Utah launches “Snitch Line” to report trans people in bathrooms. Reactions to the form’s release were immediate and predictable: multiple users started flooding in fake reports

https://www.losangelesblade.com/2024/05/02/utah-launches-snitch-line-to-report-trans-people-in-bathrooms/

43 comments

  1. I laughed about the part where Sarah Huckabee Sanders got reported

  2. >Earlier this year, [House Bill 257](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0257.html), which bans transgender individuals from using restrooms and changing rooms in a variety of locations, sparked intense debate due to its broad scope and strange enforcement mechanisms. The bill applies to any public building, including the Salt Lake City airport, and says that transgender people could be held liable if they cause “affront or alarm.”

    >On Wednesday evening, the Utah Public Auditor released a form to report transgender individuals encountered in changing rooms and restrooms to state authorities.

    >One major question during debate of the bill was over how the bill would be enforced. In many states, for example, cisgender people [have been reported to authorities](https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/11/01/cis-woman-mistaken-transgender-records-being-berated-bathroom) for using the bathroom simply because they defied gender stereotypes. Numerous citizens [testified to this concern](https://twitter.com/ErinInTheMorn/status/1749572107921420477) in Utah. Within months of the bill passing, Utah public officials proved this point correct [when some accused](https://abcnews.go.com/US/utah-school-board-official-falsely-suggested-teen-girl/story?id=107100300#:~:text=The%20false%20suggestion%20led%20to%20harassment%20and%20bullying%20against%20the%20teen.&text=Utah%20Gov.,a%20now%2Ddeleted%20Facebook%20post.) a cisgender basketball player of being transgender. Now, it appears that those charged with enforcing the policy have decided on a mechanism to do so:[ a publicly available snitch form](https://ut-sao-special-prod.web.app/sex_basis_complaint.html) to target transgender people.

    >Reactions to the form’s release were immediate and predictable: multiple users started flooding in fake reports. One person [submitted a report of “beavers”](https://x.com/KampferWolf/status/1786150451529797693) in their bathroom at 3 AM. Another [posted a picture](https://x.com/SadistHailey/status/1786070449086144747) of a character from The Bee Movie, an allusion to other snitch forms against transgender people that were flooded with scripts for that movie. One person [reported Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders](https://x.com/MarkElderAhead/status/1786067213184573574) as a trans person. Another [reported an allegation](https://x.com/fascismsuckz/status/1786060663544062260) of Representative Matthew Gaetz harassing girls outside of a locker room.

    Why do Republicans care about how people use the bathroom? Why do they want to play bathroom police inspectors all the time, basically invading people’s pants? Just use the bathroom, wash your hands, and leave. These bathroom bills don’t need to exist. They’re just ridiculous.

  3. You think Utah wants to switch to Linux? Ubuntu 24.04 ISOs have gotten very large. Despite this, yesterday the site’s very generous attachment limit, if there even was any, accepted all 5.7GB of Ubuntu’s latest ISO file.

    And they seem to be very interested in amieno acids. All 6 text fields accepted all 189,819 letters describing the titin protein. >:)

  4. Do remember a little extra effort can make a world of difference when it comes to trolling these lines. While it is very fun to report big name figures like Sarah Huck Sanders, they might actually investigate say…a local hardline preacher’s wife who’s rallied for this on Facebook.

  6. It’s hilarious that none of the chucklefucks that worked to set this up or implement it thought “what has happened in similar scenarios elsewhere”

  7. I just reported their whole House of Representatives that gave Rs. The form is funny, it asks what evidence you have – I said none, so we should do inspections and post on their .gov website to allow for public comment

  8. It be a shame if someone sent a zip file of 100000 pictures of toilet stalls. Truly.

  9. Reminds me when Don Jr headed the tip line for election fraud and everyone just memed it to death.

  10. Legislation or rules with detrimental intentions should be handled appropriately, and I think this is appropriate

  11. But priests aren’t required to snitch on pedophiles in Utah – repubs don’t want to upset their constituents.

    “Utah law does not force clergy to report abuse they learn about in confessions. Repeated attempts to remove that exemption have failed, but there is nothing on the state’s books that prevents religious leaders from notifying authorities.Mar 5, 2024
    https://www.sltrib.com › 2024/03/05″

  12. Man, I thought the Stasi were gone for good. Thanks, the GOP!

  14. Dammit…. I’m going on vacation to Utah in June and now I don’t want to spend my money there

  15. Sure would be unfortunate if someone accidentally linked to the form on this post, and it would be absolutely tragic if someone started submitting the name of every Republican politician in the state.

