Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/24/us/north-carolina-to-limit-bathroom-use-by-birth-gender.html?_r=0
We've all hear about the ridiculous laws passed by North Carolina Governor, Pat McCrory, but we don't know everything. Apparently, it was an anti-discrimmination law that plainly left out any and all members of the LGBTQAI+ community, evidently encouraging homophobia in the state. Another horrendous thing its done is to ban local governments from raising the minimum wage even a cent above the state level.
Supporters of this law say that it's to protect women and children from being assaulted in restrooms to lower the sexual assault rates, but is this true? To be frank, no. There are 18 states that have non-discrimination laws protecting transgender people from discrimination, and they have seen no rise in sex-related crimes.
What this law will probably do in North Carolina is raise the sex-related crime rates, due to 'corrective-rape', where the rapist rapes the victim in an effort to have them conform to society's views.
These non-discrimination laws are encroaching on queer people's basic human rights (freedom of expression), and last time I checked, that was unconstitutional.
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