Utah Passes Bills Banning DEI and Men Using Women’s Bathrooms

The Utah Legislature on Friday passed two conservative-minded bills that prompted Democrats to don all-black in mourning—one that bans men from women’s bathrooms and another that ejects diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) from public education. Utah state lawmakers in both chambers gave final legislative approval on Friday to H.B. 257, entitled the Sex-based Designations for Privacy, Anti-bullying, and Women’s Opportunities Act. The measure prohibits men who identify as women from accessing women’s bathrooms in schools and government buildings. “Keeping men from women’s spaces is an appropriate and much needed boundary in Utah and across America,” the bill’s sponsor, Utah state Rep. Kera Birkeland, a Republican, said in a post on X....