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@ashleysmithhair Instagram G overnor Greg Abbott of Texas has a pet bill. It’s yet another one of those anti transgender bathroom bills . The governor wants to ensure public bathrooms are for your assigned birth only. Abbott wants to punish transgender people by law if they are caught violating this law. He never factored in Ashley Smith and her now viral bathroom buddy photo . Ashley Smith is a trans woman who recently went to one of his public appearances. There were protestors outside, but she went inside and got a selfie with him. It was easy to do because the governor saw a woman. That was all he saw, a woman. So he took a selfie with her and she put it on Instagram with the caption, “How will the Potty Police know I’m transgender if the Governor doesn’t?” and tagged it #bathroombuddy. She has pointed out of the problems with policing bathrooms. We have to go by visual bias as to what is and is not a man or a woman. All of these evangelical bill proposers thinks they know, but t...

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...