alabama city appear first country specify criminal penalties violators ordinance require people use bathrooms match gender birth certificate civil right group say wednesday law pass tuesday city council oxford locate 60 miles east birmingham carry possible punishment 500 fine six months jail measure raise stake u.s. bathroom war cause fierce debate among state lawmakers school officials republican presidential candidates go law enact last month north carolina boycott businesses entertainers government workers since become first state bar transgender people use bathrooms correspond gender identity north carolina law apply restrooms locker room government-owned facilities school oxford ordinance also include bathrooms private businesses explicitly make violate provision crime human right campaign say concern expansion ways trans people go police say chase strangio staff attorney american civil liberties union lgbt project essentially criminalize trans existence steven wait president oxford city council say measure response complaints residents retailer target last week say transgender people customers could use store bathrooms match gender identify anniston star report wait say council adopt law concern 0.3 percent population identify transgender protect women children accord newspaper wait reply request comment reuters strangio say law raise constitutional question aclu consider take legal action block group already sue north carolina law alabama city make bathroom access gender identity crime