On April 5th, the North Carolina state legislature voted to violate the human rights of trans people, by passing a law that forces people to use the bathroom of their birth sex. Seven other states are currently considering adopting similar measures. As a transgendered person in Oklahoma, I fear that my state might be next.
Why this law is garbage
Here's the argument in favor of the bill, coming from North Carolina senator Paul Stam:
"The law did not change the policy on discrimination an appreciable extent between two weeks ago and today.