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Title: The bathroom scare: ‘Public bathrooms just won’t be safe anymore’-Parts 1 & 2
Post by: SandraJane on August 28, 2011, 03:41:18 PM
Keen News Service

The bathroom scare: 'Public bathrooms just won't be safe anymore'-Parts 1 & 2
By Dana Rudolph on August 11, 2011: First of two parts

http://www.keennewsservice.com/2011/08/11/the-bathroom-scare-public-bathrooms-just-wont-be-safe-anymore/ (http://www.keennewsservice.com/2011/08/11/the-bathroom-scare-public-bathrooms-just-wont-be-safe-anymore/)

A right-wing group in Massachusetts has launched a new ad campaign using an old scare tactic—the fear of sexual predators in public bathrooms. The aim is not to shore up security in public restrooms. It's to destroy a bill to prohibit discrimination against people based on their gender identity.


The bathroom scare: Old tactics aimed anew at trans-equality bills
By Dana Rudolph on August 18, 2011; Second of two parts

http://www.keennewsservice.com/2011/08/18/the-bathroom-scare-old-tactics-aimed-anew-at-trans-equality-bills/ (http://www.keennewsservice.com/2011/08/18/the-bathroom-scare-old-tactics-aimed-anew-at-trans-equality-bills/)

Opponents of equal rights for LGBT people have been using "bathroom scare" tactics for some years now to try and stop bills that would prohibit discrimination against transgender people, but fears about who can use public restrooms have a long history in the struggle for civil rights.
Title: Re: The bathroom scare: ‘Public bathrooms just won’t be safe anymore’-Parts 1 & 2
Post by: spacial on August 29, 2011, 03:23:33 AM
A thought occurs.

Are public bathrooms that safe now?

Title: Re: The bathroom scare: ‘Public bathrooms just won’t be safe anymore’-Parts 1 & 2
Post by: Cindy on August 29, 2011, 03:33:47 AM
I reckon you will find that there are more boys sexually assaulted in 'male' bathrooms by men than there girls sexually assaulted in 'female' bathrooms by TG woman.

Cindy
Title: Re: The bathroom scare: ‘Public bathrooms just won’t be safe anymore’-Parts 1 & 2
Post by: justmeinoz on August 29, 2011, 04:08:30 AM
Cindy has a good point. Do they have any figures to back up their claims?

Karen.
Title: Re: The bathroom scare: ‘Public bathrooms just won’t be safe anymore’-Parts 1 & 2
Post by: Vicky on August 30, 2011, 12:43:32 AM
How many male plumbers wear cocktail dresses when they are unclogging the toilet in a womens room??
Title: Re: The bathroom scare: ‘Public bathrooms just won’t be safe anymore’-Parts 1 & 2
Post by: Arch on August 30, 2011, 01:05:39 AM
Quote from: spacial on August 29, 2011, 03:23:33 AM
A thought occurs.

Are public bathrooms that safe now?

Aw, you took the words right out of my mouth.