North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said on Tuesday that Caitlyn Jenner, a transgender woman, would need to shower with men if she visits a state university.
“She is going to use the men’s shower,” McCrory said in a gubernatorial debate recorded by the News & Observer.
McCrory was defending a state law that he signed in the spring banning transgender people from using single-sex restrooms that match their sex in government-run facilities. The law defines sex by the gender marker on a person’s birth certificate.
North Carolina lawmakers passed House Bill 2 after the city of Charlotte approved an LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance; state officials said the ordinance posed a threat by allowing “men in women’s restrooms.” McCrory has repeatedly said the state law blocking Charlotte’s ordinance was common sense.
“If she is using the shower facility at UNC Chapel Hill after running around the track, she’s going to use the men’s shower,” he said.
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