Who would have thought bathrooms would ever be such a hot button issue?
But some people just can’t seem to wrap their heads around having to tinkle next to someone they perceive to be the opposite gender. Even if that person has spent a lifetime struggling to achieve their true, sincere gender identity.
This week we saw it play out at a Planet Fitness in Midland, Michigan, when a woman flipped her shit over a transgender woman using the female locker room. The gym handled the situation like pros, but that didn’t stop Fox News from getting their feathers in a royal ruffle.
There is currently pending legislation in Florida, Texas and Canada designed to keep trans people from using their preferred bathroom, and the real problem (as per usual) comes down to people’s inexperience with the issue.
How about we take this to the next level?
Our newsletter is like a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.
Inexperience –> misunderstanding –> fear –> anger. It’s not a cute look.
One trans rights activist, Brae Carnes, is trying to tackle that inexperience with a photo campaign aimed at showing the absurdity of forcing people into a certain bathroom.
“I wanted to show how, if this amendment and bill became law, how ridiculous it would be to have these women in the men’s washroom,” Carnes told CBC Victoria.
Take a look below:
h/t Mic
Bauhaus
Pinched, angry, unhappy people always need something to gripe about. Transgender and immigrants are the current targets of the malcontents on the right. While we are gaining in marriage rights, conservatives are busy trying to chip away at local laws protecting LGBT (deeply held religious view exemptions). What’s worse, there are people on here who feel icky about T, the same reason non-religious straights use to deny us rights.
DarkZephyr
@Bauhaus: I agree and whenever I see people like AlienGod, Jason Smeds or Masc4Masc (yes I am naming names) attacking or misgendering Trans people here at Queerty.com I simply feel ashamed, appalled and embarrassed. And pissed. Gay men are the LAST people who should be treating others like sh*t for not conforming to supposed gender norms. We certainly do not conform to such “norms” when we f**k each other instead of women.
DarkZephyr
And my favorite of these selfies is the one where she is standing there with a man pissing in the back ground. It does look absolutely ridiculous.
Alan down in Florida
What would all these haters done if the brief trend of unisex bathrooms (as brought to us by Ally McBeal) had caught fire? Would they have been able to hold it in all day until they got home? Some people really need to grow up.
polarisfashion
@Alan down in Florida: I’m sure most of them would try to wait it out till they got home. It won’t work though because they are so full of shit anyway!
Giancarlo85
Trans people are at present targets by certain gay men. There is so much pressure in being discriminated by others in the LGBT community and then face discrimination in society as a whole. This discrimination pushes many trans people to suicide as we have seen lately.
I can’t continue to express how angry it makes me to see such disgusting hypocrisy by certain gay men. Gay men have been discriminated against, but then to turn around and discriminate against others? HOW HYPOCRITICAL!
VampDC
The ONLY thing ABSURD is how rude it is to take a picture of someone while they’re peeing in the background. Otherwise – I would feel way more comfortable peeing in front of someone who is biologically a male who transitioned rather than someone who is biologically a female who transitioned.
jason smeds
If being trans means putting on lipstick and standing in front of a mirror, then it proves that being trans is a personality issue and not a sexuality issue. It’s a form of narcissistic personality disorder.
nandaric
@VampDC: No what is rude is forcing transgendered people to use public bathrooms that don’t fit their gender identity.
@jason smeds: You are a complete fucking idiot.
Giancarlo85
@jason smeds: You don’t know what trans is. And yes I agree with nandaric. Take your immature opinions somewhere else, neanderthal. How the fuck is trans a personality issue? Are you that freaking stupid? Do you have any functioning brain? Narcissistic personality disorder? Look in the fucking mirror. You’ll see the narcissist staring right at you.
jason smeds
Transgenderism is a personality based on narcissism. It’s a self-defeating pursuit because it does nothing except expose a personality issue. It doesn’t change your sex. Even self-mutilation in the form of removing one’s penis does nothing except damage the body.
It’s always the lipstick and hair which gives it away, by the way, especially for men-to-woman “transformations”.
DarkZephyr
@VampDC: I am thinking he posed for that shot.
Giancarlo85
@jason smeds: You keep repeating that… Doesn’t make your stupid opinion true. You are not an authority on anything. People like you are part of the problem. You are the holier than thou narcissist. You are a disgrace.
Bauhaus
@Giancarlo85:
You’re right about jason. Remember, his stupid opinions only show his stupidity.
aliengod
Believing that a man should be able to walk into the women’s changing room simply because he “feels like a woman” is ludicrous. Where do you draw the line? What if an elementary school teacher decided one day he was a woman? Should he be allowed to whip his dick out in the little girls room? I think not. It’s completely bizarre behavior and many of you want to act as if it’s perfectly normal. It isn’t. Besides, it’s not an LGB issue. Why is it even being reported on this site. PLEASE, stop with all these ridiculous trans stories.
Giancarlo85
@aliengod: Blah blah blah blah… this isn’t about “feeling like a woman”. This is about gender identity. Maybe this is something you need to learn how to grasp instead of referring to typical stupid conservative paranoia. By the way, teachers have their own staff restrooms separate from the kids. So don’t be stupid.
