[Maru]

Originally Posted by Cherie

The fixation on toilets is pretty ridiculous and designed to demean

Its all about bathrooms they cry when it really isn't

To be fair, if one concedes on bathroom spaces, they pretty much have to concede on most—if not all—others... because it's the most private area where most of us are going to share a space as the same sex. Locker rooms I would put into the same category of arguments.

It would introduce a lot of awkwardness when it comes to areas of social life where maybe an organization or institutions would like to allow transwomen... for example, girls camp... little known fact, but in some areas schools send their kids off for about a week in 5th grade... but imagine they can't share bedroom/bathroom spaces where almost all the female social skills and experiences really solidify at that age. Maybe they can't due to the potential of violating the larger law. I can see where there is less room for compromise without a clearer picture of where integration is encouraged and where lines are best drawn...

So I think legislation could and should strive to go further to outline exactly how we intend to integrate trans-folk into an increasingly complex society instead of walking around it and allowing for this weird unhappy middle where no one has any really clue where it falls... that will cause a lot of problems down the line and it's causing problems now, imo.