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In reply to the discussion: Transgender people must use birth-gender bathroom, says Chattanooga lawmakers’ bill [View all]alp227
(31,961 posts)95. where are the Republicans condemning this nanny state invasion on our lives?
oh wait, they've run out of breath getting worked up over San Francisco banning Happy Meal toys (misrepresenting that law of course banning kids from eating fast food) and Obama not releasing his birth certificate. and of course gays deserve to get their lives ruined! and regarding the scare tactic of sexual assaults happening in restrooms or dressing rooms. sexual assault in that setting is already illegal and will remain to be even if transgender people get equal access. the simple presence of a man dressed as a woman in the women's room isn't a danger unless the person intended to commit lewd conduct.
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Transgender people must use birth-gender bathroom, says Chattanooga lawmakers’ bill [View all]
d_r
Jan 2012
OP
the answer to this, of course, is unisex bathromms (remember the screaming when they were blocking
niyad
Jan 2012
#1
So what happens when the born female, now guy, uses the dressing room?
Old and In the Way
Jan 2012
#2
Does transgender mean before genitals are surgically changed to other gender?
Honeycombe8
Jan 2012
#37
This sounds like your typical republican "small government" approach to a non-existant problem.
Old and In the Way
Jan 2012
#39
Republicans are only interested in small government when it comes to regulating corporations
nxylas
Jan 2012
#58
I am no expert, not by a long shot, but it's more complicated than that, from what I have learned.
MADem
Jan 2012
#80
I was in a crowded public bathroom once, where I asked a young man something.
Honeycombe8
Jan 2012
#107
I, for one, always worry about transgendered women raping me in the ladies room
TheCruces
Jan 2012
#117
In that case he/she has to go outside and it is his/her fault! So there! Nanny nanny boo boo.
yellowcanine
Jan 2012
#49
True, but no man shits in a public toilet unless it is a near death emergency
joeglow3
Jan 2012
#114
Jeez, here I got my dick cut off just so I could sneak into women's restrooms ...
eppur_se_muova
Jan 2012
#4
You do know that all religions are made up fantasies by old crackpots who thought the World is flat
snooper2
Jan 2012
#66
Do you have a bill number for that "Gotta Be Gay" legislation you mentioned?
Zenlitened
Jan 2012
#69
"Cross-dressing is a form of gender expression and is not necessarily tied to erotic activity."
Boojatta
Jan 2012
#78
Did "cross-dresser" become the preferred term to avoid confusion with "transgender"?
hedgehog
Jan 2012
#85
I have not a hint of a clue. I do know I won't use that other "t" word indiscriminately
MADem
Jan 2012
#89
So, is Tenn. going to require showing a birth certificate to use a public bathroom now?
appleannie1
Jan 2012
#15
Small-dicked GOPer afraid someone might see how small he really is ;) n/t
markpkessinger
Jan 2012
#18
That's so stupid. Don't they realize that tgs are usually attracted to people who are their birth
craigmatic
Jan 2012
#84
Backlash event going on now.....sending him toilet paper to show opposition.
southerncrone
Jan 2012
#103