Friday, April 10, 2015

Politico Hypes 'Gender-Neutral' Bathrooms at the White House

Sarah Wheaton touted the new "gender-neutral" bathroom at the White House as "the latest in a series of symbolic steps the Obama administration has taken to work the priorities of the LGBT community into its broader themes of inclusiveness and tolerance" in a Thursday item on Politico.com. Wheaton played up how "the newly designated restroom is an example of how the administration has been advancing the discussion by raising the profile of transgender issues, an area of debate that is especially hotly contested right now."  The correspondent's article, "Latest White House feature: Gender-neutral restroom," read more like an Obama administration press release than a press report.

Read more at Newsbusters
(Hat tip: KimR)

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