Transphobia
Link7/11/2008
This story came out over the last week about transsexual discrimination that happened at London Pride in the UK. Roz Kaveney explains in her own words:
Official stewards who were running the toilets at Trafalgar Square announced that I, and any other transgender or transsexual woman, had to use the disabled toilets and was not allowed to use the regular women's toilets.I was thinking about this after being involved in a brief discussion the other day regarding gender-neutral washrooms. The discussion centered around the inclusion of gender-neutral washrooms being placed in a post-secondary institution and if they were necessary or not. One side of the argument stated that it didn't make sense to spend money on single washrooms that only "4 or 5 people would use". While the other side stated that it is important to create private spaces that might make people, such as a trans individual, more comfortable and safe.
