NYC Launches Citywide Ad Campaign to Promote Transgender Bathroom Rights

The Democratic mayor of New York City has launched a citywide ad campaign in recognition of “LGBT Pride Month” that touts the city’s policy requiring that citizens be permitted to use the restroom that correlates with their “gender identity.” Mayor Bill De Blasio and the New York City Commission on Human Rights announced the campaign on Monday,

which will include print ads and videos that will appear on subway cars, bus shelters, phone booths, and in newspapers and various social media placements. “Use the restroom consistent with who you are,” the ads read, featuring photographs of transgendered residents. “Look past pink and blue.” FULL REPORT