North Carolina's Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says trans people should be ARRESTED for using women's toilets as he tells them to 'find a corner outside'
1 year, 1 month ago

North Carolina's Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says trans people should be ARRESTED for using women's toilets as he tells them to 'find a corner outside'

Daily Mail  

Governor Mark Robinson has laid out how he wants to have transgender people arrested for using women's toilets. Robinson can be heard telling a crowd that transwomen should be arrested for using a women's bathroom. Robinson can be heard telling a crowd that transwomen should be arrested for using a women's bathroom Robinson's opponents for the Republican nomination for the gubernatorial haven't addresses or condemned these comments, but called him out over his remarks. Mark Robinson, a Republican candidate for North Carolina governor, speaks at a rally Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, in Roxboro, N.C In the video, Robinson continues to double down on his comments saying 'yes, I called it filth' and claiming children are being 'abused in schools' that support LGBTQ+ rights.

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Republicans support bathroom ban after US transgender lawmaker elected
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Republicans support bathroom ban after US transgender lawmaker elected

Al Jazeera  

Republicans have pushed an effort barring the first federal transgender lawmaker from women’s restrooms in the US Capitol. The Republican majority leader in the US House of Representatives has said that bathrooms in the US Capitol will be restricted based on “individuals of that biological sex”, following the election of the first transgender person to Congress. The announcement by Majority …

Pressure mounts on Mark Robinson from all sides after porn site scandal
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Pressure mounts on Mark Robinson from all sides after porn site scandal

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More and more mainstream Republican officials are calling on Mark …

N.C. gubernatorial candidate Robinson called himself a “Black Nazi” on porn forums: report
5 months, 3 weeks ago

N.C. gubernatorial candidate Robinson called himself a “Black Nazi” on porn forums: report

Salon  

Governor Mark Robinson once called himself a "Black Nazi" and shared pro-slavery comments on a pornography website's message board, according to a new report. In one thread from 2010, Robinson denounced Martin Luther King Jr. as a “commie bastard” and suggested he supported slavery. “I sat there for about an hour and watched as several girls came in and showered,” …

Mark Robinson's Bizarre Ramble: 'I Absolutely Want To Go Back To The America Where Women Couldn’t Vote'
1 year ago

Mark Robinson's Bizarre Ramble: 'I Absolutely Want To Go Back To The America Where Women Couldn’t Vote'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING On Tuesday, Lt. Gov. But just four years ago, Robinson invoked a bizarre hypothetical in which he said he’d “absolutely” like to return to the days when the 19th Amendment didn’t exist ― when women didn’t have the right to vote. “I absolutely want to go back to the America where women couldn’t vote,” Robinson said in …

GOP Gov. Candidate Says Trans Women Should Be Arrested For Using Bathroom
1 year, 1 month ago

GOP Gov. Candidate Says Trans Women Should Be Arrested For Using Bathroom

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A leading gubernatorial candidate in North Carolina said earlier this month that transgender women who need to use a public bathroom of their choosing should “find a corner outside somewhere” or else be arrested. Mark Robinson has a history of transphobic, racist and antisemitic comments, leading the Charlotte Observer’s editorial board to once call him an “embarrassment.” …

North Carolina laws curtailing transgender rights prompt less backlash than 2016 ‘bathroom bill’
1 year, 6 months ago

North Carolina laws curtailing transgender rights prompt less backlash than 2016 ‘bathroom bill’

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Seven years ago, North Carolina became ground zero in the nationwide fight over transgender rights with the passage of a “bathroom bill” that galvanized culture warriors, canceled business projects and sporting events and influenced a gubernatorial race. Republican Senate leader Phil Berger acknowledged Thursday that the “bathroom bill” is widely regarded as the prelude to the present …

North Carolina laws curtailing transgender rights prompt less backlash than 2016 'bathroom bill'
1 year, 6 months ago

North Carolina laws curtailing transgender rights prompt less backlash than 2016 'bathroom bill'

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Seven years ago, North Carolina became ground zero in the …

NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson criticized over anti-LGBT views
3 years, 5 months ago

NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson criticized over anti-LGBT views

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is facing calls to resign from elected officials and LGBTQ advocacy groups over comments he made criticizing sexual education and likening gay and transgender people to “filth.” “There’s no reason anybody anywhere in America should be telling any child about transgenderism, homosexuality, any of that filth,” Robinson said at Asbury Baptist …

GOP lieutenant governor under pressure to resign after calling LGBT+ views ‘filth’
3 years, 5 months ago

GOP lieutenant governor under pressure to resign after calling LGBT+ views ‘filth’

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy North Carolina state senators …

Unearthed video shows N.C. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson calling homosexuality "filth"
3 years, 5 months ago

