I'm sorry and I feel for him but he needs to use a male restroom. He has a penis and his chromosomes are that of a male. I wouldn't want a female to male transgendered person in the men's restroom while I was in there. It makes people uncomfortable. The only way he should be let in there is if the state has legally declared him a female. Then by all means he should have access to these facilities.

i don't see what the big deal is, as long as she puts the seat down when she's finished, i'm all set.

No, she doesn't need to use a male restroom. The law is quite clear, if someone identifies as female they use the female facilities whether or not they are still physically male. And that's the way it should be, if you're uncomfortable that's your problem and you need to get over it.

Matt, you *really* need to educate yourself on transgender issues a bit.

Okay Chris I will. Now that I further looked into this issue, I have discovered that Transgendered people are defined as a gender issues and not a sexual orientation issue. Since this is a gay blog and being gay is a sexual orientation issue and not a gender one then this article *really* shouldn't have been posted here. Chris you say I need to educate myself on transgendered issues. Why? I'm not transgendered and I don't know anyone who is so why should I care. I just stated my opinion. If the law allows them such priveleges, I'm all for it. If not then I'm against it. It makes no difference to me.

hey- as long as the law doesn't affect you then why care right?
so if the law says you can't marry your partner, then you're all for it??

and while i think this blog is titled as a gay blog, it encompasses the whole GLBT crowd.

I have no problem with not being able to marry. I seriously could never see myself wanting to have a wedding ceremony with another man. Sounds like a back log of divorces if you ask me.

Eleanor Roosevelt commented on social justice in this quote:

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home-so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any map of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person: The neighbourhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world.

And the reason you should care about other minorities besides gays, Matt, is found in an MLK Jr. quote:

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Because everything is about you, right, Matt? Because you don't think you'd want to marry, you don't give a fuck if everyone else can. Nice.

Love how Matt thinks he learned everything there is to know about gender identity, sexual orientation, and the connections between discrimination on the basis of either in the 11 minutes between my comment and his response.

I tried to post a comment earlier that included links to several webpages that articulate some of the reasons why gay, lesbian, and bisexual people should care about transgender rights, but for some reason my comment wouldn't post. But given the whole "if it doesn't affect me directly, then I don't care and don't want to hear about it" attitude, I doubt any of those arguments would sink in anyway.