Last night, conservative commentator Michael Knowles was giving a presentation he titled Men Are Not Women.

The presentation had to do with trans and feminism issues.

At some point, a protester wearing a mask sprayed him with some kind of chemical that they believed to be bleach,

but later determined just smelled like bleach. The protester was arrested.

This is just one example of how contentious the conversation around trans rights has become.

Many people on the left say simply having the conversation denies the existence of trans people.

But in order to determine how and when people are protected, we have to have the conversation.

At a local level, we're seeing a protest at a high school in Omaha, Nebraska,

where female students are upset because a male student who now identifies as female is using the female bathrooms

and they feel this violates their privacy.

If we want to figure out how and when to implement protections, we have to have the conversation

because there is data and there is nuance here.

Today, let's take a look at exactly what happened with Michael Knowles, as well as this protest in Omaha, Nebraska.

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