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bostonchef72296 t1_iz4m0zx wrote

The right wingers argument for not wanting to allow people to use the bathrooms they identify with is that any man could just say they identify as a woman and use the woman’s bathroom and assault someone. So if men start randomly identifying as women when they actually don’t feel that way, they will just be proving the right wingers right that it is dangerous to let trans women in bathrooms. (regardless of the fact that no assault took place)

It is also delegitimizes trans identity when someone “identifies” as a woman just to gain access to a space when they actually don’t feel that way. Trans people have fought really hard to be able to use the right bathroom and we still get harassed and assaulted and sometimes even killed for just existing in spaces like that, so it’s really offensive for a cis man to say “oh, well the wait for the mens is too long I’ll just identify as a woman to use the other bathroom.” Like, just no. Just use the bathroom, as a man. It’s really not a problem. You don’t need to bring an offensive, problematic identity issue with it.

I have no problem with genderfluid people, of course. If that is their genuine expression of their gender. If it only happens around bathroom usage, they can fuck right off. But still, I don’t give a single fuck if a man uses a woman’s bathroom. We are all adults here. Just don’t be a creep and we are all good. It’s a single stall in this situation so it is 0% a problem. There’s just no need to bring gender identity into it at all.

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