Another Day, Another Horrifying Anti-Trans Bill Hearing in the State Legislature

Seattle's Trans* pride march, 2015. Ansel Herz
It's only the first day of February, and already we're up to six anti-trans bathroom bills circulating in the state legislature. The most recent anti-trans bill hearing, on SB 6548, took place this afternoon.
SB 6548 would amend state civil rights law so that any "public or private entity" could block transgender people from using sex-segregated bathrooms. It would also strip away protections from trans people who seek to use a sex-segregated bathro