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Fear and Loathing in Public Bathrooms, or How I Learned to Hold My Pee

Started by LearnedHand, April 11, 2014, 10:51:33 PM

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April 11, 2014, 10:51:33 PM
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/04/11/transgender_in_public_bathrooms_why_does_our_safety_always_come_second.html
Author: Ivan E. Coyote, Source: Slate

[. . .] the first thing out of many women's mouths is that they have a right to feel safe in a public washroom, and that, no offense, but if they saw someone who "looks like me" in there, well, they would feel afraid, too. [. . .] What is always implied here is that I am other, somehow, that I don't also need to feel safe. That somehow their safety trumps mine.

I get tired of the realities of trans and gender non-conforming people's lives being overshadowed and ignored in favour of a boogey-man that might be lurking in the ladies room.
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Excerpt from Gender Failure by Ivan E. Coyote and Rae Spoon. Good article, has anyone read the book?
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