Conservative Rhetoric and Transgender Bathroom Battles

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Conservative Rhetoric and Transgender Bathroom Battles

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2016/03/conservative-rhetoric-and-transgender-bathroom-battles.html

Patheos/March 2, 2016 by Libby Anne

"Interesting, the debate over allowing trans people to use bathrooms that match their gender identity seems to have moved beyond the argument that trans people are perverts to settle on a new objection—that perverted cisgender men will take advantage of transgender bathroom bills to gain access to women's bathrooms. Oh, I'm not saying there aren't still people who believe transgender people are perverts—there are—but if you look at most conservative news articles denouncing trans bathroom access, the argument looks more like this: "