Hi All,
Well again I come in to give some news and touch base. Wanted to let you all know that in Pheonix AZ a business owner of a food establishment/bar had many TS females coming in and using his restrooms on the ladies side. he was getting constant complaints and decided to obtain a lawyer to defend his rights to keep the woman out of the womans bathroom if they were TS. He had first contacted the firm to find out what legalities were involved. I was then contacted by the firm's representing attorney and asked how could this business owner deal with the issue.
I believe I posted about this somewhere a while back and asked you all to voice your views. I responded to the question by stating that many of you felt that if a person was TS and not cross dressing they had every right to be in the womens bathroom because they were woman, but for CD's it was different. that was the over all tone of the response you all gave me.
Anyway things heated up out there and he was then denying any of the TS woman access to the womens bathroom because he could not tell who was TS verses CD and the patrons were getting pissed.
The attorney that contacted me had read my book and had became discusted with what their firm was doing by backing this business owner in what appeared to her as blatant discrimination against woman, regardless of their TS status. Finally in frustration she gave the business owner the book and asked him to just read it and educate himself on issues facing TS people.
I was contacted this week, and the results are absolutely amazing. Not only did he open the restrooms up to TS population, he has changed his establishment to a TS establishment for the community to have somewhere to frequent and feel comfortable and accepted in a public space!
I wanted to share this with all of you. Because while this is but one small step, it is a victory for all people with variant identities. All of you that answered my poll or question (can't remember quite how I did that) your voices were heard! And change has occured. I also share this with you because I want you all to know that little actions that we all take, can turn out amazing outcomes. So you all are have voices and you can be heard and a difference can be made! If I had not gotten your feedback I would not have been real sure on how to start my responses with the attorney that reflected a collective view of things.
So just wanted to let you know the outcome, and you all should take pride in speaking up when you do these polls. Thanks!
Peace,
Taylor
