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Title: Conservative Rhetoric and Transgender Bathroom Battles
Post by: stephaniec on March 03, 2016, 01:55:06 PM
Post by: stephaniec on March 03, 2016, 01:55:06 PM
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: "
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: "