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Title: Today's Battles
Post by: Shana A on July 17, 2009, 02:03:41 PM
Friday, 17 July 2009
Today's Battles
Zoe Brain

http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2009/07/todays-battles.html (http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2009/07/todays-battles.html)

More on "Bathroom Bills" again. This time, Massachussets House Bill 1728.

From the Boston Herald:

    Transgender bathrooms coming soon???

    Today at the State House there will be a hearing on House Bill 1728–An Act Relative to Gender Based Discrimination and Hate Crimes.

    If this bill is passed public bathrooms across the Commonwealth will no longer be separated based on gender — male and female. Men will be able to use the lady's room and women will be able to visit the men's room. I suppose putting urinals in lady's rooms is next....

This has led to the desired hysteria in the comments section, of course: