States dig in against transgender directive

Sunday, May 15, 2016

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Politicians in Texas, Arkansas and elsewhere vowed defiance --and other conservative states could follow suit -- after the Obama administration told public schools across the U.S. on Friday to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity.

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