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Title: Bathroom Bigotry and the Battle for Transgender Rights
Post by: stephaniec on August 22, 2015, 01:35:36 AM
Bathroom Bigotry and the Battle for Transgender Rights

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-joe-wenke/bathroom-bigotry-and-the-_b_7999224.html

The Huffington Post/by Dr. Joe Wenke    08/21/2015

"If you want to know what some people think about transgender people, consider their comments about the bathroom. Right, the bathroom -- bathroom use to be specific. Here are a couple of examples:

From former Arkansas Governor, former Fox News talk show host and soon-to-be-former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee:

For those who do not think that we are under threat, simply recognize the fact that we are now in city after city watching ordinances that say that your 7-year-old daughter -- if she goes into the restroom -- cannot be offended and you can't be offended if she's greeted there by a 42-year-old man who feels more like a woman than he does a man."