Social Conservatives Think This Story Justifies Anti-Trans Bathroom Laws. They Are Very Confused.

Numerous right-wing websites have seized on the arrest of James Thomas Shoemaker, a Pennsylvania man caught taking pictures of a 10-year-old girl in a public restroom. The incident, according to these publications, proves that new laws that discriminate against transgender people are justified.

These stories have gained considerable traction online. A story on Shoemaker on the popular site Young Conservatives begins, “We told you the LGBT agenda was bad, Lefties. But you refused to listen.” It has been shared over 33,000 times on Facebook....
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2016/04/25/3772309/social-conservatives-think-this-story-justifies-anti-trans-bathroom-laws-they-are-very-confused/