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TexasTowelie

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Sat Jun 18, 2016, 04:06 AM Jun 2016

Transgender actress visits NC legislature’s men’s bathroom, complying with HB2 [View all]

Wearing a flower-print sundress, Shakina Nayfack stopped by the Legislative Building Friday afternoon to use the men’s bathroom – and follow the state’s controversial LGBT law.

Nayfack is a transgender actress who’s in North Carolina performing a play about her transition from male to female, including her trip to Thailand for gender reassignment surgery. Despite having the surgery, her birth certificate still says male – meaning House Bill 2

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Nayfack’s visit did prompt concerns from General Assembly police, but not because she looks like a woman.

She brought a video crew to record the visit. Officer Bobby Barcafer approached Nayfack and her crew after she walked out of the bathroom. “Is there a reason you’re taking pictures in there?” Barcafer asked.

Read more: http://democratsforever.freeforums.net/thread/9574/transgender-actress-visits-legislature-bathroom

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