{"id":35189,"date":"2022-09-09T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=35189"},"modified":"2022-09-08T18:47:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T23:47:29","slug":"plaintiff-challenging-oklahomas-transgender-bathroom-ban-just-the-right-thing-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2022\/09\/09\/plaintiff-challenging-oklahomas-transgender-bathroom-ban-just-the-right-thing-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Plaintiff: challenging Oklahoma&#8217;s transgender bathroom ban &#8216;just the right thing to do&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three Oklahoma students are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/17r_BojenWkGu6bOKIYAm5fiMLh1xPKnd\/view?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">suing the state<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over its law that bars transgender students from using the bathroom corresponding with their gender identity.<\/span><\/p><p>Andy Bridge is the lead plaintiff. The suit argues<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oklegislature.gov\/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB615&Session=2200\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senate Bill 615<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is unconstitutional and should be overturned.<\/span><\/p><p>Bridge and his parents, Aysha Prather and Eli Bridge, sat down with StateImpact Oklahoma reporter Robby Korth to share why they think it was an important step to take.<\/p><p>&#8220;It just seemed sort of like the right thing to do,&#8221; Andy Bridge said. &#8220;If I can do something that will make it go away, then I want to be part of that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-radius: 6px; overflow: hidden;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.captivate.fm\/episode\/dde4317d-a5ff-4a37-816d-30e4ac112f27\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mental health support for LGBTQ+ individuals is available through the Trevor Project. Their hotline is 866-488-7386, and help is also available through <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/www.thetrevorproject.org\/get-help\/__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!4cNO0TO7byrFk1KUrhD-5W28TSyjH4q7JvZ-h1hVa7kKVljQwhEqmxp_nBuigUflXfMPq-YWfITSk1ZIO4OfTn8w$\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">thetrevorproject.org<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This conversation was produced by grants from the Education Writers Association and America Amplified.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mission of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewa.org\/about-ewa\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Education Writers Association<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is to strengthen the community of education writers and improve the quality of education coverage to better inform the public.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americaamplified.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">America Amplified<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> initiative using <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">community engagement to inform and strengthen local, regional and national journalism. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">America Amplified is a public media initiative funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Oklahoma students are suing the state over its law that bars transgender students from using the bathroom corresponding with their gender identity.Andy Bridge is the lead plaintiff. The suit argues\u00a0Senate Bill 615 is unconstitutional and should be overturned.Bridge and his parents, Aysha Prather and Eli Bridge, sat down with StateImpact Oklahoma reporter Robby Korth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":35190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35189"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35195,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35189\/revisions\/35195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}