Mon Jan 23, 2012 at 06:00 AM PST
Fear Tactics in Baltimore County
by rserven
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/23/1057519/-Fear-Tactics-in-Baltimore-CountyThere is a bill in Baltimore County, MD, that would stop discrimination against transgender people. But the usual opponents of such protections are out in force, spreading unfounded fear-mongering rumor as if it were truth in attempts to protect their right to discriminate.
Anita Schatz, who said she survived a rape more than 40 years ago when she was 18, said she and other women believe the bill "would open the door for sexual predators" to abuse women and girls in restrooms.
The claim, as always, is that passing the law would make women more vulnerable to attack inside restrooms.
