More than 500,000 boycott Target over transgender bathroom policy-Katherine Flores

Summary: 
This all started when North Carolina decided to pass a new transgender bathroom law. This would allow people to enter and use the bathroom they identified with. However this only applies to government-managed bathrooms, not regular businesses. Target came into this situation when they decided to implement the law into their own business and release a statement that said, "We certainly respect that there are a wide variety of perspectives and opinions...as a company that firmly stands behind what it means to offer our team an inclusive place to work-and our guests an inclusive place to shop-we continue to believe that this is the right thing for Target." This then resulted in a conservative Christian activist group, The American Family Association, starting a boycott towards Target. It has gained now gained more than half a million signatures and continues to fight to have this law removed.

Analysis:
Personally, I feel that the law overall has caused a lot more problems for the state of North Carolina than it probably intended to solve. However, I do think that as wonderful as it is for people to be gaining equal rights and being able to use the restroom where they so please, there is a safety concern that should be addressed. If someone can easily excuse using a restroom that most would not think correlates with their appearance, but to them it is the restroom they would feel more comfortable using, I feel that many predators could also do the same thing. This obviously poses a threat to young girls and women that would also be using these restrooms. Honestly, I think the best solution to make everyone as comfortable as possible is to create a unisex restroom. This is a good compromise in my opinion and I think it would be pretty hard for someone to try and form any type of valid argument against it so it sounds like a win-win situation. 

Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/04/25/conservative-christian-group-boycotting-target-transgender-bathroom-policy/83491396/