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TygrBright

(20,768 posts)
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 02:39 PM Mar 2016

Trans Man Demolishes NC NC Gov’s Insanely Bigoted Logic With Just One Tweet

From HuffPo:

It's now the law for me to share a restroom with your wife.

A transgender man in Georgia summed up his thoughts on North Carolina’s controversial House Bill 2, the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, which blocks cities from allowing trans people to use public restrooms that correspond with their gender identity.

James Parker Sheffield, 36, sent a clear and direct message to North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory with a snapshot and a simply-worded tweet on March 23.

@PatMcCroryNC It’s now the law for me to share a restroom with your wife. #HB2 #trans #NorthCarolina #shameonNC pic.twitter.com/4b4OdmfmeN

— JP Sheffield (@JayShef) March 24, 2016

The Decatur, Georgia resident told The Huffington Post that his “heart broke” for North Carolina’s LGBT community after McCrory signed what has been described as the “most extreme anti-LGBT bill“ in the nation, which also restricts cities from passing non-discrimination laws, on Wednesday night.


Well done, Jay.

Thank you. And thank everyone who is putting a face on the reality of life beyond bigoted assumptions.

appreciatively,
Bright
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Trans Man Demolishes NC NC Gov’s Insanely Bigoted Logic With Just One Tweet (Original Post) TygrBright Mar 2016 OP
THAT explains the loud popping I was hearing! Behind the Aegis Mar 2016 #1
Not really, because this law is the logical first step ... Old Union Guy Mar 2016 #2

Behind the Aegis

(53,989 posts)
1. THAT explains the loud popping I was hearing!
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 01:52 AM
Mar 2016

I thought another storm front was moving through OK, but it was just the heads of right-wing assholes in NC blowing up! Awesome!

 

Old Union Guy

(738 posts)
2. Not really, because this law is the logical first step ...
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 05:24 AM
Mar 2016

Not really, because this law is the logical first step toward getting rid of trans people altogether.

Make no mistake about it, that is the end game.

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