"Bathroom Baker," Meet "Bathrom Bill"

[Shana A]

"Bathroom Baker," Meet "Bathrom Bill"
Published Jul 14 2010, 06:32 AM by David S. Bernstein

http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2010/07/14/quot-bathroom-baker-quot-meet-quot-bathrom-bill-quot.aspx

It used to be, when media reports referred to transgender equality legislation as the "bathroom bill," I could rant about the journalistic irresponsibility. And we all feel good when we can feel morally superior to people in the news media.

I suspect we'll be seeing that phrase a lot today -- here it is this morning, slapped into the headline of an AP story by bostonchannel.com -- because MassTrans is leading a rally at the statehouse in a final effort to get the legislature to pass the piece of legislation that, as far as I've been able to determine, a majority in both houses supports but probably won't bring to the floor because they're a bunch of pantywaists. (Go ahead and feel morally superior to me for using that term.)

I've got no problem with people opposing the bill, or with supporting it but being too much of a sissyboy to vote on it; it's even fine if you want to argue that a broad range of civil rights should be curtailed if those rights might, conceivably, result in the legal use of a wee-wee in the ladies' stalls.

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Transgender Groups Pushing 'Bathroom Bill'
Critics Say Bill Would Break Down Privacy Rights

POSTED: 6:34 am EDT July 14, 2010

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BOSTON -- Transgender advocates are preparing to gather at the Statehouse to urge state legislators to pass a bill that would grant transgender people increased legal protections.

The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition is scheduled to hold a press conference Wednesday at 11 a.m. to recommend the passage of legislation before July 31 that would add "gender identity and expression" to the state's nondiscrimination laws.

Supporters said the legislation will help shield transgender people from being denied employment or housing.