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Lance Russell: “Males can go into the female bathrooms under some…”

Featuring: Lance Russell, Republican | Member, South Dakota Senate, District 30

Transgender bills in South Dakota Legislature, Part 1

Published January 30, 2016 | Video Starts at 00:00

Males can go into the female bathrooms under some circumstances, depending on how you categorize yourself. And it has created a great deal of difficulty for the school systems in the state of South Dakota as they try and grapple with these issues. (00:00–00:10)

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Asserts that males can enter female bathrooms based on self-categorization.

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