He’s transgender. He identifies as female, and he’s against transgender men using the women’s room
Many social liberals, especially transgender
activists, have labored to pass ordinances in cities and states guaranteeing
members of one biological sex unfettered access to the intimate facilities of
the opposite sex. While they often portray those who oppose such laws as
hateful, supporting such laws is de rigueur for anyone who is transgender.
But one transgender person is speaking out
against the burgeoning number of “bathroom bills,” saying they victimize women
and children.
“I am a transwoman and a parent, but I totally
reject this law,” says Jaqueline Sephora Andrews, who was born male but now
identifies as female. “It’s a law that allows for any man to be able to say
he’s a woman and access women’s spaces.”
Andrews speaks at approximately the
nine-minute mark of an 11-minute-long video released yesterday by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF).
The video's other speakers have been impacted
by rape or sexual assault, one way or another, and say giving any man access to
young women – or girls – will perpetuate the pain they have experienced for so
long.
Andrews displays tremendous sympathy for such
victims.
“In a time when so many sexual assaults go
unreported, we're telling [girls] that their boundaries don't matter. When they
say no, people won't listen,” Andrews says. “They'll be blamed for being
uncomfortable.”
“I think it's time we care for women and
children, that we care for the concerns of women and children, care for the
safety of women and children,” Andrews says. “Passing this law is not the way
to do it.”
Andrews is certainly a rare voice in the
transgender movement.
He has said that the real victims of
transgender political action are women. “Trans
activism is men's rights activism,” Andrews
says.
Andrews says people who identify as members of
one gender should not seek the recognition of others but simply accept their
own, hybrid self-identity:
Andrews is steadfastly against allowing
parents to administer hormonal drugs to children who believe they are
transgender:
In the video, Andrews says, “I personally
think there should be a separate space for trans[gender people], or anyone,
that they can access,” which would “protects trans safety...and the privacy of
anyone,” especially children.
Many political and business leaders oppose
legislation that would mandate a third, gender-neutral restroom on the premises
of all public accommodations, citing the massive cost associated with adapting
every business and building in the nation.
Donald Trump cited such costs on the “Today”
show last month, when he said
North Carolina should not have passed H.B. 2, which
restricts restrooms and showers to members of the same biological sex.
He later clarified that such policies should
be a state and local issue.
