Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Political correctness versus breach of basic privacy and etiquette


Leah Barkoukis reports at Town Hall,
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is apparently so disturbed by the fact that transgender people in North Carolina cannot choose which restroom or locker room to use based on their gender identity that he has banned all non-essential travel to the state.

...The new legislation was “passed by a bipartisan majority to stop this breach of basic privacy and etiquette,” Gov. Pat McCrory said last week after signing the bill into law.

It should be noted that transgender people who have transitioned to the opposite sex and have changed their birth certificate aren’t affected by this law. Lawmakers were simply concerned about the safety of women and children in very private settings given that the language in Charlotte’s anti-discrimination rules would’ve allowed anyone who called themselves transgender—including perhaps sex offenders— to enter a women’s restroom or locker room.

...UPDATE: It is worth pointing out that Cuomo recently visited Cuba and even teamed up with JetBlue to encourage travel to the nation, which would “[open] the door to new economic opportunities” for New York businesses. As The Washington Free Beacon points out, however, this move is quite hypocritical in light of the governor’s ban on state travel to North Carolina. Cuba has a horrible history of sending gay and transgender people to prison and labor camps for their ‘deviant lifestyle.’ And while things have certainly improved on the island nation for this minority group, many say they are still harassed and detained by police, and have a difficult time finding work.
Read more here.

As one would hope, Manhattan Infidel is already pouncing on this story with appropriate satire here.

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