MLA Condemns North Carolina Law

The Executive Council of the Modern Language Association has issued a statement condemning North Carolina's controversial law requiring public institutions, including schools and colleges, to limit access to multiple-occupancy bathrooms to those whose legal gender at birth matches the facility's designation. "Such forms of legislation risk placing in danger a highly vulnerable population that is already subject to increasing violence. The MLA supports the condemnation of this bill by the Attorney General Loretta Lynch. It supports policies and pedagogy in educational institutions that respect the human dignity of the transgender community," says the MLA statement.