AFTER NORTH CAROLINA REFUSED TO DO AWAY WITH ITS ANTI-LGBT
ANTI-TRANSGENDER LAW, IT TURNS
OUT THAT THE NCAA HAS TAKEN SOME ACTION AGAINST THE STATE.
THE
NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED IT WOULD PULL SEVEN CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
FROM NORTH CAROLINA OVER THE
STATES ANTI-LGBT LAW.
WHAT THEY ARE MOSTLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS
THE ANTI-TRANSGENDER COMPONENT OF THAT LAW WHICH WOULD FORCE
PEOPLE TO USE THE BATHROOMS THAT IS ON THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
IF THEY IDENTIFY AS A FEMALE BUT WERE BORN A MALE, THEY HAVE TO
USE THE BATHROOM FOR MALES.
THE
NCAA DOESN'T LIKE THAT.
IT'S INTERESTING THOUGH, ONE OF THE
PRESIDENTS FROM A UNIVERSITY IN NORTH CAROLINA SAYING OUR
UNIVERSITY DOESN'T HAVE THAT
POLICY.
WE ALLOW TRANSGENDER STUDENTS TO USE WHICHEVER
BATHROOM THEY WANT.
SO THEY FEELING THEY ARE CAUGHT IN THE
MIDDLE RIGHT NOW.
BUT I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHY THE NCAA IS
TAKING THIS ACTION.
THEY ARE TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT SOMETHING THEY
FEEL PASSIONATELY ABOUT.
>> HERE IS WHAT WORKS, ECONOMIC PRESSURE.
IT WORKED IN SOUTH
AFRICA.
IT ALSO WORKED IN EGYPT.
DO YOU THINK THE REVOLUTION WAS
JUST ABOUT TWITTER?
NO, THERE WAS MASSIVE LABOR STRIKES IN
EGYPT.
WHEN YOU PUT ECONOMIC
PRESSURE ON, THAT IS A LANGUAGE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS.
YES, IT
IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA IS
CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
BY THE WAY, NORTH CAROLINA IS BASICALLY
A PURPLE STATE NATIONALLY.
THAT GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT SOMETIMES
PROGRESSIVES AND DEMOCRATS WILL GO TO ñ THAT IS WHY YOUR STATE
IS ONE BY GUYS THAT ARE SO MUCH
MORE RIGHT-WING, WHICH THEN READS US TO THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
>>IT'S EXTREMELY OVER-THE-TOP.
THE NORTH CAROLINA GOP RELEASES
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT.
CAN WE
STOP FOR A SECOND?
THIS IS LITERALLY THE FIRST TIME I HAVE
HEARD THE GOP SAY ANYTHING AGAINST RATE.
WHERE THE FUCK HAS
THE GOP BEEN WHEN WE TALKED
ABOUT MILITARY RAPE?
THEY WERE NOWHERE.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO
ATTACKING TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY ARE CONCERNED
WITH RATE, WHICH BY THE WAY RAPE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE WHATSOEVER.
IT'S A NON-ISSUE, JUST LIKE
VOTER FRAUD.
THEY LIKE TO MAKE A
BIG DEAL ABOUT ANYTHING THEY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT, ANA.
ANYTIME RAPE COMES UP, THEY SAY IT IS
NOT A BIG DEAL.
IT IS A WAR ON BOYS.
>>WHAT DID TRUMP SAY ABOUT RAPE IN THE MILITARY?
TRUMP SPECIFICALLY SAID, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT WHEN HE PUT MEN AND
WOMEN TOGETHER IN THE MILITARY.
BLAMING IT ON THE VICTIMS.
OH, THE GOP IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT RAPE.
NO THEY ARE NOT.
>> SHOW ME ONE INSTANCE WHERE A TRANSGENDER PERSON RAPED SOMEONE
IN THE BATHROOM.
THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM THAT EXISTS IN THIS
COUNTRY.
THIS IS TOTALLY MADE UP.
THINK ABOUT IT FOR A SECOND.
IF YOU ARE BORN A MAN, BUT YOUR
IDENTITY AS A WOMAN, AND YOU USE A WOMAN'S BATHROOM, THERE ARE
SOME FOLKS THERE ALSO LESBIANS, BUT A VERY SMALL MINORITY.
GENERALLY SPEAKING THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO MEN.
WHY WOULD THEY
ATTACK WOMEN IN A WOMEN'S BATHROOM IF THEY SELF IDENTIFY
AS WOMEN?
ARE THERE REALLY A LOT OF TRANSGENDER LESBIAN RAPISTS
OUT THERE?
NO, THAT IS A CATEGORY THAT DOES NOT EXIST.
>> THIS IS THE GOP DOING WHAT THE GOP DOES BEST, FEAR
MONGERING ABOUT GROUPS OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM THEM, THAT THEY ARE IGNORANT ABOUT.
RAPE IS NOT AN ISSUE HERE.
THIS
IS ABOUT EQUALITY, SUPPORTING AND PROTECTING PEOPLE WHO
IDENTIFY AS WHATEVER GENDER THEY IDENTIFY AS.
HE HAS NO NEGATIVE
IMPACT ON SOCIETY WHATSOEVER.
THE TYPES OF LAWS THAT NORTH
CAROLINA PASS DO HAVE A NEGATIVE
IMPACT.
AND HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE LGBT COMMUNITY.
CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PASS LAWS THAT
PROTECT MEMBERS OF THE LGBT
COMMUNITY.
THAT IS PART OF THAT LAW IN THE STATE.
>> IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BATHROOMS, IT SAYS THAT THOSE
LAWS, IF YOU WANT TO PROTECT LGBT PEOPLE FROM DISCRIMINATION
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
THAT IS
INSANE.
THEY DON'T GET IT.
PEOPLE WERE NOT TRYING TO GET
RID OF WOMEN'S BATHROOMS AND MEN'S BATHROOMS, THEY WERE JUST
SAYING IF YOU SELF IDENTIFY AS A
WOMAN THEN USE THE WOMAN'S BATHROOM.
THEY DIDN'T SAY REMOVE
WOMEN'S BATHROOMS.
THEY JUST SAID LET PEOPLE USE THE
BATHROOMS THEY IDENTIFY WITH.
INSTEAD THEY WANT PEOPLE THAT SELF IDENTIFY AS WOMEN TO GO
INTO THE MEN'S BATHROOM.
AGAIN, THIS IS NEARLY NONEXISTENT
PROBLEM.
IT IS CRAZY TALK.
BUT REPUBLICANS ARE NOW GOING ON A
WARPATH ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THEY THINK THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER
THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
IT IS AS A STATEMENT TO THE REST OF
PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
IF YOU HATE GAY PEOPLE, WE ARE RIGHT
THERE WITH YOU.
THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS.
REMEMBER
GAY PEOPLE ARE NOT EQUAL TO US.
THEN THEY WILL TURN AROUND AND
SAY CAN YOU BELIEVE THE MUSLIMS ARE NOT EQUAL TO US.
THESE ARE
CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALISTS WHO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT GAY
AMERICANS DO NOT HAVE THE SAME
RIGHTS AS STRAIGHT AMERICANS, THAT IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT.
SHOULD
BUSINESSES STAY AWAY FROM THE AMERICAN TALIBAN, YES.
IF THAT
IS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IN NORTH CAROLINA, THEN VOTE HIS ASS OUT
IF YOU ARE AGAINST THE KIND OF
RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY.