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Jon Herskovitz Aug 15th 2017 10:57PM AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas measures to restrict access for transgender people to bathrooms in schools and public buildings died on Tuesday as the House adjourned and ended its special legislative session . Business leaders and civil rights groups had campaigned heavily to defeat the bills, saying they were discriminatory and would damage the economy. The measures were blocked by moderate House Republicans . Enactment in Texas, the most populous Republican- dominated state , could have given momentum to other socially conservative states for additional action on an issue that has become a flashpoint in the U.S. culture wars. 10 PHOTOS Protests against North Carolina transgender bathroom law See Gallery ASHEVILLE, NC - JUNE 21: A display inside Malaprop 's Bookstore/Cafe in Asheville, North Carolina features books by authors who support the repeal of HB2 on June 21, 2016. Malaprop's has had authors cancel and a decline in sales du...

“Defeating this discriminatory and dangerous legislation in Texas is a huge victory that will have an impact far beyond the Lone Star State ,” Kasey Suffredini, the acting chief executive of Freedom for All Americans, a national gay rights and transgender rights group , said in a statement. In the special session, conservative lawmakers passed a version of the bill in the Texas Senate, where Mr. Patrick presides, but the moderate Republicans who lead the Texas House never referred it to a House committee , so it was effectively dead on arrival in the chamber. Another version, written by a House lawmaker , was never given a hearing. The bills would effectively have required transgender people to use bathrooms, locker rooms or showers corresponding with the sex listed on their birth certificates, not their gender identity, in government buildings and schools. The procedural moves in the House that killed the bathroom bill were led in large part by the House speaker, Joe Straus of Sa...

“Defeating this discriminatory and dangerous legislation in Texas is a huge victory that will have an impact far beyond the Lone Star State ,” Kasey Suffredini, the acting chief executive of Freedom for All Americans, a national gay rights and transgender rights group , said in a statement. In the special session, conservative lawmakers passed a version of the bill in the Texas Senate, where Mr. Patrick presides, but the moderate Republicans who lead the Texas House never referred it to a House committee , so it was effectively dead on arrival in the chamber. Another version, written by a House lawmaker , was never given a hearing. The bills would effectively have required transgender people to use bathrooms, locker rooms or showers corresponding with the sex listed on their birth certificates, not their gender identity, in government buildings and schools. The procedural moves in the House that killed the bathroom bill were led in large part by the House speaker, Joe Straus of Sa...

By Michelle Casady Law360, Houston (August 16, 2017, 3:22 PM EDT) -- A special legislative session called for by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ended Tuesday without the House passing what opponents — including law firms and Texas Fortune 500 companies — have called an anti-transgender “bathroom bill,” but that doesn't mean the bill's fate has been sealed. The Texas Privacy Act , commonly referred to as the bathroom bill, would have required people to use the restroom, shower or changing facility that corresponds with the sex listed on their birth certificates and not the facility corresponding with their gender identity. Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick named the bill as one of his top 10 legislative priorities after Sen. Lois Kolkhorst introduced the bill in January. Kolkhorst said at the time it was meant to counteract a directive from the Obama administration that let children use the school bathroom that matches their gender identity. According to the Legislative Reference Libr...

A 20-year-old unemployed man, Victor Akinsola, has been arraigned before the Ikeja magistrate court ,Lagos for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s 12 year old girl in bathroom. The accused, who resides at 12, Sunny Smile St ., Ishashi in Berger on the outskirts of Lagos, is facing a charge of defilement. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Raphael Donny told the court that the offence was committed on July 26 at the accused’s apartment. Donny said; “The accused saw the girl, a 12- year -old bathing at the back of the house, he forcefully entered the bathroom and defiled the girl. “After having unlawful canal knowledge of the girl, the accused gave the victim N100 and told her not to tell anyone. “The girl later told her elder sister, who informed their mother and the case was reported at the police station,’’ The offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. The accused may be sentenced to life imprisonment on conviction. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to th...