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On PBS NewsHour's June 1 Town Hall broadcast, U.S. President Barack Obama discusses the decision to direct public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms of their choice. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Video courtesy www.pbs.org/newshour
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announces the Justice Department is suing North Carolina to get it to abandon a law that restricts use of public restrooms. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory says he does not agree with the U.S. Justice Department's interpretation that the state's new transgender bathroom law violates civil rights. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Demostrators in North Carolina say a new state law prohibiting people from using bathrooms associated with their gender identity discriminates against the LGBT community. Jillian Kitchener reports.
Opponents of a new North Carolina law that bars transgender people from choosing bathrooms consistent with their gender identity sue the state. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).