Transgender 'bathroom bills' are a Kafkaesque state intrusion – and Republicans should oppose them (The Telegraph)

In the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump's victory, there was a wave of introspective think-pieces from liberal media outlets about how the progressive left had lost their way. Voters in rural Michigan and Pennsylvania whose livelihoods were decimated by globalisation and automation were feeling disconnected from raging debates about "boutique" issues like gender identity. These voters wanted change. They wanted leaders who would bring back their jobs, not navel gaze about which bathrooms transgender people should use....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/11/transgender-bathroom-bills-kafkaesque-state-intrusion-republicans/