--- description: Oklahoma's Republican state legislature filed a measure calling to impeach President Obama over his guidelines on transgender bathrooms. title: Oklahoma Wants to Impeach Obama Over Transgender Bathrooms image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36895adeb9f81346/698893d9e20a8751caa90e77/rights-for-transgender-people-are-fought-in-the-bathroom.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Oklahoma Wants to Impeach Obama Over Transgender Bathroom Guidance  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 20, 2016 8:09 PM CUT  Neutral bathroom signs in public facilities indicate to patrons they are free to pee, regardless of their gender Neutral bathroom signs in public facilities indicate to patrons they are free to pee, regardless of their genderJonathan Drake—Reuters  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 20, 2016 8:09 PM CUT Oklahoma’s Republican state legislature filed a measure calling to impeach President Obama over his [guidelines on transgender bathroom accommodations](http://time.com/4328917/transgender-bathroom-school-lgbt-obama/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined"). [Reuters reports](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-oklahoma-lgbt-idUSKCN0YB1Z0?utm%5Fsource=twitter&utm%5Fmedium=Social "undefined") that Oklahoma’s resolution calls on the state’s members of the U.S. House of Representatives to file articles of impeachment against Obama, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and others for overstepping constitutional authority. According to Reuters, the state legislature’s measure does not have the force of law. And [the Washington _Post_ reports](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/05/20/oklahoma-republicans-want-to-impeach-obama-over-transgender-bathroom-rights-even-though-its-futile/ "undefined") that the impeachment effort is “doomed” and “highly symbolic.” The Obama Administration’s guidelines are not legally binding, but implicitly threaten withdrawing federal funding from schools that do not allow students to use the bathroom of their preferred gender, regardless of sex assigned at birth. Read TIME’s recent cover story on the transgender bathroom controversy [here](http://time.com/4341419/battle-of-the-bathroom/?xid=homepage&pcd=hp-magmod "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4343723/oklahoma-impeach-president-obama-transgender-bathrooms/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4343723/oklahoma-impeach-president-obama-transgender-bathrooms/"},"headline":"Oklahoma Wants to Impeach Obama Over Transgender Bathroom Guidance","datePublished":"2016-05-20T20:09:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:44:00.427Z","description":"The state legislature's measure does not have the force of law","url":"https://time.com/4343723/oklahoma-impeach-president-obama-transgender-bathrooms/","keywords":["Oklahoma"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36895adeb9f81346/698893d9e20a8751caa90e77/rights-for-transgender-people-are-fought-in-the-bathroom.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36895adeb9f81346/698893d9e20a8751caa90e77/rights-for-transgender-people-are-fought-in-the-bathroom.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A sign protesting a recent North Carolina law restricting transgender bathroom access in Durham, North Carolina","caption":"Neutral bathroom signs in public facilities indicate to patrons they are free to pee, regardless of their gender","creditText":"Jonathan Drake—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4343723/oklahoma-impeach-president-obama-transgender-bathrooms/","name":"Oklahoma Wants to Impeach Obama Over Transgender Bathroom Guidance"}}]}] ```