Amy Goodman
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Texas and 10 Other States Escalate Attacks on Trans People with "Political Stunt" Bathroom Lawsuit
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6:43Now PlayingOn Wednesday, 11 states sued the Obama administration over its recent directive requiring that public schools grant transgender students access to bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity. Nine of the 11 states are run by Republican governors. The lawsuit alleges, "Defendants have conspired to turn workplaces and educational settings across the country into laboratories for a massive social experiment, flouting the democratic process, and running roughshod over commonsense policies protecting children and basic privacy rights." The Human Rights Campaign responded to the Texasled lawsuit by calling it "a shameful attack on transgender youth across the state and the nation." The Texasled lawsuit comes shortly after the Obama administration sued the state of North Carolina over the state’s antitransgender law HB 2, that nullifies ordinances protecting LGBT people from discrimination and forces transgender people to use the bathroom that matches what they were assigned on their birth certificate. We speak to Chase Strangio, staff attorney at the ACLU.
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