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In reply to the discussion: Planet Fitness cancels woman's membership after her complaints of transgender woman in locker room [View all]MillennialDem
(2,367 posts)and struts into the wrong bathroom has a lot less legal footing than a trans woman. If they ask the trans woman why she's in the wrong bathroom and she doesn't have a letter but has been treated for being trans with hormones and/or surgeries well that's still more proof that she's in there because of her identity and not to harass other women.
Of course there is a question of if walking into the wrong locker room or bathroom by itself and just doing your business as ordinary without leering, flirting, peeping, exposing yourself unnecessarily is even illegal. It probably isn't (especially with bathrooms), though it certainly would violate cultural norms and likely get you thrown out. Think about it - walk into wrong bathroom or locker room by mistake. Illegal? Doubt it. Walk into wrong bathroom with a child (or child is wrong gender) or disabled person. Illegal? Doubt it. Go charging into the wrong bathroom faster than Usain Bolt because you're about to poop your pants or hack your guts out. Illegal? Doubt it. Of course police can come up with generic charges like disorderly conduct or disturbing the peace as well (not that these are big deals, just fines usually).
It's the leering/peeping/exposing yourself unnecessarily part that's illegal. If a gay man was harassing other men in the men's room it would be illegal too... it would just be harder to prove because he's not violating any cultural norms being there.
Really though trust me, the last person you should be worried about harassing you is a trans woman. A very high percentage of us are lesbians but most of us are terrified of police. Police treat us like shit because they're usually ultra conservative men (and what more disgusting to them than a "man" who doesn't want to be a man) and often try to put us in men's jails or in administrative segregation. I've never seen the inside of a jail cell or even known another trans woman who has but it still frightens the hell out of me.