{"id":37668,"date":"2016-05-17T14:21:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T18:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/elton-john-blasts-nc-governor-pat-mccrorys-failure-of-compassion-for-trans-people\/"},"modified":"2016-05-17T14:21:22","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T18:21:22","slug":"elton-john-blasts-nc-governor-pat-mccrorys-failure-of-compassion-for-trans-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/elton-john-blasts-nc-governor-pat-mccrorys-failure-of-compassion-for-trans-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton John Blasts NC Governor Pat McCrory\u2019s \u2018Failure of Compassion\u2019 for Trans People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Elton John Blasts NC Governor Pat McCrory\u2019s \u2018Failure of Compassion\u2019 for Trans People<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Elton-John.jpg?resize=480%2C320\" alt=\"Elton John\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Elton-John.jpg?w=480 480w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Elton-John.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Elton John has written a letter blasting North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory for his &ldquo;failure of compassion&rdquo;&nbsp;for transgender people.<\/p>\n<p>In an&nbsp;article which appeared Tuesday on<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/congress-blog\/civil-rights\/279995-north-carolina-governors-ignorance-of-trans-identity#\">&nbsp;The Hill<\/a>, John took McCrory to task not only for signing the horrific &lsquo;bathroom bill&rsquo; HB 2 into law, but for&nbsp;prioritizing the supposed threat posed by non-existent&nbsp;transgender bathroom predators over the real threats that transgender people face every day.<\/p>\n<p>John writes, &ldquo;What&rsquo;s worse than the discriminatory bill itself, and the millions in taxpayer dollars McCrory is wasting to defend it, is that the governor signed it after admitting he had never met a transgender person.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He adds that HB 2 sends a dangerous message to the LGBT community and to the world:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a message we hear far too often. This brand of ignorance deliberately shuts out the perspective of an already marginalized community. It&rsquo;s dangerous, and it goes beyond bathrooms. As the father of two children, I would hope their world is free of discriminatory, hateful legislation like North Carolina&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p>Forcing transgender people to use the bathroom of a gender with which they don&rsquo;t identify isn&rsquo;t just inconvenient or impractical. For many, especially young students still grappling with their transition, it can be traumatic, and at worst, unsafe.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>McCrory&rsquo;s biggest failure, John says, is &ldquo;a failure of compassion, a failure to recognize the difficult and frequently unwelcoming world transgender people must navigate every day, stigmatized by the fear and ignorance of others.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Transgender <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a>&nbsp;are more likely to be&nbsp;exposed to HIV, to rely on <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> work to make ends meet, to suffer violence violence, depression, and to have attempted suicide&nbsp;compared to cisgender people. Bills like HB 2 severely set back the fight against anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> injustice. &ldquo;To address these problems, our leaders must first acknowledge their existence, as well as the existence of the people affected,&rdquo; John writes. &ldquo;And yes, that starts with bathrooms.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/05\/elton-john-pat-mccrory\/\">Elton John Blasts NC Governor Pat McCrory&rsquo;s &lsquo;Failure of Compassion&rsquo; for Trans People<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/\">Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Jlz6Mz7yYnM:nTIGsCoua7o:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Jlz6Mz7yYnM:nTIGsCoua7o:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Jlz6Mz7yYnM:nTIGsCoua7o:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Jlz6Mz7yYnM:nTIGsCoua7o:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=Jlz6Mz7yYnM:nTIGsCoua7o:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Jlz6Mz7yYnM:nTIGsCoua7o:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Jlz6Mz7yYnM:nTIGsCoua7o:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/Jlz6Mz7yYnM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/Jlz6Mz7yYnM\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/Jlz6Mz7yYnM\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elton John Blasts NC Governor Pat McCrory\u2019s \u2018Failure of Compassion\u2019 for Trans People Elton John has written a letter blasting North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory for his &ldquo;failure of compassion&rdquo;&nbsp;for transgender people. In an&nbsp;article which appeared Tuesday on&nbsp;The Hill, John took McCrory to task not only for signing the horrific &lsquo;bathroom bill&rsquo; HB 2 into &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/elton-john-blasts-nc-governor-pat-mccrorys-failure-of-compassion-for-trans-people\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Elton John Blasts NC Governor Pat McCrory\u2019s \u2018Failure of Compassion\u2019 for Trans People<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Elton John Blasts NC Governor Pat McCrory\u2019s \u2018Failure of Compassion\u2019 for Trans People - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/elton-john-blasts-nc-governor-pat-mccrorys-failure-of-compassion-for-trans-people\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Elton John Blasts NC Governor Pat McCrory\u2019s \u2018Failure of Compassion\u2019 for Trans People - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Elton John Blasts NC Governor Pat McCrory\u2019s \u2018Failure of Compassion\u2019 for Trans People Elton John has written a letter blasting North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory for his &ldquo;failure of compassion&rdquo;&nbsp;for transgender people. 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