A family opened a town’s first bookstore. A bathroom bill is driving them away.
- Posted on August 10, 2025
- By Washington Post
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A family opened a town’s first bookstore. A bathroom bill is driving them away.

The Phelans ran the only bookstore in Vermillion, South Dakota. They sold it and moved after a new law would’ve required their daughter to use a boy’s bathroom.