So what are people afraid of? If LGBTQ protections have been in place since 2012, has there been an epidemic of cases in the last five years where there’s been some big freaking threat to society? Are people getting raped in bathrooms by transgender people in large numbers? Are people being traumatized by the thought of who might be in the next stall?

My guess is no, there have not been any such problems. Instead, there are people like this one-guy Alaska Family Council and some like-minded thinkers who want only to make life difficult for people they consider inferior.

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    Victoria Lamb Hatch

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    Pacific Coaster transplanted to North Carolina

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