As Daily Kos has continued to cover, Republicans are more than happy to push hateful agendas on vulnerable trans youth. We’ve covered the ongoing attempts to keep trans girls out of girls’ sports teams, for example, as well as the recent movement for schools to essentially “out” trans youth to their parents. And still, trans youth who have returned to school amid the pandemic have to worry about what should be a basic, fundamental dignity: safely accessing the bathroom. One high schooler in Iowa, Ethan Stucker, told local outlet KCAU that he’s actually used the boys’ bathroom at his high school for more than a year without issues. Stucker, who is openly trans, however, said that all changed last week when he said he was told he must use a unisex bathroom in the teacher’s lounge—or face disciplinary consequences. Read more