On Wednesday, June 29th, Clay Aiken was a guest on the ABC show, The View.  Clay talked about the HB2 Bill in North Carolina, his home state.  Clay was on the program and was a guest on the panel.  He talked about HB2, known as “The Bathroom Bill.”

A part of the program was showing the trip that Clay made to North Carolina with The View regular, Raven-Symone.  He showed videos of some North Carolina residents. 70% of the residents are against the bill and 30% support the bill.

Clay and Raven also had a conversation with two transgender North Carolina residents.  They discussed how the bill has changed their lives and has made them uncomfortable.

The entire panel joined in the discussion and the program was very informative.  It is nice that both sides of the bill were listened to and discussed.

There was a lot of publicity about this episode of The View.  Clay recorded a short video from backstage before the show and there were tweets from Clay, The View, and ABC to let the public know that the show was on.

You can see the short video from backstage HERE

After the show there was a lively conversation  on twitter.  Many people seemed interested in the show, Clay, and the topic.

The following are some of the tweets:

I appreciate Clay Aiken’s openness to all perspectives. #TheView

Democraticwhore ‏

@TheView @clayaiken @ravensymone @WhoopiGoldberg @JoyVBehar @sunny @paulafaris Today’s show was one of the greatest shows ever! Thank you!

Claudia 

@clayaiken @ravensymone Thank you for helping the world learn and understand our fellow #trans family! #weareallone #TheView @TheView

The following picture was on the ABC Facebook page…

After the Show!

The following is a short part of the show.  If you want to see the entire show, you can see it on-line at    ABC

 A big thank you to ABC, The View, Raven-Symone, and Clay

for such an interesting and important show.