Transgender politics: North Carolina's bathroom law

The HB2 Law in North Carolina sparked a national discussion on transgender rights.

The bill, also known as the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act, reversed municipal ordinances that allowed transgender people to use public bathrooms based on their gender identities rather than their sex at birth.

President Obama has since issued a directive for public schools to allow transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity, and Attorney General Loretta Lynch called the law "state-sponsored discrimination."

MPR News reporter Marianne Combs spoke with Matt Sharp, legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom about the concerns regarding bathrooms, privacy and safety.

Alison Gill, vice chair for the Trans United Fund spoke about how this debate is being seen in the transgender community.

Amira Hasenbush Jim Kepner Law and Policy Fellow from the Williams Institute at the University of California Los Angeles spoke about the current legal challenge to the North Carolina law and other similar statutes around the country.

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