Texas Lt. Gov. To Introduce Transgender ‘Bathroom Bill’ – Learns Nothing From NC (TWEET/VIDEO)

Does this idiot not watch the news? The blatantly transphobic Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is going to introduce a “bathroom bill” similar to North Carolina’s HB2 law.

Basically, North Carolina’s HB2 forces transgender people to use the bathroom corresponding to their birth gender, not the gender they identify with now. It caused a lot of celebrities and companies to boycott the state.

Luckily, their new Governor is trying to repeal it. The only reason it is still on the books to this day is because Republicans pulled a bait and switch, and never voted on the repeal.

I guess Mr Patrick didn’t learn from North Carolina’s bill, or he just doesn’t care about transgender people’s rights. He is putting his version of the bathroom bill in as part of his “Women’s Privacy Act.”

Patrick said this about the bill:

“… Women and girls should have privacy and safety in their restrooms, showers and locker rooms. Unfortunately, legislation is necessary to assure that they do.”

The Texas Association of Business (TAB) did a study and found that the state could lose at least $8 billion, and 100,000 jobs if this discriminatory bill passed.

TAB President Chris Wallace said:

“The message from the Texas business community is loud and clear. Protecting Texas from billions of dollars in losses is simple: Don’t pass unnecessary laws that discriminate against Texans and our visitors.”

Patrick doesn’t seem to care about that. I guess he wants to lose money, piss people off, and discriminate against transgender people.

He says:

“A majority of Texans in both political parties and in every ethnic and demographic group believe that women and girls should have privacy and safety in their restrooms, showers and locker rooms. Unfortunately, legislation is necessary to assure that they do.” 

That’s how they veiled it in North Carolina as well; saying that the bill is about protecting women.

It was so bad that even Fox News reporters weren’t into it. Megyn Kelly had now-former Governor Pat McCrory on her show to talk about it. He wouldn’t answer her question when she asked about what situations he was afraid of.

He claimed it would stop sexual predators, but she reminded him that most of those predators who sneak into women’s bathrooms are actually heterosexual men.

Get over it, bigots. Transgender people are not molesting women in bathrooms. They were using the bathroom of their choice for at least 30 years without incident. In fact, the problems only started when you decided to stick your noses where they don’t belong. Quit wasting your time on this dumb shit.

Here is a show with transgender women talking about these laws:

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