The Pros And Cons Of Discrimination Against Transgender

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Early April 2016, North Carolina passed a law restricting governments from passing laws that are discriminatory. This law is intended to protect Transgender people from discrimination. Discrimination against Transgenders is against the law, and it has stirred up arguments throughout the nation. With more and more people standing up against discrimination regarding Transgenders, the debate about Transgenders is now nationwide. Unfortunately, Transgenders still continue to face public discrimination due to misinformation and misleading statements from the media. For most people, the idea of Transgenders is new and complicated. Because the idea is so fresh, many adults struggle with how to address this topic to the children because they lack knowledge …show more content…

This has created major controversy nationwide, as well as with the shoppers at Target directly. With Target in the spotlight, a petition has been brought upon the AFA that calls for a boycott against Target. The amount of signatures is tremendously increasing. After the policy was publicized, controversy stirred between non customers and other retail stores even. This leads to questions on how other retail stores are taking a stance on the topic itself. Target stated, “We believe that everyone - every team member, every guest, and every community - deserves to be protected from discrimination, and treated equally.” This plays a key role in how other stores are deciding to approach this topic. How are other stores responding to the policies? Will they go public with their own statements, or do they fear losing their business too? While statements made by Target have backfired, some retail stores have signed the Human Rights Campaign that calls for a repeal of NC’s law. These retail stores are providing support by signing this letter, but they are not verbal about

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