Can anyone cite a single instance of it being problematic when a trans woman used the women’s toilet or a trans man used the men’s? Has this ever actually caused trouble? Because it seems the UK Government is bending over backwards to appease bigots over entirely imaginary, and probably not even genuine, fears.
And can these politicians not see how it will be problematic for very feminine trans women to be using men’s toilets and very masculine trans men to be using the women’s? Will anyone feel more comfortable that way?
I looked it up on a quick online search, the only actual problems I found were trans women being harassed (in at least one case, even police was called on her), often by men.
Technical trouble? Of course not. But socially – all the time. Most people, for some reason, think that the toilet sex division is important. Try to enter the wrong door and you’ll see it by yourself. While men mostly don’t mind if a woman runs in man toilet, women can be really angry at men running into theirs.
While men mostly don’t mind if a woman runs in man toilet, women can be really angry at men running into theirs.
If that were the rationale, it would make no sense to rule that trans women must use the men’s toilet and trans men must use the women’s. That’s a recipe for exactly the discomfort you describe.
There have been instances of serial child predators claiming to be trans as a defense when caught exposing themselves to kids in women’s locker rooms and such, but laws never stopped rapists, so it’s irrelevant.
Fox News likes to frame it as liberals giving them permission to do so, though.
Can anyone cite a single instance of it being problematic when a trans woman used the women’s toilet or a trans man used the men’s? Has this ever actually caused trouble? Because it seems the UK Government is bending over backwards to appease bigots over entirely imaginary, and probably not even genuine, fears.
And can these politicians not see how it will be problematic for very feminine trans women to be using men’s toilets and very masculine trans men to be using the women’s? Will anyone feel more comfortable that way?
I looked it up on a quick online search, the only actual problems I found were trans women being harassed (in at least one case, even police was called on her), often by men.
Technical trouble? Of course not. But socially – all the time. Most people, for some reason, think that the toilet sex division is important. Try to enter the wrong door and you’ll see it by yourself. While men mostly don’t mind if a woman runs in man toilet, women can be really angry at men running into theirs.
Why? I don’t know.
If that were the rationale, it would make no sense to rule that trans women must use the men’s toilet and trans men must use the women’s. That’s a recipe for exactly the discomfort you describe.
Dingdingding, this is exactly why this shit is transphobic.
There have been instances of serial child predators claiming to be trans as a defense when caught exposing themselves to kids in women’s locker rooms and such, but laws never stopped rapists, so it’s irrelevant.
Fox News likes to frame it as liberals giving them permission to do so, though.
Yes, the response to a child predator who says “But I’m trans!” should be “So what?” It’s irrelevant to the matter of trans rights, as you say.