LGB.. Wrnog. LGBT.
So seriously, we don’t need fanatics like you on this site.
jason smeds
Look, let me get this clear. I’m all for transgenders being treated like human beings. Discrimination against them is wrong. However, I’m opposed to transgenders being lumped in with homosexuality. They’re a world apart. I maintain that transgenderism is largely a personality issue.
Giancarlo85
@jason smeds: No it’s quite obvious you’re not. You’re a massive hypocrite. And they are part of the LGBT community and have been part of the movement… even during Stonewall. I know you like to live in fantasy land and try to separate them, but history speaks otherwise.
And transgenderism has nothing to do with personality traits. It has to do with gender. Is there something you don’t quite grasp here? I didn’t think so. I don’t even know why I bother to talk to someone as dense and foolish as you.
aliengod
@Giancarlo85: You can scream “conservative paranoia” all you’d like. I prefer to call it as it is… basic biology. Born with penis=male, vagina=female. Regardless, LGB issues are completely unrelated to the “trans” movement.
Your constant reminder of “transgender” being involved in Stonewall is incorrect. Stonewall was about LGB, not trans. Simply because there were numerous drag queens and fems involved in the movement doesn’t equate. “Transgender” is a term used long after that period.
Are you capable of explaining how “T” is relevant to the LGB movement without name calling or irrelevant statements?
Giancarlo85
@aliengod: Nobody really cares for you imbecilic caveman like opinions. Again, stop trying to be a know it all when you really know nothing. LGBT, not LGB. Luckily you are not in any position of influence. You are an idiot when it comes to LGBT rights.
And good one trying to be a historical revisionist. There were trans activists at Stonewall. It doesn’t surprise me you tried to play that card. You cannot rewrite history.
Trans people are fully relevant and have been for decades. Prove me wrong without your idiotic conjectures.
Giancarlo85
And I will say it once again. You speak for no one but yourself. Nobody cares what you think. Be a historical revisionist who subscribes to hysteria and hatred. Your disgusting hypocrisy is noted. People like you are a big problem in the LGBT community. The LGBT community would be better off without boneheaded idiots like you. Sometimes I really do wish some people would extricate themselves from the community and go back in the closet. They really cause more damage than good.
DarkZephyr
@aliengod: Why does such a hateful creature like yourself even come to Queerty? This website is pro everything LGBT including Trans. You are out of place here.
jason smeds
Just because somebody added a “T” to “GLB”, it doesn’t mean it’s right. In fact, the whole GLBT thing is a form of thought control. Its days are over. Transgenders have nothing to do with homosexuality.
Giancarlo85
@jason smeds: Again just because you say that doesn’t make it true. And it is LGBT. Learn something please. By the way, thought control? Do you have mental issues? What the heck is wrong with you? Get a grip.
aliengod
@DarkZephyr:Your statement is incorrect. I don’t hate them at all. I think it’s fine if a person wants to pretend to be a different gender. However, it crosses the line when it affects the lives of others. There’s no way a man should be able to put on a wig and some lipstick and think it’s ok to use the women’s changing room. It’s crazy to think otherwise.
Regardless of what you or others say, I’m definitely not alone in the LGB community with my line of thought. Many are aware that trans is a totally unrelated issue.
Giancarlo85
@aliengod: Are you just ignorant? Nobody is being forced into anything. But then again I could use your same bigoted argument against gay people. You fool, don’t you realize you are projecting the same kind of intolerance and hatred antigay people do towards trans people? You are a hypocrite. And this isn’t about pretending to be trans. People are actually trans.
And people like you are the problem in the LGBT community. Stop trying to take out the T you hypocrite. You aren’t in charge of anything.
VampDC
@jason smeds: I completely agree!!! I hate how people assume because you have one belief you have to have the others. LGB is personally why I come to this site and others.
aliengod
@Giancarlo85: Who was even speaking to you? Certainly not me. I don’t respond to your ignorant comments because you’re just a loud mouth (probably teenager) with no grasp of reality. All you do is name call and repeat the same ignorance over and over. Shhh! Let the grown ups discuss this.
Giancarlo85
@aliengod: You are a loud mouth ignorant idiot who doesn’t speak for anyone else in the LGBT community. And keep repeating what I said. I’m the one that said you had no grasp of reality… get some original thought, kiddo.
Giancarlo85
And yea, I’m 29. Probably twice your age. Look at it this way, you are not intelligent enough nor mature enough to discuss gender related matters. You have no right to cut out people and you are not a spokesperson. And as long as you post your ignorant misinformed garbage on here I’ll dispute it.
Bauhaus
@aliengod:
You ask, “Are you capable of explaining how “T” is relevant to the LGB movement without name calling or irrelevant statements?”
I’ll give it a whirl, for all of the small minded folks on here:
1) LGB is a natural ally to T.
2) LGB is a natural and normal variant of human sexuality.
3) T is a natural and normal variant of gender identity.
4) Sexual orientation and gender identity are different, although politically and socially, they have shared common legal goals and strategies to achieve those goals.
5) As a group that has been maligned, slimed, and denigrated, we should be capable of walking in another’s shoes, to protect, love and care for those of us that society rejects and abuses.