{"id":1296,"date":"2018-11-08T15:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/?p=1296"},"modified":"2018-11-06T00:43:39","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T00:43:39","slug":"mots-equal-rights-for-transgender-individuals-continue-to-be-denied-is-that-okay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/08\/mots-equal-rights-for-transgender-individuals-continue-to-be-denied-is-that-okay\/","title":{"rendered":"MOTS: Equal rights for transgender individuals continue to be denied. Is that okay?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1296\" class=\"elementor elementor-1296 elementor-bc-flex-widget\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37f62ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37f62ab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cfd0cac\" data-id=\"cfd0cac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78267eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78267eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Man On The Street<\/h1><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">This week&#8217;s question:<\/h2><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Equal rights for transgender individuals continue to be denied.<\/h4><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Is that okay?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-93722bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93722bc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e8babc\" data-id=\"8e8babc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-091d01e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"091d01e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Daisy-Gonzalez.jpg\" title=\"Daisy Gonzalez\" alt=\"Daisy Gonzalez\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a71375c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a71375c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Name: Daisy Gonzalez<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Major: Animal Science<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cI do not believe it is right. They are still people, and no matter what people say, [they\u2019re] still a person. They should have the rights that everyone else has, and that shouldn\u2019t be taken away from them just because they\u2019re transgender. I know the bible says man or woman, but you can\u2019t change how someone is born.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49738f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49738f2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-857c67a\" data-id=\"857c67a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3452d0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3452d0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Jerome-Steinmetz-MOTS.jpg\" title=\"Jerome Steinmetz MOTS\" alt=\"Jerome Steinmetz MOTS\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60e6778 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60e6778\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Name: Jerome Steinmetz<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Major: Business<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cNo. Transgender people are people just like everyone else. It doesn\u2019t [matter] what kind of person you are or what you feel like, you should be able to be considered, say, fit for service or use a unisex bathroom. I don\u2019t really care about the labeling as long as everyone feels comfortable with it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9f1fc3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9f1fc3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6884816\" data-id=\"6884816\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4b59f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e4b59f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Sabrina-Garza-MOTS.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1286\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Sabrina-Garza-MOTS.jpg 270w, https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Sabrina-Garza-MOTS-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65dd98a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65dd98a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Name: Sabrina Garza<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Major: Agriculture Science<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cI do not believe that it is right. I believe that everyone should have equal rights and equal opportunity no matter what they or their beliefs are. Just because of their gender identity, they shouldn\u2019t be restricted from [doing] things they want to.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5cfa000 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5cfa000\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ef821a\" data-id=\"7ef821a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a40dfcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a40dfcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dana-Bernal-MOTS.jpg\" title=\"Dana Bernal MOTS\" alt=\"Dana Bernal MOTS\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea51e96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea51e96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Name: Dana Bernal<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Major: Biomedical Science<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">No, not really. They\u2019re just people, and they\u2019re trying to have rights just like the rest of us, so I don\u2019t understand why you would want to take those away from them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man On The Street This week&#8217;s question: Equal rights for transgender individuals continue to be denied. Is that okay? 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