More than two dozen people stood outside the Clark County Courthouse on Saturday afternoon to protest a new rule allowing transgender people to use restrooms based on their identified gender.

The Human Rights Commission rule will lead to invasion of women’s privacy and put women and children in danger, the Southwest Washington protesters said.

John Lifflander, who organized the protest and kicked it off by reading stories of women who were raped in bathrooms, said the new rule will encourage people with ill intentions to enter women’s restrooms and harm them.

Before this rule, he said, a woman could scream in the bathroom if a man entered.

“Now, they would say she’s wrong,” Lifflander said.

The Human Rights Commission rule took effect last month. The commission said the rule merely clarifies existing anti-discrimination laws, according to The Seattle Times.