NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN SUED FOR ITS ANTI-LGBT LOT THAT WAS
RECENTLY PASSED DURING A SPECIAL SESSION AND SIGNED BY THE
GOVERNOR.
3 INDIVIDUALS AND TO ADVOCACY GROUPS HAVE DECIDED TO SUE AS
THEY FILED A LAWSUIT EARLY MONDAY MORNING IN FEDERAL COURT,
CHALLENGING A LAW THAT NULLIFIED LOCAL LGBT RIGHTS ORDINANCES ñ
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT GRAPHIC ñ
SO THAT IS WHAT THE LAWSUIT SAYS.
I THINK THIS LAWSUIT MAKES
ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD.
ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
DECIDED TO PASS CERTAIN LAWS
FOR LGBT PEOPLE LIVING IN A COMMUNITY, THEY WANTED TO
MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN USE THE RESTROOMS THAT THEY
IDENTIFIED WITH.
BUT STATE LAWMAKERS GOT INVOLVED AND DECIDED, NO, WE WANT TO
CALL A SPECIAL SESSION, SPEND $42,000
A DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT CHARLOTTE CANNOT DO THAT.
IT IS IRONIC IN THAT THE WAY THEY ARE FIGHTING BACK IS
TO SAY THAT YOU CANNOT PROTECT ANYBODY WHO IS NOT ALREADY
PROTECTED, WHEN MANY OF THOSE REPUBLICANS HATE THAT THOSE
GROUPS ARE PROTECTED.
THEY ARE USING A LAW THAT THEY WOULD LOVE TO OVERTURN TO
STOP PEOPLE FROM BEING PROTECTED.
THIS IS THE MOST ANTI- TRANS LAW THAT HAS BEEN PASSED, THE LEVEL
OF FEAR ABOUT PEOPLE ñ IF CHARLOTTE SALAH BECAME
NATIONWIDE, YOU ARE PROBABLY NEVER GOING TO EVEN KNOW THAT
YOU SHARED A BATHROOM WITH
SOMEONE WHO IS TRANS.
LET'S SAY YOU ARE DEALING WITH A TRANSGENDERED WOMAN WHO,
OR A MAN I SHOULD SAY, SOMEONE
WHO IS BORN A MAN ñ SOMEONE WHO IS BORN OF A WOMAN AND
ELEPHANT COMMAND AND IDENTIFIED AS A MAN.
THAT PERSON NOW HAS USED THE RESTROOM BASED ON WHAT IS
ON THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
SO IF I AM A WOMAN IN A WOMAN'S BATHROOM, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
SOMEONE COMES IN AND THIS PERSON
APPEARS TO BE A MAN, WHEN THAT MAKE PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE?
WOULDN'T THAT POSE SOME CONCERNS?
IT IS REALLY INTERESTING THAT THEY HAVE DECIDED THAT WHAT YOU
ARE BORN AS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT YOU DECIDE YOU
ARE OR WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE.
ALL THIS IS COULD BE ENDED BY UNISEX BATHROOMS.
UNISEX BATHROOMS EXIST IN A LOT OF PLACES, IT APPARENTLY WORKS.
APPARENTLY THAT DOESN'T MAKE PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE.
UNISEX BATHROOMS DO EXIST.
I HAVE BEEN IN THOSE BATHROOMS SEVERAL TIMES, I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANY HANKY-PANKY OR UNCOMFORTABLE ñ
YOU NEVER JUST STOOD AND LOOK AT SOMEONE WHILE THEY WERE BEING?
IS FOR IDEA OF MAKING THE TRANSGENDERED COMMUNITY AS
THESE PREDATORS WHO ARE LYING ABOUT THEIR IDENTITY JUST
SO THAT THEY CAN USE THE WRONG BATHROOM IS RIDICULOUS.
THE FACT THAT THEY WASTED TAXPAYER MONEY TO CALL A SPECIAL
SESSION TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE TO
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THE LGBT COMMUNITY IS LUDICROUS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M HESITANT TO SAY THAT SOME
OF THESE REPUBLICANS ARE NOT ACTUALLY AS SCARED OF
SOMETHING AS THEY SAY, BECAUSE THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
SCARED OF A LOT OF THINGS, THIS IS NOT PRIMARILY ABOUT
BATHROOMS, THIS IS ABOUT ENSHRINING INTO THE LIES
MUCH RESTRICTION ON THIS GROUP THAT YOU CAN, WHILE YOU CAN.
AS THEY LOSE MORE OF THEIR ANTI-GAY LAWS, AS THOSE GET
STRUCK DOWN AS ANTI-CONSTITUTIONAL, THEY KNOW
THAT THEY ARE GOING TO LOSE IN
THE LONG RUN, YOU HAVE TO GET STUCK IN THE LAWN OUTDUELED
OUT AS LONG AS YOU CAN.
IT IS A SAD FINAL LEGACY FOR A LOT OF THESE POLITICIANS.