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Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016/Transgender restroom access

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See below what Donald Trump and the Republican Party Platform said about transgender restroom access.

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  • Trump initially said transgender individuals should use the restroom they believe is appropriate.
  • Trump later said the states should decide this issue and "will do the right thing."

    • Republican Party Trump on transgender restroom access

    • Before a campaign event in Raleigh, N.C., on July 5, 2016, reporters backstage asked Trump if he supported HB 2, the North Carolina law that prohibits transgender individuals from using a bathroom that does not match their gender at birth, or if he thought the state should make changes to it. Trump replied, "I'm going with the state. The state, they know what's going on. They see what's happening and generally speaking I go with the state on things like this." Later during his appearance, Trump told supporters that he would be “better for the gay community” than Clinton.[2][3]
    • During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on May 25, 2016, Trump refused to take a stance on the transgender restroom issue and told Kimmel, “Let the states decide.” When Kimmel pressed Trump for his personal opinion, Trump said only, “I think the states will do the right thing.” Asked what the right thing is, Trump said, “I don’t know yet. I mean, I don’t know.”[4]
    • After saying that transgender individuals should "use the "bathroom that they feel is appropriate," on April 21, 2016, Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity later that day that while he disagrees with the law, he believes North Carolina had a right to enact it. “I think that local communities and states should make the decision,” Trump said. “And I feel very strongly about that. The federal government should not be involved.” Trump also told Hannity that states should “absolutely" be able to decide whether to implement such a law.[5]
    • Discussing the North Carolina law that prohibits transgender individuals from using a bathroom that does not match their gender at birth during a town hall event on NBC's Today on April 21, 2016, Trump said, "There have been very few complaints the way it is. People go. They use the bathroom that they feel is appropriate." Trump continued "There has been so little trouble. And the problem with what happened in North Carolina is the strife and the economic -- I mean, the economic punishment that they're taking."[6]
    • Referring to businesses that have canceled expansions in North Carolina because of the law, Trump also said, "Leave it the way it is. North Carolina, what they're going through with all the business that's leaving, all of the strife -- and this is on both sides. Leave it the way it is."[6]
    • On August 17, 2015, MSNBC asked Gregory T. Angelo, executive director of the pro-LGBT Log Cabin Republicans, if it was safe to call Trump 2016’s most LGBT-friendly Republican. He responded, “I think that might be going a little overboard.” Angelo added: “It’s important to point out that Trump is not the first GOP Republican candidate to say he supports nondiscrimination protections for LGBT individuals.” Angelo was referring to former presidential candidate Jeb Bush, who said he didn’t think people should be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation. “Period. Over and out,” Bush said.[7]
    • In an interview with The Brody File on April 12, 2011, Trump was asked whether he supported civil unions. Trump replied, “First of all, I live in New York. I know many, many gay people. Tremendous people. And to be honest with you, as far as civil unions are concerned, I haven't totally formed my opinion. But there can be no discrimination against gays.”[8]
    • In his 2000 political manifesto, “The America That We Deserve,” Trump outlined his dream of an America free of “racism, discrimination against women, or discrimination against people based on sexual orientation.”[9]
    • Read what other presidential candidates said about transgender restroom access.

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    1. ↑ The Wall Street Journal, "Donald Trump Enters 2016 Presidential Race," June 16, 2015
    2. ↑ BuzzFeed, "Feds Ask Court To Halt North Carolina’s Anti-Trans “Bathroom Bill” Provision," July 5, 2016
    3. ↑ The News & Observer, "Backstage with Donald Trump before his Raleigh speech," July 5, 2016
    4. ↑ Uproxx.com, "Donald Trump Backpedals On His LGBT Bathroom Stance During His ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Appearance," May 26, 2016
    5. ↑ The Huffington Post, "Donald Trump Shifts Position On North Carolina Bathroom Bill," April 22, 2016
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Politico, "Trump: Transgender people can use whatever bathroom they want," April 21, 2016
    7. ↑ Huffington Post, “Donald Trump Was Once Sued By Justice Department For Not Renting To Blacks,” April 29, 2011
    8. ↑ Human Rights Campaign, “Donald Trump: Opposes Nationwide Marriage Equality,” accessed April 6, 2016
    9. ↑ MSNBC, “Is Donald Trump 2016’s most LGBT-friendly Republican?” August 17, 2015
    10. ↑ Republican Party, "The 2016 Republican Party Platform," accessed August 23, 2016
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