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Hotler

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21. The christian right. nt

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 25, 2024, 12:36 PM

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City Bans Trans People From Using Restrooms That Don't Match Their Sex Assigned At Birth [View all] surfered Oct 2024 OP

Did we not all grow up (going back decades for lots of us) driving cross country and finding the gas stations hlthe2b Oct 2024 #1

Yes, and we also grew up in houses with just one bathroom. MineralMan Oct 2024 #2

The christian right. nt Hotler Oct 2024 #21

They also grew up sharing bathrooms at home. MineralMan Oct 2024 #34

This ordinance does not apply to businesses LeftInTX Oct 2024 #13

I'm referencing the concept, not the specific ordinance. This is not something NEW to most Americans. hlthe2b Oct 2024 #14

Yep - I had the opposite happen too FreeState Oct 2024 #38

You are forgetting other cases TommyT139 Oct 2024 #31

Yes. I know. I'm on my phone. LeftInTX Oct 2024 #35

Elsewhere TommyT139 Oct 2024 #41

Ok. As long as I'm not on my phone! LeftInTX Oct 2024 #42

For all practical purposes, this is unenforceable. But the intended purpose is to make people afraid * Oopsie Daisy Oct 2024 #3

I have never ever been afraid of or had issues with Quiet Em Oct 2024 #17

Because the men pushing this are projecting their own voyeuristic fantasies onto others. Oopsie Daisy Oct 2024 #20

So how is that going to be enforced? Will there be an official position of Crotch Monitor? Ocelot II Oct 2024 #4

This applies to city facilities LeftInTX Oct 2024 #36

It's still bad even if it doesn't apply to private businesses. Ocelot II Oct 2024 #37

I know it's bad. And it's illegal. LeftInTX Oct 2024 #40

How exactly are they going to enforce it? 4th Oct 2024 #5

So let me get this straight HAB911 Oct 2024 #6

Right. And when that person uses the women's bathroom these same people will scream bloody murder Wiz Imp Oct 2024 #39

Exactly. If what the TERFs and God-botherers are afraid of is trans people providing cover for male sexual predators, meadowlander Oct 2024 #43

If it's about preventing sexual abuse, then they need to ban Jerry2144 Oct 2024 #7

Try and check my "fitness" to be using a women's room. I dare you. Scrivener7 Oct 2024 #8

Texas is an "open carry without permit" state WestMichRad Oct 2024 #9

True surfered Oct 2024 #10

This is insane. area51 Oct 2024 #11

A policeman at ever door? How the fuck do you identify a "trans" person? Ferrets are Cool Oct 2024 #12

It doesn't apply to businesses LeftInTX Oct 2024 #16

Performative legislating. maxsolomon Oct 2024 #15

"Something else to do" for the Texas cop afraid of going after a school shooter, they can harass a trans person instead ck4829 Oct 2024 #18

Unenforceable NT Patton French Oct 2024 #19

Great solution RANDYWILDMAN Oct 2024 #22

Fuck the city of Odessa, TX, then. Initech Oct 2024 #23

And this is how transphobia hurts all women DSandra Oct 2024 #24

Odessa. Liberal In Texas Oct 2024 #25

Will they be policing port-a-potties at fairs and outdoor events in Odessa?? NoMoreRepugs Oct 2024 #26

Texas has become a fascist shithole along with Florida. Basso8vb Oct 2024 #27

What? Are they going to have a cop sit outside every bathroom checking birth certificates? Jacson6 Oct 2024 #28

They have to be sure. keithbvadu2 Oct 2024 #29

They employ.a guard in front of every toilet or what? Klarkashton Oct 2024 #30

Time for some civil disobedience MichMan Oct 2024 #32

Just what the heck, anyways. I've spent my fair share of time in men's rooms in my 70+ years ... marble falls Oct 2024 #33

I'm currently in my local brewpub Retrograde Oct 2024 #44