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The imaginary predator in America's transgender bathroom war

Started by traci_k, May 02, 2016, 06:47:16 AM

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May 02, 2016, 06:47:16 AM
The imaginary predator in America's transgender bathroom war

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/04/28/transgender-bathroom-bills-discrimination/32594395/

USA TODAY
Alia E. Dastagir, \ 8:32 p.m. EDT April 29, 2016

You have to pee.

If you're like 99% of America, you look at pictograms, predictable gender binaries, to guide you toward the appropriate toilet. A person in pants on the left. A person in a dress on the right. If you're a woman, it's irrelevant that you have a vagina, are wearing jeans and can't recall the last time you donned a triangle dress to a dinner party. You know to hang a right, while men go left. The signage isn't literal, it reveals how culture wants your gender to look. It reveals what door it wants you to walk through.
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Nice Op/Ed in USA Today from the other day.
Traci Melissa Knight
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