2016 Candidates On Transgender Rights- Carlos Joglar

Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/transgender-rights-where-2016-candidates-stand-1415405411418166.html

Target has recently been the center of controversy after allowing transgender people to use bathrooms of the gender they identify as. Last month, people were outraged over North Carolina passing House Bill 2, which required people to only use bathrooms that corresponded to their biological sex. Wether or not you agree with these policies, here are where the 2016 presidential candidates stand on the issue. To summarize, Cruz says to keep men out of girls' restrooms. Trump was vague as usual but surprisingly not necessarily against it. He just, "there have been very few complaints the way it is." Katich wouldn't have signed HB2. Bernie is coming through on civil rights, and condemns bathroom bills as discriminatory. Clinton basically said was Sanders said.

I am pleasantly surprised see that, out of 5, only 1 candidate is actually fully against it. That is, assuming all the candidates are being honest (which, in today's politics, is very dangerous). I fully knew Cruz was going to support discriminatory bathroom laws, that was not a surprise. I did think Trump was going to support these policies and I'm shocked to say I am pleased with his relatively laid-back attitude. I am a bit confused about Kasich's position. He just brought religion into it and this isn't a religious issue so I'm not really sure what he was doing but ok. At least he didn't say he supported it (or maybe he did?). As for Sanders and Clinton, I don't know for certain who said it first (though we can all guess it was Sanders because it took a little long for Clinton to support LGBTQ+ rights...) but they essentially said the same thing and it's a good thing that they said. Both are accurate in their statements that bathroom bills are discriminatory.