Florida conservatives using scare tactics against transgender restroom rights [video]
”We just want to live our lives with the basic civil rights that everyone else has.”
Donna Lee, 60, a MTF post-op transgender woman who reportedly moved to Gainsville, Florida after a trans-friendly city ordinance passed there that expanded the rights of transgender individuals in regards to the use of public restrooms. In an effort to repeal the law, conservatives are running TV ads that depict a non-transgender man walking into a restroom after a little blond girl along with the tag line, ”On January 28, 2008, your City Commission made this legal. Is this what you want in Gainesville? Sign the petition.” (Associated Press)
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