IN THE
TRANSGENDER DEBATE.
ALEXANDRA STONE HAS THE STORY
FROM 12TH AND HARNEY.
ALEXANDR A CO-OWNER OF THE
HIVE MADE HIS OPINION KNOWN ON
FACEBOOK LATELY COMMENTING ON
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE AND THEIR USE
OF PUBLIC RESTROOMS VERY THE
COMMENTS SPILLED OVER AND HAVE
IGNITED A CONVERSATION.
A PROTESTER STANDIN UP FOR
TRANSGENDER RIGHTS OUTSIDE OF
THE BAR ON SUNDAY AFTER A POST
ON BATHROOMS WENT VIRAL THIS
WEEK.
>> WE FOUGHT SO HARD TO GET
WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
ALEXANDRA: JAKE GARDENER WROTE
THAT TRANS PEOPLE SHOULD ONLY BE
ALLOWED TO USE THEIR RESTAURANT
OF CHOICE IF THEY HAVE HAD
REASSIGNMENT SURGERY.
HE DOES NOT THINK THE
TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY IS
DANGEROUS BUT HE DOES WORRY
ABOUT PREDATORS.
>> WE HAVE TO DEFINE BOUNDARIES.
WE HAVE TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLES.
ALEXANDRA: GARDNER SHOWS US THE
CONSTRUCTION TO CREATE UNISEX
BATHROOMS AT THE BAR.
HE SAYS HE HAS MET WITH MEMBERS
OF THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY AND
HAS LEARNED A LOT.
I AM NOT GOING TO BACK DOWN
ON MY POSITION
I THINK IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO
DO, TO START THESE
CONVERSATIONS.
ALEXANDRA: A TRANSGENDER WOMAN
AND AN ADVOCAT SAYS HER GOAL IS
A SAFE SPACE FOR EVERYONE.
THE COMMENTS ON FACEBOOK FEEL
HURTFUL.
IT IS CASTING US AS
PREDATORS.
ALEXANDR THE CONVERSATION
BUZZING AMONG BUSINESSES AS
WELL.
JUST LOCKS AWAY, THE TAVERN
CHANGED TO OWN BATHROOM SIGNS ON
FRIDAY.
NEUTRALIZING YOUR BATHROOMS
DOES NOT MAKE YOU A GAY BAR, IT
MAKES YOU AND EVERYONE BAR.
ALEXANDRA: THE HIVE SAYS THE
UNISEX BATHROOMS SHOULD BE
COMPLETE BY THE 20TH.
THE A CELL -- THE ACLU NEBRASKA
SAYS DISCRIMINATION HAS NO PLACE
