𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"Nov 23, 2024

"So I'm just supposed to let a person who looks like a man in a dress go into the women's bathroom??"

Yes literally yes. It blows my mind that people still do not understand this. There are zero instances of a person doing this with criminal malicious intent. Public bathrooms are for the public. That means even sharing it with people whose exact shape, size, and color of their genitals could be a mystery to you. You are not the crotch police.

Don't like that? Then fucking pee at home.

Show threadSchroedinger

@Lana I still want to question why we are not moving towards gender neurral bathrooms? All stalls? Then it doesn't matter what you are doing or how.

Our office has then, and marked as "gender neutral" not some odd male/female symbol. It says to me that they are just for people who need to dispose of bodily waste.

Oh, and they have sanitary products available and clearly on view. Which is lovely to see.

You are supposed to let people use toilets. As they need. Also, it is people who want to make these quick decisions who we need to be saved form. Because the most dangerous people are the white male supremacists.

Not people who wear dresses.

Nov 23, 2024 at 7:53pmWeb
Show threadskryNov 23, 2024
@SteveClough @Lana One-person unisex loos are fine, as are family rooms with diaper changing stations, but the value of multiperson women's rooms includes being able to get away from violent men and be safe long enough to tell someone else or make a phone call, etc. (or the nicety of being able to repair your appearance without a companion watching). I've needed to get away from men many times but have never had an issue with LGBTQ women.
Show threadCatherine is not complacentNov 24, 2024
@SteveClough @Lana my favorite bars in Maine just have bathrooms. Non specific hey this is the pee room don’t care bathrooms.
Show threadMike McGrawNov 24, 2024
@SteveClough @Lana
In the absence of urinals I’m sure there would be “manly men” who decide their only option is to *climb up on the toilet* and pee downward. No sitting! Ever!!
Show threadColin Cogle Nov 25, 2024

@SteveClough @Lana Agreed! It’s tough with existing construction that might have rooms with rows of urinals, but for new construction, just build rooms with one toilet each and call it a day.

That single-occupancy privacy also benefits cisgendered people who shouldn’t have ordered the extra-extra-hot wings the night before and may or may not be me.