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Maronita2020 t1_iz0yhih wrote

I feel exactly the same way! Now having said that when I worked in group home's we were told that according to MA law the person that needs to use the facilities must use the one they identify with, and that if you don't you are subject to arrest.

I have NEVER seen the law written but that is what we were told! I can't tell you how many times I have had to go into a men's restroom that had multiple stalls even though I am a female because my clients were mail. The company said the law doesn't care if the caretaker is of the opposite gender or not; we must take them to their own gender bathroom.

When I visited a coffee shop which had a single stall men's room and a single stall ladies room we were told me could not enter the men's room unless the women's room was out of order. I suggested to the owner that she take off the gender identity and simply put restroom on the sign seeing they were individual bathrooms, but she wouldn't hear of such a thing. What's funny is it would help women the most seeing that out in public it is usually the women's restroom that has long lines.

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LetMeSleepNoEleven t1_iz1bq3x wrote

Not sure when you worked in a group home, but that is not MA law now.

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Maronita2020 t1_iz2oxn1 wrote

Yah, it was in the 90's. I would imagine it is still the case except now it would be with the gender you identify with meaning if you identify as a female (despite birth gender being male) then you must go to the female restroom.

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LetMeSleepNoEleven t1_iz2phb3 wrote

There’s no law saying what bathroom someone must go to. Only laws saying that people can’t bar you from the bathroom of the gender with which you identify.

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Maronita2020 t1_iz3pmu4 wrote

All I know is what my employer said when I working in the group homes.

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