Bill would clarify restroom use
By Mark LaFlamme, Staff Writer
Published Mar 11, 2011 12:00 am | Last updated Mar 11, 2011 12:00 am
http://www.sunjournal.com/city/story/998475 (http://www.sunjournal.com/city/story/998475)
AUGUSTA — State Rep. Ken Fredette wants everyone to be clear on where he or she can go to the bathroom.
The Newport representative has submitted a bill to clarify the Maine Human Rights Act stance on restroom and shower facilities.
In pondering his bill, Fredette considered a 2007 incident in which the owners of an Auburn restaurant were sued for refusing to let a transgender person use the ladies room.
That's wonderful news! Bathrooms are one of the reasons Canada's Prime Minister disagrees with a bill being passed to include gender identity in the anti-discrimination law. Apparently he's more worried about the incredibly slim chance that creepy men might start watching women in change rooms than the hundreds of people who get fired, denied employment and housing, and get beaten or killed because of their gender identity and don't get the proper justice they deserve. It's despicable. No one has the right to tell another person what their gender is and in what room they belong.