"The Indiana state Senate passed in a 37 to 8 vote last week S.B. 182, which would create legal definitions of "male" and "female" based on sex assigned at birth, or as the bill states, "anatomy, hormones, and the gametes oriented toward fertilization without regard to the individual's psychological, behavioral, social, chosen, or subjective experience of gender." It now heads to the Republican-controlled state House of Representatives."
"Incarcerated trans people would also be forced into facilities based on their sex assigned at birth with no exceptions. Trans inmates are 10 times more likely to report being sexually victimized than other prisoners, federal data shows. More than half of nearly 300 surveyed incarcerated trans people reported being sexually assaulted during their current prison sentences, according to a 2024 report, with over 31 percent saying violence from fellow prisoners is the primary reason they feel unsafe."
Indiana S.B. 182 would legally define "male" and "female" by sex assigned at birth, citing anatomy, hormones, and gametes. The state Senate approved the bill 37–8 and sent it to the Republican-controlled House. The measure would bar most transgender people from changing the sex on birth certificates except for those with a medically verifiable disorder of sex development. It would require students at public and charter schools and public colleges to use single-sex bathrooms, locker rooms, and dorms based on birth sex. The bill creates a private right to sue alleged violators and mandates prison placement by birth sex with no exceptions, despite data showing high rates of sexual victimization among incarcerated trans people.
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