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‘Is this ever going to change?’: Trans teens ask Utah Legislature not to pass more restrictions

Rep. Kera Birkland said she couldn’t point to a police report or “anything like that” that indicated transgender Utahns were engaging in inappropriate behavior in restrooms.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Faith, a high school student who spoke against Rep. Kera Birkeland's bill to narrow Utah's legal definitions of sex to exclude transgender people, at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. The Tribune agreed to only use Faith's first name because she feared retaliation for speaking out.