Opponents of Montgomery County, Md.’s recent anti-discrimination law, which provided protections for transgender individuals, have collected enough petition signatures to land the legislation on the fall ballot. The opposition claimed that the law could lead to indecent exposure in locker rooms.

LGBT rights group Equality Maryland has hired a lawyer to ask a local court to review the validity of some signatures, the wording of the petition and the Board of Elections’ process, reports The Washington Post.

The paper writes:

County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) signed off on the legislation in November, over the objections of a coalition of religious and community groups that said it would allow a cross-dressing biological male, for instance, to gain access to a women’s locker room at a health club. The referendum campaign was led by Citizens for Responsible Government, a group whose members include some of the same people who battled the sex-education curriculum in Montgomery’s public schools.

“We have shown that over 5 percent of the county’s voters want to see the bill on the ballot,” the group’s president, Ruth Jacobs, said in a statement, adding that “the Council is really out of step on this one.”

Not so, said the bill’s sponsor, council member Duchy Trachtenberg (D-At Large), who noted that Montgomery followed 13 states, the District, Baltimore and 90 other local jurisdictions in passing legislation to ban discrimination against transgender people. Officials in cities with similar protections on the books have said the laws have not been exploited for criminal activity.

If the referendum withstands legal challenges, Trachtenberg said she expects Montgomery voters “will reject discrimination and confirm their unwavering support for the human rights and dignity of transgender individuals.”