    …why do I get the feeling that this is already a thing

  17. As I understand the form, we are encouraged to report any time we believe that “A local education agency failed to give notice to students of the provisions of [*~Utah Code §63G-31-301~*](https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title63G/Chapter31/63G-31.html?v=C63G-31_1800010120240501).” In other words, it is important for the kindergarten teacher to tell their students that they must know what anatomy is under the clothes of each of their classmates. I am not comfortable with this!

  18. First, and I want to be clear I am not advocating submitting false information to the state of Utah.

    But, if you do don’t simply drop a bunch of curses in the form. Takes them 2 seconds to delete that record and investigate something else. If you want want to mess with them you need to make the information *look* real. Because if it looks real they have to investigate it. And the more realistic looking junk tips they deal with, the more backed up they become. I would argue it would be an ethical use of AI to create those fake but real looking junk tips.

    But again, I am not advocating that anyone here does anything.

  19. I sent in the song, Dude (Looks Like A Lady) by Aerosmith

  20. Can I call in people from other states. Lindsey Graham needs a looking at.

  21. That’s awful. Where would someone even go to do that sort of false reporting? Like hypothetically.

  22. Remember to report any Republican if you see them entering a bathroom. We don’t know their medical history they might be trans

  24. > Another posted a picture of a character from The Bee Movie, an allusion to other snitch forms against transgender people that were flooded with scripts for that movie.

    What a time to be alive

  25. The Internet is such a wicked and vile place, but every once in a while a rose rises from the shit. 

  27. I would send in a report of a “male dressed as a female” in a woman’s bathroom and then go into intense detail describing Bugs Bunny in drag.

  28. Need to create a dialer to report Mike Lee every 5 minutes. And include detailed explanations of his constipated screaming.

  29. Lol, Utah is a clown theocracy. Kinda tempted to report higher up Mormon church leaders.

  30. Can someone please program a bot to overwhelm the Snitch Line to the point where it catches fire, please?

  31. The venn diagram overlap of people who are transphobic and people who incorrectly assume others are trans happens to be massive. The Qanon crowd routinely mocks up photo “evidence” declaring literally every celebrity ever known to be transgender. Every time people make up these stupid laws it ends up creating state sanctioned bullying primarily of girls that don’t look sufficiently “feminine” or excessively athletic.

  32. Isn’t spying on people in bathrooms the very thing that trans-opponents claim to oppose?

  33. I fucking hate Utah. Its geographically a beautiful place but full of ugly hateful people.

  34. where is the link to file a report? i think i saw a turtle in the bathroom. does this count? either way i would like to report it to the appropriate authorities

  35. If I lived there, I’d call it every day to report that Joseph Smith and Brigham Young are serial child rapists.

  36. Devin Nunes was having sex with a cow in the lavatory. He was wearing a hot pink mini skirt and fake eyelashes.

  37. So we’re encouraging bathroom peeping now? How’s that gonna go in a permitless concealed-carry state?

  38. Ok, just a quick question. It takes, what, let’s say 20 minutes at the high end to use the bathroom. Wait in line, do your business, wash your hands, fix your face, etc. What is the response time to these calls?

  40. If I had time to blow on this I would just start reporting LDS temples or churches or whatever the proper word is for their places of business.

  41. Everybody in Utah needs to be calling in regularly and reporting all the politicians and their bathrooms.

  42. I thought we hated Islamic fundamentalists. Why are we copying their laws?

  43. Listen. I’m here in Wisconsin and I’ll tell ya something. If I gotta piss and the men’s room is closed for cleaning, I’m using the women’s bathroom. I’m not gonna be all politically correct. When a guy’s gotta pee, he’s gotta pee! And you know what? The women in the bathroom don’t give two shits that a guy’s in there peeing in a toilet.

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