Unearthed video shows N.C. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson calling homosexuality "filth"

Salon  

At least one North Carolina state senator is calling on Mark Robinson, the state's lieutenant governor, to resign following the release of an unearthed video in which Robinson derides members of the LBTGQ+ community as "filth." In the video – first published by conservative media watchdog Right Wing Watch — Robinson is shown addressing the Asbury Baptist Church in Seagrove, …

Tennessee lawmakers pass new transgender ‘bathroom bill’
3 years, 10 months ago

Tennessee lawmakers pass new transgender ‘bathroom bill’

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee lawmakers have passed a bill that would put public schools and districts at risk of civil lawsuits if they let transgender students or employees use multi-person bathrooms or locker rooms that do not reflect their gender at birth. “The distinctive nature of this bill is how far it’s gotten — it’s the furthest bathroom bill to …

N.C. bill would ban treatment for trans people under 21
3 years, 11 months ago

N.C. bill would ban treatment for trans people under 21

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Three North Carolina Republican lawmakers introduced a bill Monday that would prevent doctors from performing gender reassignment surgery for transgender people younger than 21. Unlike other states, however, North Carolina would classify adults between the ages of 18 and 21 as minors under the “Youth Health Protection Act.” Medical professionals who facilitate a transgender person’s desire to …

Agreement affirms North Carolina transgender restroom rights
5 years, 7 months ago

Agreement affirms North Carolina transgender restroom rights

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge approved a legal settlement Tuesday affirming transgender people’s right to use restrooms matching their gender identity in many North Carolina public buildings. Roy Cooper says nothing in the current state law can be interpreted to “prevent transgender people from lawfully using public facilities in accordance with their gender identity” in buildings controlled by the …

North Carolina ‘bathroom bill’ saga lingers in election year
6 years, 11 months ago

North Carolina ‘bathroom bill’ saga lingers in election year

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina is again an attractive location for big out-of-state corporations. “HB 2 was a very dangerous bill, and it got my attention,” said Democrat Marcia Morgan, a lesbian and first-time candidate running this fall for the Wilmington-area House seat held by Republican Rep. Ted Davis. While HB 2 “is dwelled upon by my primary opponent,” Bishop …

Inside The Fight For Transgender Americans In The Mountains Of North Carolina
7 years, 4 months ago

Inside The Fight For Transgender Americans In The Mountains Of North Carolina

Huff Post  

This is the first episode in the HuffPost podcast series “ I’m Still Here” that visits communities whose tales of adversity have put them on the map and explores what “survival” in America really looks like. In this episode “We’re The Bathroom State Now,” James Michael Nichols travels to Asheville, North Carolina to talk with the family of Emma Smith. …

North Carolina repeals 'bathroom bill' that discriminates against transgender people
7 years, 11 months ago

North Carolina repeals 'bathroom bill' that discriminates against transgender people

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy North Carolina has rolled back contentious “bathroom law”, a move …

Conservatives laud Trump’s decision on transgender bathroom access. Will such state restrictions now gain traction?
8 years ago

Conservatives laud Trump’s decision on transgender bathroom access. Will such state restrictions now gain traction?

LA Times  

Many conservatives are emboldened by the Trump administration’s decision to scrap Obama-era rules allowing transgender students to use the bathroom of their gender identity. It’s why Kolkhorst is the prime sponsor of a controversial transgender bathroom bill — the Texas Privacy Act — being debated in the Legislature, and why she welcomed news Wednesday that the Trump administration had ceased …

Texas may be in for a fight over transgender bathrooms like the one raging in North Carolina
8 years, 2 months ago

Texas may be in for a fight over transgender bathrooms like the one raging in North Carolina

LA Times  

It cost North Carolina jobs and revenue as business and sports leagues launched boycotts. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas expressed the worst fears when he weighed in on the North Carolina law last year while campaigning for president: “There is no greater evil than predators, and if the law says that any man, if he chooses, can enter a …

NC Governor Wants To Know Why We're Talking About His Anti-Trans Law
8 years, 6 months ago

NC Governor Wants To Know Why We're Talking About His Anti-Trans Law

Huff Post  

If you thought the national backlash to North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” would sway its Republican governor’s stance on the LGBT community, well, think again. Pat McCrory released a television ad Tuesday blasting those who opposed North Carolina’s House Bill 2 for “pushing to make our schools allow boys to use the girls’ locker room and showers.” “Are we really talking …

Sir Elton John slams North Carolina’s ‘dangerous’ anti-LGBT bathroom laws
8 years, 10 months ago

