CAROLINA.
STATE SENATOR LEE BRIGHT
INTRODUCED A BILL TODAY,
MIRRORING NORTH CAROLINA'S
CONTROVERSIAL BATHROOM LAW.
NIGEL: WYFF NEWS' JOHN LYON
SPOKE TO TRANSGENDER ACTIVISTS
WHO ARE ALREADY SPEAKING OUT
AGAINST IT.
>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE
ARE FEARFUL.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THE
FEAR STEMS FROM.
JOHN: CAPRI CULPEPPER IS USED TO
FIGHTING FEAR.
THE ANDERSON TRANSGENDER TEEN
HAD TO FIGHT TO GET A SUITABLE
PICTURE ON A DRIVER'S LICENSE
AND NOW FEARS A BATHROOM FIGHT.
>> I WAS FEARFUL THAT THIS WOULD
HAPPEN IN SOUTH CAROLINA, AND AS
A TRANS WOMAN, IT IS ABSOLUTELY
DEVASTATING, BECAUSE MY RIGHTS
ARE DIRECTLY BEING THREATENED.
>> MEN AND WOMEN SHARING
BATHROOMS IN PUBLIC PLACES IS
JUST BEYOND ME.
JOHN: STATE SENATOR LEE BRIGHT
FIRED THE FIRST SHOT OVER THE
BOW IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA
BATHROOM BATTLE, PROPOSING A
MIRROR BILL TO THE CONTROVERSIAL
ONE IN NORTH CAROLINA, SAYING
BATHROOMS SHOULD BE ASSIGNED BY
BIOLOGICAL SEX, NOT GENDER
