I am beginning to wonder if North Carolina has gone crazy. Last February, Charlotte, North Carolina passed an ordinance allowing LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people to use the public restroom that matched their gender. During a special session a month later, North Carolina’s General Assembly passed House Bill 2 (HB2), which North Carolina folks called the “bathroom bill.” The Federal law superseded Charlotte’s restroom law. It also affected more than public restrooms, but I will focus on the restroom part.
North Carolina residents must now use the restroom based on the gender listed on their birth certificate. But, if someone goes through gender change surgery, he or she can have their gender changed on their birth certificate. But some transgender people don’t want surgery or simply cannot afford it. Sound confusing? It is. So if you live in Clermont County or in any of the other 87 counties in Ohio, what does this mean for you?
It means that once North Carolina settles their restroom issues in court, you can believe the same issue will find its way into Ohio legislation. Previously, no one had focused on public restroom legislation since people usually figured out which restroom they needed to use.
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