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Stephen Colbert says people who support transgender bathroom bans are the real ‘weirdos’

To satirize recent state laws targeting transgender people, Colbert laid out his own bathroom policy.

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Stephen Colbert has a message for the politicians in states like North Carolina who want to dictate which bathrooms transgender people can use.

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In the wake of calls for a boycott of Target due to its inclusive bathroom policy, the Late Show host mocked conservative attempts to limit transgender people’s bathroom use in his signature style: by laying out his own bathroom policy and railing against the small talk that too often accompanies public bathroom use.

Colbert’s point was clear: Sure, he doesn’t want to talk to anyone, shake anyone’s hand, or share a urinal if he doesn’t have to. But he doesn’t care which bathroom people use, as long as it’s right for them.

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“And to all those lawmakers out there who are so obsessed with who’s using what bathroom and what plumbing they’ve got downtown,” Colbert said, “Newsflash: you’re the weirdos.”

 
The Daily Dot