Greg Abbott on Monday signed into law a bill prohibiting transgender people from using public bathrooms and similar spaces that align with their gender identity. “This bill fuels stigma, harassment, and humiliation for transgender Texans, especially children, who are simply trying to go about their daily lives,” Fierro-Pérez said in a statement. The bill does not lay out instructions for law enforcement agencies in Texas, but empowers Texas residents to file a complaint with the Texas attorney general’s office to investigate the agency or municipality. Middleton and GOP lawmakers who support the law said it’s needed to protect women and girls in bathrooms and similar private spaces. Democrats, however, said the law will discriminate against transgender Texans, individuals who are gender nonconforming and people who are born intersex.