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In reply to the discussion: That Moment When You Suddenly Realize [View all]Saviolo
(3,280 posts)69. Tons of other ancillary issues involved.
Like, who gets to decide who "passes?"
Additionally, restricting people from using the washroom of the sex they identify with has its own pitfalls. A trans woman is going to present as a woman. If the assertion is that they were born as men, so they must use the men's room, you have an entirely new problem. Are women going to be okay with trans men entering the women's washroom because they were born as women? They present as men! They dress as men, look like men, and identify as men. Guaranteed women don't want them in the ladies' room.
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This entire bathroom thing is so absurd. What do they want, a cop outside each bathroom with
RKP5637
May 2016
#1
Why did they start pushing, because some where Washington told them they had to allow
LiberalArkie
May 2016
#10
The directive to schools and states came AFTER the NC rights-killing legislation. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2016
#14
Why did NC pass the state law if the federal gov did not have a law saying to do it.
LiberalArkie
May 2016
#15
If you want to play that game, bathroom bills were discussed by republicans in Arizona in 2013.
MillennialDem
May 2016
#25
Don't post made up stuff as if it were fact when you "weren't keeping app {sic} with the matter". nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2016
#29
Okay. It's just that your questions contained assumptions posed as facts.
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2016
#42
Because North Carolina put it in an omnibus rights killing bill. Ask Gov McCrory . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2016
#8
The individuals are a very well paid group of "christian" operatives in Orlando Florida.
Ford_Prefect
May 2016
#47
I agree with a number of things you've said. I like the idea of a separate unisex rest room as you
RKP5637
May 2016
#58