{"id":1361,"date":"2016-05-11T14:19:33","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T19:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/?p=1361"},"modified":"2016-05-12T02:31:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T07:31:06","slug":"debate-over-transgender-bathroom-access-digs-deeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/2016\/05\/11\/debate-over-transgender-bathroom-access-digs-deeper\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate Over Transgender Bathroom Access Digs Deeper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Debate over transgender bathroom access digs deeper<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The controversy over transgender bathroom usage has taken America by storm. The idea of transgender men and women using the bathroom of their choice has public figures stepping out into the madness to get their two cents in.<\/p>\n<p>Duck Dynasty\u2019s Phil Robertson made his opinion available via internet, in tradition celebrity style. \u201cJust because a man may \u2018feel\u2019 like a woman doesn\u2019t mean he should be able to share a bathroom with my daughter, or yours. That used to be called common sense. Now it\u2019s called bigoted\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Robertson isn\u2019t the only one who sides with North Carolina\u2019s HB2, a law that bans individuals from using public bathrooms that do not correspond with their biological sex as dictated by their birth certificates. This ban also denies cities the ability to pass anti-discrimination ordinances to protect transgender people. The law passed on March 23<sup>rd<\/sup> and the Obama administration announced on Monday that it is already suing the state.<\/p>\n<p>What does this mean? The Justice Department can ultimately cut off important funding to North Carolina\u2019s Department of Public Safety and the University of North Carolina. This isn\u2019t the only money the state would be losing; in fact, music artists including Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas and Bruce Springsteen have cancelled tour dates there in the state due to concern.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timetoast.com\/timelines\/1288508\">here<\/a>\u00a0to see just how far the transgender community has come.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nv9KhzO1L1s\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/nv9KhzO1L1s<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Debate over transgender bathroom access digs deeper The controversy over transgender bathroom usage has taken America by storm. The idea of transgender men and women using the bathroom of their choice has public figures stepping out into the madness to get their two cents in. Duck Dynasty\u2019s Phil Robertson made his opinion available via internet, in tradition celebrity style. \u201cJust because a man may \u2018feel\u2019 like a woman doesn\u2019t mean he should be able to share a bathroom with my daughter, or yours. That used to be called common sense. Now it\u2019s called bigoted\u201d, he said. Robertson isn\u2019t the only one who sides with North Carolina\u2019s HB2, a law that bans individuals from using public bathrooms that do not correspond with their biological sex as dictated by their birth certificates. This ban also denies cities the ability to pass anti-discrimination ordinances to protect transgender people. The law passed on March 23rd and the Obama administration announced on Monday that it is already suing the state. What does this mean? The Justice Department can ultimately cut off important funding to North Carolina\u2019s Department of Public Safety and the University of North Carolina. This isn\u2019t the only money the state would be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1361"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1367,"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361\/revisions\/1367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}