Sarah McBride is a 25-year-old transgender woman, who found herself in a place under much controversial debate- the bathroom.
But this wasn’t just any bathroom. It was one in a government building in Charlotte, North Carolina. North Carolina recently passed HB2, which a law that requires people to only use public bathrooms that correspond with the sex they are assigned at birth. But, being that McBride was traveling through North Carolina as the communications manager for LGBT Progress, she needed to use the bathroom. After her meeting at the Mecklenburg Government Center, McBride told BuzzFeed News that she decided to take action to challenge the law.
“Here I am using a women’s restroom in North Carolina that I’m technically barred from being in,” she writes in a photo caption.
“They say accepting me as the person I have fought my life to be seen as reflects the downfall of a once great nation,” she writes. “I’m just a person. We are all just people. Trying to pee in peace.”
McBride is trying to convey that “This is about real people being able to access the bathroom and being about to participate in public life.” “This isn’t about abstract issues or fears,” she continued.
“If you can’t use a bathroom that matches who you are, it becomes harder to go to work and it becomes harder to go to school,” she added.
And already, McBride’s selfie has gotten many reactions and shares from Facebook. Many applauded Bride saying, “This is utterly beautiful.” Another user wrote, “I would be proud to pee next to you anytime.” Someone commenters even said, “Some laws are made to be broken.”
McBride currently lives in Washington D.C. where she is free to use any bathroom she wants.
“There are a lot of people in North Carolina that have to live this every day,” she said adding that it is particularly harmful to transgender people with disabilities, transgender people of color and transgender youth. “We can’t forget those who are disproportionately impacted by this law because it’s too important.”
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Trans Woman Makes A Point When Using The Bathroom In North Carolina is an article from: LifeDaily