By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram
CHARLESTON (WV News) — The West Virginia Senate passed a bill Monday that would include definitions of words like “male,” “female” and “sex” in state law.
Senate Bill 456 passed 32-1, with one member absent or not voting. It now goes to the West Virginia House of Delegates for consideration.
The legislation would codify the definitions of terms such as “sex,” “male” and “female” in an effort to “preserve women’s restrooms, multiple-occupancy restrooms or changing rooms, and sleeping quarters for women in facilities where women have traditionally been afforded privacy and safety from acts of abuse, harassment, sexual assault and violence committed by men.”
