Director, Commonwealth Policy Center

A man wearing a dress wanted to stay in the same sleeping quarters at a Women's Shelter in Anchorage, Alaska. But he was turned away. However, the man appealed to the local "equality" or "fairness" law which protects gender identity. The women's shelter is now under fire.  If you're wondering what this has to do with equality or fairness, you're not alone. Senior Vice President of Alliance Defending Freedom Kristen Waggoner said "Gender ideology strips away my privacy rights and safety. We all can agree that individuals with gender dysphoria deserve compassion and dignity, but no amount of self-perception can make a man a woman, nor change the reality of what being a woman is. My privacy, my daughter’s privacy and my mother’s privacy simply don’t depend on what a man thinks about his gender."