MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA.
THAT'S WHERE VOTERS ARE CASTING
BALLOTS.
JUST A FEW HOURS AWAY, A
SCHOOL DISTRICT IS SET TO MAKE
RULES ABOUT WHERE STUDENTS CAN
USE THE BATHROOM BASED ON THEIR
GENDER.
KIERSTEN JOINS US IN THE
STUDIO.
THIS IS ALL HAPPENING IS A
NATIONAL DEBATE OVER
TRANSGENDER RESTRICTION HE
THOUGHT.
PROTESTERS ARE HAVING IN
NORTH CAROLINA WHERE 50 PEOPLE
WERE ARRESTED.
THEY WERE PROTESTING A LAW THAT
LIMITS THE USE OF PUBLIC
RESTROOMS TO THE GENDER ON A
PERSON'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
IT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE.
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THIS CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS
HB TWO.
IT'S A MEASURE THEY ARE CALLING
THE BATHROOM BILL.
THE LEGISLATURE NORTH CAROLINA
OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED HB TWO
ONE MONTH AGO AND SUPPORTERS
ARGUE IT ONLY APPLIES TO
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND IT'S
DESIGNED TO KEEP RESTROOMS
SAFE.
MAJOR BUSINESSESHAVE MOVED JOBS
OUT OF THE STATE AND MUSICIANS
HAVE CANCELED SHOWS.
THAT INCLUDES THE JONAS AND
DEMI LOVATO WHO CANCELED THE
CONCERTS IN RALEIGH AND
CHARLOTTE .
IT'S THE SAME TOUR THAT SAID TO
COME TO ORLANDO'S AMWAY CENTER.
THE LATEST POLICY ENCOURAGES
CUSTOMERS AND STAFF MEMBERS TO
USE THE BATHROOM THAT
CORRESPOND WITH THEIR GENDER
IDENTITY.
THE POLICY IS PROMPTED A
BOYCOTT LED BY CONSERVATIVE
ACTIVIST GROUP THAT HAS MORE
THAN HALF 1 MILLION SIGNATURES.
THE REPRESENTATIVES SAY THEY
ARE STANDING BY THE SYSTEM .
SCHOOL LEADERS ARE EXPECTED TO
APPROVE AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION
REQUIRING STUDENTS TO USE THE
BATHROOM OF THEIR BIOLOGICAL
GENDER.
THIS ISSUE CAME UP AFTER ONE
FATHER COMPLAINED THAT HIS
SON'S PRIVACY RIGHTS WERE BEING
VIOLATED BECAUSE A CLASSMATE AT
A SCHOOL WHO WAS BORN FEMALE
BUT NOW IDENTIFIES AS MALE WAS
USING THE BOYS BATHROOM.
THE SCHOOL BOARD RESOLUTIONS AS