Sir Elton John slams North Carolina’s ‘dangerous’ anti-LGBT bathroom laws

Daily Mail  

Singer Sir Elton John has spoken out against a proposed North Carolina bill which would ban transgender people from using a public toilet which matched the gender they identify with. Scroll down for video Sir Elton John has spoken out against the controversial anti-LGBT House Bill 2 this week in an opinion piece published in The Hill The anti-LGBT House …

Obama administration tells schools to do the ‘right thing’ on bathrooms for transgender students
8 years, 10 months ago

Obama administration tells schools to do the ‘right thing’ on bathrooms for transgender students

LA Times  

The Obama administration is directing public schools across the country to let transgender students use bathrooms that match their gender identity, a move that will expand nationally the argument over North Carolina’s controversial bathroom law. Gen. Loretta Lynch, in announcing that the federal government would take the state to court, had condemned the North Carolina law as “state- The Obama …

Debate over transgender bathroom access spreads nationwide
8 years, 10 months ago

Debate over transgender bathroom access spreads nationwide

Associated Press  

There was a showdown in Houston last fall. “We’ve protected gay and transgender people from discrimination in Washington for 10 years, with no increase in public safety incidents as a result,” he said. “It gets down to prejudice and it’s not based on any kind of reality.” Activists say transgender people already experience above-average levels of violence and harassment, and …

Editorial: North Carolina’s transgender bathroom bill is on flimsy legal ground. Scrap it now
8 years, 10 months ago

Editorial: North Carolina’s transgender bathroom bill is on flimsy legal ground. Scrap it now

LA Times  

Protesters head into the Legislative building for a sit-in against the new North Carolina transgender law in Raleigh on April 25. The U.S. Justice Department did North Carolina a favor when it warned the state that it was violating federal law by limiting the access of transgender people to restrooms in public schools and state buildings. Pat McCrory accuses the …

North Carolina rejects claim that transgender bathroom bill breaches US Civil Rights Act
8 years, 10 months ago

North Carolina rejects claim that transgender bathroom bill breaches US Civil Rights Act

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Monday, the North Carolina government claimed in …

North Carolina transgender bathroom bill breaches US Civil Rights Act, says Obama admininstration
8 years, 10 months ago

North Carolina transgender bathroom bill breaches US Civil Rights Act, says Obama admininstration

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The American government has …

Alabama town approves law to jail transgender people who use the 'wrong' bathroom
8 years, 10 months ago

Alabama town approves law to jail transgender people who use the 'wrong' bathroom

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Transgender people could be …

North Carolina's anti-LGBT law HB2 has seen more than 50 arrested protesting it
8 years, 10 months ago

North Carolina's anti-LGBT law HB2 has seen more than 50 arrested protesting it

Daily Mail  

Protest came after thousands of Christian conservatives turned out to show support for bill passed by GOP Gov. Pat McCrory Around 50 were arrested on trespassing charges after refusing to leave More than 200 gathered outside the Legislative Building and held sit-ins Also strips gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of their state protections prohibits transgender people from using the …

Donald Trump Shifts Position On North Carolina Bathroom Bill
8 years, 10 months ago

Donald Trump Shifts Position On North Carolina Bathroom Bill

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump backtracked a bit on his criticism of North Carolina’s anti-LGBT bathroom bill, just hours after saying transgender people should be able to use whichever bathroom "they feel is appropriate." Trump also noted that allowing transgender people to use the bathroom they feel most comfortable with would not jeopardize the safety of young …

There's a real arrogance to resisting transgenderism
8 years, 11 months ago

There's a real arrogance to resisting transgenderism

ABC  

The resistance to transgenderism and unisex toilets - both from Germaine Greer here and with North Carolina lawmakers - reveals a paternalistic arrogance and threatens to deny physical reality and human dignity, writes Michael Bradley. On March 23, the General Assembly of the US State of North Carolina passed "House Bill 2" - HB2, or the "bathroom law". It's an …

A Few Thoughts About What's Happening In North Carolina Right Now
8 years, 11 months ago

A Few Thoughts About What's Happening In North Carolina Right Now

Huff Post  

I have been thinking a lot about my gender this week. On social media there have been some trans guys with conditional passing privilege posting images of themselves in front of "women's restroom" signs saying things like, "coming to a restroom near you". People seem to think that these images are using fear as a tactic and ignoring the issues …

North Carolina city’s transgender restroom measure is stopped by state lawmakers
8 years, 11 months ago

North Carolina city’s transgender restroom measure is stopped by state lawmakers

LA Times  

North Carolina legislators decided to rein in local governments by approving a bill Wednesday that prevents cities and counties from passing their own anti-discrimination rules. “It’s common sense — biological men should not be in women’s showers, locker rooms and bathrooms,” said GOP Rep. Dean Arp before the chamber voted 82 to 26 for the legislation after nearly three hours …

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