Katie Nelson

knelson@argusleader.com

Opponents of the controversial transgender bathroom bill passed by the South Dakota Senate on Tuesday have taken over a hashtag originally coined for a state tourism campaign.

Transgender bathroom bill awaits Daugaard's signature

The hashtag #HiFromSD was launched in 2014 by the South Dakota Department of Tourism to encourage people to share travel photos of South Dakota.

Critics of the transgender bathroom legislation began using the hashtag Tuesday to generate conversation about the bill, which would bar transgender students from using bathrooms, locker rooms and shower facilities of the gender with which they identify if they don't correspond with their biological sex.

The Center of Equality's tweet was one of the first to alternatively use the hashtag:

National civil rights organization Human Rights Campaign also joined in:

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