WE HAVE DEVELOPMENTS FROM
WASHINGTON IN THE FIGHT
FOR
TRANSGENDER RIGHTS.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
ROLLED BACK FEDERAL
PROTECTIONS FOR
TRANSGENDER STUDENTS.
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
SAID THAT TRANSGENDER
STUDENTS SHOULD BE
ABLE TO USE THE BATHROOMS
AND LOCKER ROOMS MATCHING
THE GENDER
THEY IDENTIFY WITH.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NEW
GUIDANCE
REVERSES THAT
RECCOMENDATION.
LET'S RIGHT TO 10 ON YOUR
SIDE'S RICO BUSH IN THE
NEWSROOM TO BREAK DOWN
WHAT
THAT MEANS FOR STATES.
RICO, HOW DOES THIS
AFFECT LAWS IN
VIRIGNIA AND NORTH
CAROLINA?
DON, LEX - THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES
THE FEDERAL GOVERNEMENT
SHOULD
NOT BE INVOLVED IN THIS
MATTER. STATES AND
LOCAL DISTRICTS WILL NOW
INTERPRET WHETHER A
FEDERAL SEX
DISCRIMINATION LAW
APPLIES TO GENDER
IDENTITY.
THIS REVERSES A FORMER
DIRECTIVE ISSUED BY THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
ALTHOUGH THE OBAMA
GUIDANCE WAS NOT LEGALLY
BINDING, TRANSGENDER
ADVOCATES SAY IT WAS
NECESSARY TO PROTECT
STUDENTS FROM
DISCRIMINATION.
THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION'S MOVE
DREW CHEERS FROM
CONSERVATIVES WHO
ARGUED IT WAS FEDERAL
OVERREACH, BUT IT ALSO
FACED BACKLASH.
PROTESTS ERUPTED OUTSIDE
THE WHITE HOUSE.
DEMOSTRATORS CARRIED
SIGNS AND CHANTED
"PROTECT TRANS STUDENTS,
SHAME ON TRUMP"
GLOUCESTER COUNTY TRANS
STUDENT GAVIN
GRIMM SAID HE WAS
DISHEARTED BY THE
REVERSAL.
GAVIN GRIMM - TAKEN FROM
THE "THE TASK FORCE" 01
"NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.
NO ONE, NOT EVEN
THE GOVERNEMENT CAND
DEFEAT A COMMUNITY SO
FULL OF LIFE, COLOR.
DIVERSITY AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY LOVE." 10
THE JUSTICE AND EDUCATION
THE JUSTICE AND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENTS NOTIFIED THE
SUPREME COURT
AND THE NATION'S PUBLIC
SCHOOLS ABOUT THE CHANGE,
BUT IT WILL NOT HAVE AN
IMMEDIATE AFFECT.
A FEDERAL COURT BLOCKED
THE OBAMA POLICY IN
RESPONSE TO SEVERAL
LAWSUITS
AGAINST THE DIRECTIVE.
HOWEVER, IT'S POSSIBLE
THAT THE
SUPREME COURT COULD
SETTLE THIS MATTER SOON.
THE JUSTICES AGREED TO
WEIGH IN ON THE
CONTENTIOUS ISSUE.
I'LL UPDATE YOU ON THE
CASE IN 30 MINUTES.
