KELLIE: MARCHING FOR TRANSGENDER
YOUTH.
HUNDREDS IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO
BRINGING AWARENESS TO THE ISSUE
OF ALLOWING STUDENTS TO USE THE
BATHROOM OF THE GENDER THEY
IDENTIFY WITH.
>> PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF ANGER
AND FEAR BUILT UP OVER WHAT TH
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE.
KELLIE: THIS COMES AFTER THE
ADMINISTRATION PUT STATES AND
SCHOOLS IN CHARGE OF THEIR
BATHROOM POLICIES, MAKING SOME
FEARFUL OF WHAT'S TO COME.
WE WANT TO WARN YOU, THERE MAY
BE SOME OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE HERE.
KCRA 3'S DANA GRIFFIN SHARES
THEIR MESSAGE.
DANA: TAKING TO J STREET IN
SACRAMENTO.
HUNDREDS ARE NOW FIGHTING FOR
THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE.
TARGETING THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION FOR RESCINDING
PROTECTIONS FOR TRANSGENDER
STUDENTS TO USE THE BATHROOM OF
THEIR CHOICE, PUTTING STATES AND
SCHOOLS IN CHARGE OF THEIR OWN
BATHROOM POLICIES.
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE IT
CLEAR THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN
THAT HE'S A FIRM BELIEVER IN
STATES' RIGHTS AND THAT CERTAIN
ISSUES LIKE THIS ARE NOT BEST
DEALT WITH AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
DANA WHILE THIS DOESN'T AFFECT
: CALIFORNIA WHICH VOWS TO KEEP
THE GUIDELINES IN PLACE.
THESE PROTESTERS ARE STANDING IN
SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE WHO MAY
NOT GET THE PRIVILEGE.
>> WE WANT THEM TO GO WHERE
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE
CRAP BEAT OUT OF THEM BECAUSE
SOMEBODY DOESN'T LIKE THEM BEING
IN THE WRONG BATHROOM OR
SOMETHING.
DANA: KAREN SAVAGE IS A
TRANSGENDER WOMAN WHO WAS
BULLIED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> THEY WERE FIGHTING ME BECAUSE
I DIDN'T FIT IN.
I DIDN'T BEHAVE LIKE THE OTHER
BOYS.
DANA: AN EXPERIENCE SHE HOPES NO
ONE ELSE WILL HAVE TO GO
THROUGH.
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER TO REALLY
GET IT.
DANA: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SAM
MICHAEL CAME OUT AS TRANSGENDER
LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.
>> IT'S WEIRD FOR ME TO GO INTO
THE GIRLS BATHROOM WHEN I FEEL
LIKE A BOY.
>> YOU GOTTA BE BRAVE AND GO
TALK TO YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND
YOUR FRIENDS WHO ARE ON THE
WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY.
DANA HISTORY THEY HOPE WILL
: BENEFIT EVERYONE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
>> THESE ARE MORAL ISSUES AND
TOGETHER FORWARD WE SHALL
OVERCOME.
KELLIE: SOME CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS
LIKE U.C. DAVIS HAVE ALREADY
IMPLEMENTED GENDER NEUTRAL
BATHROOMS, BUT THE STATE LAW
OFFICIALLY GOES INTO EFFECT
WEDNESDAY.
THIS MONTH, KCRA 3 HAS BEEN
SHARING THE STORY OF TRANGENDER
CHILDREN.
WE FOLLOWED THREE FAMILIES WIT
CHILDREN FROM EIGHT YEARS OLD TO
THEIR TEENAGE YEARS.
THEY SHARED THEIR JOURNEYS, AND
CHALLENGES AS THEIR CHILDREN
TRANSITIONED GENDER.
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