply compatible with the federal civil rights law, as well as most states.”
She added that every state of Iwan, “without exception, deserves respect and dignity. We are all sons of God and the law does not change that.”
Trump referred to his approval of the law on Thursday, shortly before his signing.
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Trump wrote in fact, “Iowa, which is a beautiful country that I won every time, has a bill to remove the ideology of radical sexes from their laws.” “Iowa should follow the leadership of my executive order, saying that there are only two types of sexes, and pass this bill – as soon as possible. Thank you iOWA!”
Law critics say it will allow transgender people to discriminate in all aspects of life.
The Democratic Representative in Iowa Amy and Tandal interacts after his speech on a discussion on the draft law on Thursday. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
“The purpose of this law and the purpose of every anti -trang bill is an increase in public life and stigmatizing our existence. The total translation anti -translation project and the Vascular Disorder Foundation is to make our existence illegal,” said Democrats in the state of Iowa Amy Wittal, who is known as a transgender woman.
The demonstrators also filled Rotonda in the Capitol building on Thursday, and raised banners such as “transit rights are human rights” and screaming, “There is no hatred in our state!”
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Keenan Crowe, who directs politics and calling for the LGBTQ Advocacy Group One IOWA, told Associated Press that the group would take any “available” legal action, adding that they are still trying to understand how the law is applied.
All Democrats in the House of Representatives and the Senate voted against the draft law, and five Republicans in the House of Representatives joined them.
The law enters into force on July 1.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.