Conservative groups in North Carolina are unhappy that Republican Gov.
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States such as Minnesota with laws banning discrimination on the basis of gender identity had larger percentages of transgender people than did states without such protections, according to this rough estimate. “If a privately-owned sporting facility wants to allow attendees of sporting events to use the restroom of their choice, or install unisex bathrooms, they can”.But the vast majority of the testimony was against the bill. “You get to a point in your life and say, well, this is what’s important to me”, Lane said.
Bathroom bills in states such as Minnesota and North Carolina are part of a broader national debate about transgender rights and accommodations. Cruz says he isn’t familiar with the details of what was signed. Opponents have resisted mandates to let transgender people use the bathrooms of their identified gender, and in response have proposed bans on assigning bathrooms on anything other than sex at birth. And as he sees proposals elsewhere in the USA aimed at allowing transgender people to use the bathroom that conforms to their identity, he says plenty of people feel just like he does.
Republican Senator Lee Bright has said the measure he proposed in SC is common sense. Starr said he was sorry to disappoint fans, “but we need to take a stand against this hatred”.
Opponents told a Senate panel the unenforceable measure perpetuates myths against an already-ostracized community, while supporters contend it’s about protecting the privacy and safety of women and children.
Transgender people say the proposal puts them in danger of harassment and violence.
“If the right to privacy means anything, it certainly means that women and girls should not be compelled to undress, shower, or use the restroom in the presence of men”.
I can’t really understand why a good looking man like Bruce Jenner wanted to turn himself into a freakish looking woman like Caitlyn, and while Bruce did sort of make it everyone’s business by transitioning on global television, I don’t really care. State contracts will be required to include a similar anti-discrimination provision. Lee Bright, R-Greenville, would limit access to multiple-occupancy bathrooms in the state to people of the same biological sex. That “Marriage and Conscience” order from Jindal prohibited state agencies under the governor’s control from denying licenses, benefits, contracts or tax deductions to businesses and people that take actions because of a “religious belief that marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman”. “This is not a war against transgender people”.
State Chamber of Commerce CEO Ted Pitts says Bright’s creating a nonexistent political crisis to save his political career.
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Mayor Steve Benjamin also weighed in on the bill, calling it an “undisguised attack” on citizens and expressed his economic concerns. Bright faces three GOP opponents in June.
