What do you call following a 17 year old girl around and yelling at her, calling her a pervert?
In another article, QNotes reports that the ordinance was defeated,
So when I read about an adult verbally berating a child I see it as a form of terrorism.
Anti-LGBT activists confront transgender teenager at Charlotte government center bathroomsThe article reported that there were only adult women in the rest room and there was no problems until she came out of the restroom and was confronted by a man and then Mr. Benham.
Flip Benham confronts 17-year-old transgender girl as City Council works through list of 117 speakers on LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinances
QNotes
By Matt Comer
Published: March 2, 2015 in News
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As City Council hears tonight from a list of 120 speakers on a contentious LGBT non-discrimination ordinance proposal, anti-LGBT activists are confronting transgender people attempting to use Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center bathrooms.
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The teenager said she responded angrily, calling Benham an “asshole,” but her mother, Darlena, said she felt Benham was the aggressor. She stepped between them. As they walked away, Benham allegedly said the teenager should be arrested.
Benham called the teenager a “punk” and a “pervert” and claimed there were children in the restroom.
In another article, QNotes reports that the ordinance was defeated,
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte City Council rejected several proposed LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinances, after attempting to approve a compromise that would have exempted restrooms, locker rooms, showers and changing rooms from public accommodations protections.I get so tired of hearing the same old lies; there are seventeen states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico that have laws that protect against discrimination in places of public accommodation for gender identity. The first state to pass a non-discrimination law for us was Minnesota in 1993 and since then there has never but an incident where a sexual assault was linked to a trans person. But trans people have been attacked in restrooms.
The 6-5 vote is the second time in two decades that Charlotte has rejected LGBT-inclusive protections. LGBT advocates are condemning the vote.
The failed proposal, amended by Democratic Councilmember Vi Lyles and seconded by openly gay, Democratic Councilmember Al Austin, came after hearing nearly four hours of public comment with speakers passionately supporting and opposing the measures, with a great deal of debate and contention focusing on transgender people’s use of restrooms.
So when I read about an adult verbally berating a child I see it as a form of terrorism.
If those advocating for LGBT inclusive law need to pack the public comment hearings with the largest bearded, masculine Trans-men they can find. The reality that they will be using the "Lady's room" will bring the reality to the argument where logic alone fails.
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