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Title: Transgender voices in North Carolina: Devastated by new law
Post by: stephaniec on May 07, 2016, 09:50:53 AM
Transgender voices in North Carolina: Devastated by new law

http://newsok.com/transgender-voices-in-north-carolina-devastated-by-new-law/article/feed/1009486

NewsOK/Published on NewsOK  • Published: May 7, 2016

"RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A student who's losing time in the classroom. A mother trying to show strength to her 8-year-old daughter. A reluctant protester led away in handcuffs.

These transgender residents of North Carolina were swiftly and directly affected by the new state law that limits protections for LGBT people and mandates that they use bathrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificate in many public buildings."