You Can't Win Department

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You Can't Win Department
A.E. Brain
By Zoe Brain
23 November, 2010



http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2010/11/you-cant-win-department.html


From CBC News:

    A transgendered New Brunswick student says (s)he was struck in the face at St. Thomas University in Fredericton because (s)he entered a women's washroom.
    ...
    (S)he said a female student in the washroom asked her(him) to leave, and Rayner attempted to explain that (s)he's biologically female.

    "She got irate and took a swing at me, called me several names that were very derogatory, and she just caught me in the lip," Rayner said. "So, I staggered out, I apologized for the incident, and I left.

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I might come across as crass, but shouldn't he use the male restroom if he is presenting as male? I do agree that a punch was a bit too harsh, but I don't think he was discriminated against. A man walks into a woman's washroom, and is assaulted by a woman, would I be surprised? Probably not. The perpetrator of the assault did go too far, if the insults hurled at him were about him being trans. Please tell me if I'm wrong about this; I'd be happy to revise my post if necessary.