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Title: THINK OF THE BATHROOMS!
Post by: Butterfly on January 26, 2010, 05:28:02 PM
Post by: Butterfly on January 26, 2010, 05:28:02 PM
THINK OF THE BATHROOMS!
By MAYA PHILLIPS
26 January, 2010
http://www.weeklydig.com/news-opinions/news-us/201001/think-bathrooms (http://www.weeklydig.com/news-opinions/news-us/201001/think-bathrooms)
Last Thursday, hundreds of transgender Massachusetts residents gathered in the State House to lobby (yet again) for the right to stand under the state's hate crime and nondiscrimination umbrella. Currently, a range of person-flavors are covered—including race, religion, age, nationality, disability, sex and sexual orientation—but not transgender identity.
Ironically, transgender individuals—defined by the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) as a "people who transition from one gender to another and/or people who defy social expectations of how they should look, act, or identify based on their birth sex"—are probably the most widely discriminated against.
By MAYA PHILLIPS
26 January, 2010
http://www.weeklydig.com/news-opinions/news-us/201001/think-bathrooms (http://www.weeklydig.com/news-opinions/news-us/201001/think-bathrooms)
Last Thursday, hundreds of transgender Massachusetts residents gathered in the State House to lobby (yet again) for the right to stand under the state's hate crime and nondiscrimination umbrella. Currently, a range of person-flavors are covered—including race, religion, age, nationality, disability, sex and sexual orientation—but not transgender identity.
Ironically, transgender individuals—defined by the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) as a "people who transition from one gender to another and/or people who defy social expectations of how they should look, act, or identify based on their birth sex"—are probably the most widely discriminated against.
Title: THINK OF THE BATHROOMS! Will this nondiscrimination bill transition to a law?
Post by: Shana A on January 27, 2010, 11:53:39 AM
Post by: Shana A on January 27, 2010, 11:53:39 AM
THINK OF THE BATHROOMS!
Will this nondiscrimination bill transition to a law?
By MAYA PHILLIPS
http://www.weeklydig.com/news-opinions/news-us/201001/think-bathrooms (http://www.weeklydig.com/news-opinions/news-us/201001/think-bathrooms)
Last Thursday, hundreds of transgender Massachusetts residents gathered in the State House to lobby (yet again) for the right to stand under the state's hate crime and nondiscrimination umbrella. Currently, a range of person-flavors are covered—including race, religion, age, nationality, disability, sex and sexual orientation—but not transgender identity.
Ironically, transgender individuals—defined by the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) as a "people who transition from one gender to another and/or people who defy social expectations of how they should look, act, or identify based on their birth sex"—are probably the most widely discriminated against.
Will this nondiscrimination bill transition to a law?
By MAYA PHILLIPS
http://www.weeklydig.com/news-opinions/news-us/201001/think-bathrooms (http://www.weeklydig.com/news-opinions/news-us/201001/think-bathrooms)
Last Thursday, hundreds of transgender Massachusetts residents gathered in the State House to lobby (yet again) for the right to stand under the state's hate crime and nondiscrimination umbrella. Currently, a range of person-flavors are covered—including race, religion, age, nationality, disability, sex and sexual orientation—but not transgender identity.
Ironically, transgender individuals—defined by the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) as a "people who transition from one gender to another and/or people who defy social expectations of how they should look, act, or identify based on their birth sex"—are probably the most widely discriminated against.
Title: Re: THINK OF THE BATHROOMS! Will this nondiscrimination bill transition to a law?
Post by: spacial on January 27, 2010, 12:18:30 PM
Post by: spacial on January 27, 2010, 12:18:30 PM
I know this may sound a little crass but can't the TG community in Massachusetts simply agree to use the toilets associated with their birth gender?
It's only a toilet after all.
I realise that some may claim this offends dignity, and I don't disagree.
Quite frankly, I don't see why we need separate toilets for genders. I know that men don't go in flashing their genitals. If they do, in the UK at least, they get arrested.
Women, generally, take longer to use the toilet so, in busy places and events, it isn't unusual to see queues of women waiting, while the men's is almost empty.
This could easily lead to a breakdown in the sex deemarkation in Toilets, which can only be a good thing for everyone.
It's only a toilet after all.
I realise that some may claim this offends dignity, and I don't disagree.
Quite frankly, I don't see why we need separate toilets for genders. I know that men don't go in flashing their genitals. If they do, in the UK at least, they get arrested.
Women, generally, take longer to use the toilet so, in busy places and events, it isn't unusual to see queues of women waiting, while the men's is almost empty.
This could easily lead to a breakdown in the sex deemarkation in Toilets, which can only be a good thing for everyone.
Title: Re: THINK OF THE BATHROOMS! Will this nondiscrimination bill transition to a law?
Post by: spacial on January 27, 2010, 12:49:33 PM
Post by: spacial on January 27, 2010, 12:49:33 PM
Quote from: Laura91 on January 27, 2010, 12:41:14 PM
If a trans person used the restroom consistent with their birth gender, that would be a recipe for disaster.
Why?