Michelle Rayner's College Classmates Won't Let Trans Students Pee In Peace
http://www.queerty.com/michelle-rayners-college-classmates-wont-let-trans-students-pee-in-peace-20101129/ (http://www.queerty.com/michelle-rayners-college-classmates-wont-let-trans-students-pee-in-peace-20101129/)
Michelle Rayner, a FTM transgender student at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, Canada, says that on "countless occasions I have been carded in public washrooms, pushed around at work, spit on, and labeled a freak, disgusting and morally void." But I can't imagine any of that "prepares" someone for being assaulted in a campus bathroom.
"Walking into the woman's washroom at James Dunn Hall after class detonated an explosive altercation that occurred for no other reason than my presence was unwanted," writes Ryaner about the attack that took place in September. "A fellow student was standing by the sink, watching my entrance; she verbally voiced her discontent of having a male enter the washroom designated for women. After my explanation that biologically I was female, I was called a '->-bleeped-<-got' and brought down to the lowest while punched in the lower lip before I could defend myself. Stumbling out of the door I unexplainable began apologizing to her essentially for what I am."