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is it just me or is this fucking insane?
« on: January 12, 2012, 11:11:03 PM »
I just saw this link posted on twitter... How the fuck would a law like this be implemented? check everyone's birth certificates on the way in? lol

This would be effectively making it impossible for a transsexual person to legally use a public toilet after a certain point in their transition

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/01/12/403043/tennessee-legislature-introduces-transphobic-bathroom-bill/?mobile=nc

(btw let's not turn this into a pointless thread about the word "transphobic." I know most of you here don't like this word, but at least the article doesn't mention cisgendered :P

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Re: is it just me or is this fucking insane?
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2012, 05:52:46 AM »
Wow, that is going backwards. So people have to start carrying around their birth certificates? Who is going to do the checking?

It just seems so silly.
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Re: is it just me or is this fucking insane?
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2012, 08:18:50 AM »
Yeah how are they meant to know? lol

Also I think it would be a seriously bad idea for a man who looks completely male (has a beard or something) to walk into a women's bathroom just because he was born female

Surely that would cause more offense to the women in there?

It would also be very dangerous for a trans woman to go in a men's bathroom in a lot of places

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Re: is it just me or is this fucking insane?
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2012, 09:36:22 AM »
It's stupid on so many counts, and not only for anyone who is transsexual.

Think about it.

So if you're a single mother with son that's toddler age...now what? Or did they make a exception for that?

Assholes...soon they will be posting guards now to check out the equipment before you can take a piss. ::)

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Re: is it just me or is this fucking insane?
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2012, 09:40:13 AM »
That's a good point actually. I hadn't even thoughgt of that.

I don't see why they need to make laws for this kinda thing anyway. I mean how often do you hear about transsexual paedophiles going into a bathroom to rape kids or transsexual voyeurs going into a bathroom to perv on people? Both of those things can happen with non-trans people too. I don't see what the problem is personally

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Re: is it just me or is this fucking insane?
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2012, 09:53:39 AM »
I'd say 90% of all the people that you ever talk to that admit to having been molested as a child, were molested by someone they knew, or a member of the family...not some random stranger.

This is a bullshit law.

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Re: is it just me or is this fucking insane?
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2012, 03:06:07 PM »
The only thing i fear in public toilets is having no loo roll.  I'v never heard about any 'problems' so i wonder why they are doing it.  It's very silly and not required.
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Re: is it just me or is this fucking insane?
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2012, 03:12:26 PM »
It will also overrule any policies stores have (such as Macys who let trans people use whichever dressing rooms they want). You would think republicans would be AGAINST legislating what businesses should be doing in their own buildings. obviously the massive problem of transsexuals going to the toilet is much bigger than that tho ::)

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Re: is it just me or is this fucking insane?
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2012, 03:17:37 PM »
Tennessee seems to be on a roll did you see the other bills they have in the article. 
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Re: is it just me or is this fucking insane?
« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2012, 03:59:04 PM »
Yup, its insane.

In ladies toilets, we all have seperate cubicles anyway, so Im not sure why anyone really cares if a m2f transexual uses the ladies toilets.
Ive been in mens toilets, and they have to pee in a trough or urinal. I think it would be better to give guys the same privacy as girls, and then hopefully they wouldnt have to worry about a gay or trans person seeing their cock.

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Re: is it just me or is this fucking insane?
« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2012, 04:02:10 PM »
there's usually at least one cubicle in men's toilets as well. I always use the cubicle

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Re: is it just me or is this fucking insane?
« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2012, 04:18:46 PM »
there's usually at least one cubicle in men's toilets as well. I always use the cubicle

Yes, but guys will be teased if they are too shy to piss on front of everyone.

I heard about a company that was trying to create a urinal for girls. I hope that never happens.

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Re: is it just me or is this fucking insane?
« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2012, 04:37:09 PM »
Some guys always use the cubicle. And if you shut the door people will just assume you need to shit lol

Plus guys generally don't all go to the toilet together anyway, so your mates wont know if you go and use a cubicle

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Re: is it just me or is this fucking insane?
« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2012, 05:38:00 PM »
I'm proud to be a citizen of the stupidest state in America. :wanker:

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Re: is it just me or is this fucking insane?
« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2012, 05:42:42 PM »
I'm proud to be a citizen of the stupidest state in America. :wanker:

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