Laverne Cox
slams a transphobic activist, after he claimed trans people ‘harm’ children in
school locker rooms.
This week,
Trump announced plans to scrap protections for trans
students being able to choose which bathroom to use in public schools.
On MSNBC’s show
Hardball, Cox appeared alongside Mara Keisling, executive director of the National
Centre for Transgender Equality.
The
activist, Travis Weber, Director of the Center for Religious
Liberty praised Trump’s decision to make states decide on trans bathroom
issues.
‘I think we all
understand what the harm is when you have a 14-year-old girl in the locker
room.
‘Someone comes
in with male genitalia to share a locker room – of course they’re going to be
harmed.
‘Their rights
are not being protected here and all I’m asking for is a reasonable
discussion,’ Weber said.
In the video footage,
Cox and Keisling are visibly outraged at the transphobic rant.
They both
succinctly direct their anger towards Weber in an incredibly satisfying
exchange.
‘Everything
that he’s claiming happens, actually doesn’t happen’
Cox replies:
‘It’s so deeply objectifying and dehumanizing to talk about trans people and
reduce us to body parts.
‘We are more
than the sum of our parts.
‘That is deeply
disturbing.
‘We need to
look at the evidence.
‘We need to
look at all the hundred of localities all over the country that have public
accomodations protections.
‘Everything
that he’s claiming happens actually doesn’t happen.
‘Instead, trans
people feel as if they have a right to exist in society,’ she says.
Cox concludes
that all she wants to do is be able to thrive in society, just like every other
trans person.
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