Openly transgender Rep. Zooey Zephyr, pictured at the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont., in 2023, was reelected last month. This week, her colleagues debated a rule that would have blocked her from the women's restroom at the Capitol. Tommy Martino/AP hide caption
Rep. Nancy Mace (right) has authored a resolution that would ban trans women from women's bathrooms at the U.S. Capitol, just weeks before Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (left) — the first openly trans person elected to Congress — is set to be sworn in. Andrew Harnik, Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, via Getty Images hide caption
Bonneville Elementary School parents and students gather during a block party supporting trans and non binary students and staff Monday, April 29, 2024, in Salt Lake City. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff speaks onstage during the TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco event in San Francisco on Oct. 3, 2019. Benioff is a proponent of stakeholder capitalism, the belief that companies must look out for the broader good. Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch hide caption
Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, calls the House of Representatives to order in Austin, Texas in July 2017. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces a special session of the Texas Legislature on June 6. This Tuesday, that special session closed, without the passage of a so-called bathroom bill that Abbott had sought. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus at the state Capitol in April 2017. Straus opposes efforts by other powerful Republicans to pass a 'bathroom bill' that would affect transgender people. Martin do Nascimento/KUT hide caption