Fri Jul 15, 2011 at 06:52 AM PDT
Hate Groups at it Again

by rserven

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/07/15/994883/-Hate-Groups-at-it-Again

Here we go again.  Massachusetts is debating An Act Relative to Transgender Equal Rights that would provide protections from discrimination in public transit, hospitals, hotels, restaurants, schools, and bathrooms, and the usual suspects have skipped by all the items until they got to bathrooms.
Ah, yes.  Men dressed like women are going to rape your daughter and/or your wife in public toilets if transgender people are accorded equal citizenship.

Has there ever been a case of a transperson committing such an act in a public restroom?  Research comes up empty.  How many sexual predators dress as women in order to perform their nefarious deeds?  And is it fair to punish transpeople for the perceived deeds of people who are not trans?

Has anyone pointed out to these people that after a couple of months HRT, you no longer have a multi-functional plumbing fitting?  Or don't they like to be confused by the facts?

Un fortunately, this post a while later answers her rhetorical question about felons cross dressing for the purpose of committing felonies.  Sigh

https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,102123.0.html

You know, it would be really helpful if the people writing the bill would come up with a definition of transsexuals, as defined by medical doctors.  I think ignorance about transgender people is really really high compared to homosexuals.  After all, I imagine when someone thinks of transsexuals, they think of people in drag.

Quote from: Vicky on July 18, 2011, 12:43:17 AM
Un fortunately, this post a while later answers her rhetorical question about felons cross dressing for the purpose of committing felonies.  Sigh

That report, is actually mneaningless.

We could cite gun owners who go out on shooting sprees and conclude that all gun owners will do this.

One issue repeatedly raised by the racists here in the UK, Muslims who break the law, so all Muslims are criminals.