The Battle for Transgendered Rights Starts in the Bathroom
http://www.queerty.com/the-battle-for-transgendered-rights-starts-in-the-bathroom-20090112/#comment-112604As if our transgendered brothers and sisters don't deal with enough bull->-bleeped-<- in life, welcome to Gainesville, Florida, which the AP describes as "a generally gay-friendly university city surrounded by staunchly conservative north Florida." Now, some might disagree. Last January the city commission approved a measure to allow transgendered men and women to choose which ever public restroom — male or female — they identified with, and the ruling takes effect this month. You can imagine the outrage it's sparked among conservative and religious types, which has led them to produce this sickening ad, which tries to scare the public into thinking child molesters are now free to follow your sons and daughters into public bathrooms.
Gainesville, which is home to an estimated 100 transgendered residents, will soon be the site of a March 24 ballot measure to have the bathroom provision repealed. And that's just what something called Citizens for Good Public Policy, would like to see happen. They're the ones who produced the commercial and collected 6,000 signatures to put the bathroom issue back up for vote.
