Richard Linklater made an 'I Pee With LGBT' ad to protest Texas' anti-trans bathroom bill

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Richard Linklater made an 'I Pee With LGBT' ad to protest Texas' anti-trans bathroom bill
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Who said great art can't be a sing-songy rhyme?

The award-winning director of Boyhood and a bunch of other movies that make you cry recently directed an ad to help fight his home state's proposed anti-transgender bathroom initiative, SB6.

Titled "I Pee with LGBT,' the ad, created by GSD&M, imagines a Texan utopia where people get to the use bathroom of their choice, free of harassment and discrimination. The current bill would require transgender people to use the bathroom that corresponds with their sex assigned at birth.

Produced by ACLU of Texas and Legacy Community Health, the ad is great, and thankfully doesn't include either Ethan Hawke or Julie Deply crying.

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Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.


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