Right Wing Watch: FRC misrepresents New York State protections for trans youth in custody

On June 20th, the Associated Press released an article entitled “New transgender policy at New York juvenile jails“. The article details New York State’s decision to allow transgender youth in juvenile detention facilities to be treated as members of their identified gender. The Family Research Council commented on the article later that day in a brief blurb entitled “NY Prison: Closet Supporters of Cross-Dressing” which appeared on their Washington Update. Predictably, they grossly misrepresented New York’s policy, twisting the statements in the AP article. According to the FRC, ” As part of the ‘anti-discrimination’ policy, New York is dedicating taxpayer dollars to providing transgender kids with both a male and female wardrobe.” This is a misrepresentation of the following paragraph in the original AP article: “All residents must wear a uniform, but the policy allows transgender youth to wear a uniform of the opposite sex, including underwear of their choice.

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