Transgender Bathroom Rights?
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I've just got a thought that I'm wondering if it's occurred to anyone else in the system. Build two bathroom or four or twenty (any number divisible by two and put a sign on the door (which can be locked) saying "bathroom". A person (male, female, etc.) simply finds a vacant one goes in and locks the door and does their business.
The one issue I can see might lie with the so called "normal people" and not the subjects of gender identification. I know myself, especially during winter weather when everyone is bundled up you encounter people several times a day that you are unsure of their gender perhaps to the point where they get the evil eye when they enter a washroom!
The one issue I can see might lie with the so called "normal people" and not the subjects of gender identification. I know myself, especially during winter weather when everyone is bundled up you encounter people several times a day that you are unsure of their gender perhaps to the point where they get the evil eye when they enter a washroom!
Both men and women use the same bathroom in private homes whether they are family or guests. They can go in there and close the door. Bingo! instant privacy!
The solution could be easily solved if both men and women washroom had enclosed stalls like the ladies room. I don't think many would object to that.
The solution could be easily solved if both men and women washroom had enclosed stalls like the ladies room. I don't think many would object to that.
It became an issue when transgender individuals made their demands to be allowed to use the washroom of their choice. All hell broke loose because there are those who figure they have nefarious intentions and their "little" ones might get molested or something. While highly unlikely, the whole thing it hard to get your head around; I know it was and still is to some extent for me. In time, things will calm down. Changes are already taken place where there is a Men's and woman's washroom and then just a "washroom" - no gender assigned.
JMHO
JMHO
It's gotta be tough, going through life constantly afraid. I know I mock them alot but part of me feels sorry for them
No. It became an issue when women were being dragged out of washrooms when people thought they were males. What you mean is that it became an issue for you. Selfish people often think problems aren't really problems just because they aren't personally affected
Precisely - and how my comment all of a sudden became personal because I am purported to be "selfish" and "my" issue is beyond me. I simply stated a fact, which, BTW you support. So what's your problem?
Dix
PS - I was specifically addressing the "bathroom" issue; the transgender issue is what I am struggling with as are many, many other individuals. If that makes me "selfish" guess that's your interpretation. For me, it's a learning process, not unlike the learning process I went through when it came to gay rights. Once I understood, then I was fine. I'm sure it'll be the same for the LGBTQ as well. I am currently trying to understand their issues and if that's selfish, then I suppose you're right. But I can live with that.
So, you think someone who looks, to all outward appearances, as a man, should be free to use a women's washroom.
Makes sense to me.
Solution is a transgender bathroom. My little girl is not sharing a bathroom with grown men who still has his pen#s intact. In a fantasy world she would be safe, but this is the real world.
We need only three washrooms: Public men's washrooms, public women's washrooms, and private washrooms for single-person use. Bingo. If you don't fit into either of the first two categories, then use the third. In fact, since only one person could use the third at any given time, anyone could use that one.
If that's too costly, you can save money by having the handwashing sinks in a unisex public handwashing area. We can share the sinks for handwashing between the public men's and women's washroom.
If that's too costly, you can save money by having the handwashing sinks in a unisex public handwashing area. We can share the sinks for handwashing between the public men's and women's washroom.
I would guess in the real world a men's washroom would be the safest place for a little girl, especially if there is no lock on the outside door.