Arkansas Lawmaker Wants To Make It A Crime To Flash Somebody In A Bathroom. Naturally, Transgender Advocates Are Upset.

Arkansas lawmaker Rep. Bob Ballinger is looking to make it a crime for somebody to intentionally flash a person of the opposite sex in a public setting. This seemingly standard legislation has enraged transgender advocates.

H.B.1986, which passed the House with a 65-3 vote earlier this month, is an expansion to Arkansas’ indecent exposer statute, looking to incriminate those who expose their genitals to a person of the opposite sex “under circumstances in which the person could reasonably believe the conduct is likely to cause affront or alarm.”