Several protesters were arrested Monday at the Iowa state Capitol, where shouts of “trans rights are human rights” reverberated throughout the building as Republican lawmakers advanced a bill that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity.

Iowa lawmakers are expected to vote on an unprecedented bill that would remove protections based on gender identity from the state civil rights code

From iowa's first and only transgender lawmaker at the state capitol -- hiawatha house rep aime wichtendahl amy wicken-doll says the bill and the discussions su