Iowa became the first US state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code on Friday when Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that opponents say will expose transgender people and other Iowans to discrimination in all aspects of daily life.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill that strikes gender identity from Iowa law, making the state the first to remove civil rights from a previously protected class.

One day after it was approved by both the Iowa House and Iowa Senate, Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed into law a bill that will remove gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act.