American call of nature requires a dignified answer
Controversial North Carolina law runs counter to federal findings
But it is not about basic sanitation.
Meanwhile, the federal government advised all school districts to allow transgender students to use the bathroom they feel comfortable with, an act McCrory and the governors of Texas and Mississippi denounced.
While federal-state tensions are part of American politics, the saga again reveals how stigma can stoke visceral fears and bring out the worst of us. Ted Cruz, once Republican presidential hopeful, said killing the bill would open “the door for predators”. An earlier video his campaign circulated asked, “Should a grown man pretending to be a woman be allowed to use the women’s restroom, the same restroom used by your daughter, your wife?”
Linking transsexualism with deviance fuels prejudice and diverts attention from the plight of a marginalised minority.