Utah Senate amends transgender bathroom bill to target behaviors, not identity

A bill that set out to restrict bathroom and locker room use in public buildings by transgender people has been revised in the Utah Senate. A substitution made by Sen. Dan McCay, the Republican floor sponsor, no longer defines who can enter a sex-designated bathroom in publicly funded spaces. There are still bathroom restrictions, but now they only apply to “government-owned and operated” buildings, such as public schools and universities. A former version of the bill that passed the House, sponsored by Republican Rep. Kera Birkeland, extended the limitation to...