cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/179812
In the modern anti-transgender panic, several states have passed laws banning transgender people from restrooms consistent with their gender identity. Early bills focused primarily on K-12 schools, but the scope quickly expanded. Some states extended bans to even private colleges and universities. Others adopted sweeping “government building” prohibitions, barring transgender people from restrooms…
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21 Comments
adespoton@lemmy.ca · 50 pts · 191d
Obvious solution: more gender neutral bathrooms.
And if anyone complains, just argue that it’s for the children. Mothers need to be able to take their young boys into a safe bathroom space, after all.
Mens and women’s bathrooms really don’t make sense most of the time.
nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca · 24 pts · 191d
That is a potential solution for people looking to resolve the situation. They don't want to do that, they just want to effectively ban trans people from public spaces by making both bathroom options wrong/dangerous.
Witchfire@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 191d
It goes beyond bathrooms. I escaped on an American passport which is close to expiring, and the US government is being a bitch about renewing our passports. They just want us to die, and most people are willing to throw us under the rug
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 191d
One such expansion (Ohio, as of last year IIRC) includes not permitting new gender neutral bathrooms.
TediousTasks@piefed.social · 27 pts · 191d
That's because the cruelty is the point.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 191d
Just don't call it gender neutral, call it "family" or "toilet room" put the sinks on the outside of the room.
Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 187d
That’s the way they’ve done it for years, but they’ll conveniently forget that fact for their agenda.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 191d
even single occupant?
hopesdead@startrek.website · 9 pts · 191d
In California, I’m pretty certain that all public restrooms that were single use had to be converted to gender neutral.
cannibalkitteh@piefed.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 191d
Even more obvious solution: Let people use the bathroom.
leftascenter@jlai.lu · 9 pts · 191d
For them it does, twice. It's part of the group identity and the more sperate the genders, the more gender mixing becomes a problem.
Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 187d
Republicans love all sorts of segregation.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 191d
I once owned a retail establishment that was so small it only required one bathroom. And it was my job to keep it clean, and I never had a problem.
DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth · 30 pts · 191d
What happened to small government?
floofloof@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 191d
Small government = "Don't tax me to do things that benefit society as a whole including minorities."
Free speech = "No one should be allowed to say anything mean to me when I spew hateful speech towards minorities."
2nd amendment = "I should be allowed to shoot minorities without repercussions."
Etc.
pivot_root@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 191d
Oh, no, no. You misunderstand. They want small government as in physical size, not organizational size. The smaller it is, the more places they can fit it in your daily life. /s
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 191d
It's in their pants.
Stormy@thelemmy.club · 10 pts · 191d
Waste of time and money.
Mantzy81@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 191d
Being a cunt is expensive
Eryn6844@piefed.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 191d
keep fighting my children. this too shall pass.
romanticremedy@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 191d
Of course. More power to "bathroom police" would make world safer and affordable right?