Washington Quietly Adopts New Transgender Bathroom, Locker Room Policies

http://dailysignal.com/2016/01/04/washington-quietly-adopts-new-transgender-bathroom-locker-room-policies/

Daily Signal/ Kelsey Harkness  / @kelseyjharkness / January 04, 2016 /

"One day after Christmas, Washington state quietly adopted a set of new policies regarding transgender individuals using sex-specific facilities. The rules, adopted by the state Human Rights Commission, make it illegal for business owners to limit sex-specific facilities such as bathrooms, showers, and locker rooms to persons with the anatomical parts of one sex."

Washington ROCKS!!

But it ain't over yet

Transgender locker room rules prompt outcry at state Capitol

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/politics-government/article53199315.html

The News Tribune
By Melissa Santos
January 5, 2016 4:37 PM


Highlights
New rules say transgender people can use restrooms consistent with their gender identity

Some lawmakers say the rules pose safety and privacy concerns

Supporters say the rules are in line with a law approved in 2006

The debate over allowing transgender individuals to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity has moved from local YMCAs to the state Capitol.

Several Republican lawmakers want to rein in Washington state's new rules that say businesses and public entities must let transgender people use facilities consistent with the gender they identify with, regardless of whether they've undergone sex reassignment surgery.

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Aaargh- They just don't get it. Access to the proper restroom is important for the pre-op/non-op transgender for their safety. It's the early in transition folks who are in more danger. The first time out MtF who goes into a men's room is more likely to get the stuffings beat out of her or worse, or the trans-man going into a women's room.

People should be able to use the restroom of the gender they're presenting. Most womens' rooms have private stalls so no one is going to know what's between their legs anyway. A pre-op, Buck Angel looking type trans-man is going to be a lot less disruptive than using the ladies room. They just don't get it!   JMHO

Get Ready for the Right-Wing Backlash Over Washington's New Transgender Bathroom Policy

http://www.thestranger.com/blogs/slog/2016/01/06/23344176/get-ready-for-the-right-wing-backlash-over-washingtons-new-transgender-bathroom-policy

he Stranger/by Ansel Herz •  Jan 6, 2016 at 12:57 pm

"The Washington legislative session gets underway next week and Republican officials are busy riling up the fears of their base over a new rule from the state's Human Rights Commission that explicitly protects the right of transgender people to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity."