it's just open season now in north carolina

[solarbird]

"SALISBURY, N.C. -- A North Carolina school system has adopted a policy allowing high school students to carry pepper spray this fall, a policy one board member said may be useful for students who encounter transgender classmates in the bathroom."

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article76827092.html

Comments

[arethinn]

WHAT. THE FUCK.

[solarbird]

I'm releasing a song about all this on Monday. Normally I might wait on a song 'till there's an album to go with it but fuck no, not this time.

[solarbird]

It's called "Pee Police," but at this point I'm thinking Pee Vigilantes are as big a worry.

[arethinn]

"Pee police" sounds easier to work with lyrically, but if you can work in "vigilante", props to ya!

[solarbird]

Oh, it's already recorded. I'm doing things like single art now.

Pee police

[dialecticdreamer]

In North Carolina, the police cannot ask your for ID unless they believe you are in the process of committing a crime. Joe Citizen, INCLUDING Joe Principal or Joe Teacher CANNOT do this.

So how are people going to "know" someone is violating this stupid law?

My only suggestion is that people who are asked to confirm their gender should charge the other person with whatever crime applies-- there was an article about someone PEERING in on the author while peeing in a public stall-- that's at the very least chargeable as sexual voyeurism. If someone calls me any short form of transvestite, for example, they will be charged with assault, harassemnt, and hate speech.

DO NOT ACCEPT any attempt to 'enforce' this utterly craptastic law, and FIGHT with the same tools they're trying to use to silence the QUILTBAG community.