Director Richard Linklater Fights Against Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bills With PSA
Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 7:48AM If you thought the gorgeous cadre of jocks in Everybody Wants Some!! was the extent of what Texan ally Richard Linklater had to offer in all things LGBT this past year, be sure to take a look at his recent PSA: "Taking A Seat, Making A Stand." Acting in solidarity with the transgender community, he steps up his game with his most recent project in a major way. Linklater teamed up with the I Pee With LGBT campaign to produce this bright and sharp comic short in response to the anti-transgender bathroom bill that’s currently awaiting a vote in the Texas legislature – S.B. 6, for those keeping track of the insidious discrimination measures spreading across America’s statehouses. As President Trump reverses course on establishing federal protections for transgender minors, this urgent, inclusively common sense message speaks to our shared humanity in the face of hate, and deserves to be loudly repeated more and more by the day.
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Reader Comments (7)
You know although I don't have a problem with rescinding this (it's largely considered to be one of the sillier liberal causes) after watching the video, I kinda agree, everyone pees! Why do people care so much; just let all bathrooms be gender neutral...
I agree locker rooms should not be shared but bathrooms - ok - fine by me although maybe more of a state issue than federal.
So nice to know that protection from harassment is considered "silly", apparently. Good thing you don't have to worry about it!
I'm not saying that it is silly; just that from the moderate & conservative side this issue is often thought of as such.
Also don't really see how this has anything to do with protection from harassment. Separate issues and all reasonable ppl would support the latter but not all would support the former.
Regardless, like I said, this video is effective and starting to change my mind a bit. Part of the reason is that it doesn't take that sarcastic/passiveagresdive/condensending tone that a lot of discussion has (including Teppo2's post). Not gonna get many converts to your pov with a tone like that.
If I were trans I would go wherever the hell I pleased. What are they going to do? Have armed officers inspecting genitalia a the door? My heart does break for the children that this affects though.
@Huh - it has to do with harassment and bullying because that's what happens to transgender kids when they use the "wrong" bathroom.
Excellent PSA! If you can make people laugh while gently educating them, all the more effective. It's terrific.
Laverne Cox put it succinctly, so I won't even paraphrase:
"They're about whether trans people have the right to exist in public space. If we can't access public bathrooms, we can't go to school, we can't work, we can't go to healthcare facilities. And so public accommodations are always key to civil rights."
Hope that clears up whether this cause is "silly".