Republican Indiana senators on Tuesday approved a bill aimed at prohibiting transgender students at public K-12 schools and state universities from using restrooms or locker rooms that match their gender identity. Provisions of Senate Bill 182 would require those schools and universities to designate multiple-person restrooms, locker rooms, and changing areas for use only by males or females based on their reproductive biology at birth. Supporters described the bill as helping protect the safety and privacy of women and girls, while opponents argued its restroom requirements would increase bullying of transgender youth and force transgender men into women’s restrooms. You’re born a female, going to the female bathroom.”The Senate endorsed the bill in a 37-8 party-line vote, sending it to the House for consideration. “I’m a transgender man, and I do not belong in the women’s restroom,” Hardy said.