Jesus Christmas. Dig up Sherman and tell him to finish the job.
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What an absolute piece of shit.
Like every word she speaks is TERF propaganda, which she recognizes: She Twitted "Full TERF".
She says "He is a biological man. End of. Period."
She makes a point that she is not willing to discuss or find common ground by any criteria (not even the safety and dignity of trans women themselves).
This is a savage and barbaric, blatant display of bigotry and hatred, a disgusting outlook for any human, and totally unworthy of respect in decent society.
Thoughts out to Sarah Mac Bride that has to face this and still keeps her cool.
To me banning transgender use of public spaces and bathrooms should be listed as a hate crime and be heavily fined.
I hope her motion is rejected, she should be ashamed of her ridiculous self.
But they're not being banned from ALL bathrooms, only bathrooms designated for biological females.
No, they are not administering genetic tests to make sure only XX people are allowed in. They are surely using birth certificate as a proxy. But there are plenty of people AFAB who would not qualify as biological females.
Democrats are furious!
Jesus fucking Christ. This reminds me of "Whites Only" bathrooms and water fountains. It's nothing more than trying to dehumanize people by attacking their basic needs.
Oh brother.... here we go...
it's one to one the same thing. they just moved the target. the so-called arguments about safety and purity are exactly the same.
I think I rarely see the so-called disgust reflex in full throttle, as I see it in terfs attacking trans women. They are literally acting like a five-inch cockroach is climbing up their ankle, and they can't help it. There is no amount of TERFism propaganda that can do that, they just must be the most homophobic people in existence, on par with people who flat out murder trans women. No doubt about it, they dehumanize trans women and would mass murder them with not a shed of remorse. Fuck TERFs, really.
So women should use the mens bathroom? Is that what they are getting at?
How are they going to enforce it?
There's lots of armed guards at the capitol
Yes but what are they enforcing? If you have a dick you go in the mens room, or if you were born with a dick you go in the mens room? And what are you using to verify the status of said dick? It's all dumb. You go into a bathroom and you shut the latch. If someone is crawling under stall doors and peaking/harrassing someone they should be outed and charged no matter what the gender/sex/bathroom they are in.
If a man was crawling under my stall in the mens room, I would want him charged as well. It's stupid to think gender matters there somehow.
These dumb things usually state whatever sex is listed on original birth certificate. As if those are infallible.
They know who the trans legislator is. This is a specific personal attack
I think we know the sex and gender of every rep, no? Its a finite population that doesn't change often.
In this case its a woman who is openly trans, so we know their gender assigned at birth is male. I dont see any need to lift her skirt to enforce this law, if passed.
Also if you think that fascists have no issue with harrasing people, you have no grasp on how bad things are about to get..
Nah I just don't think they could agree they would want someone with a cock in the women's room, which if they passed this law, it won't disappear immediately when a man who born a woman is required to use the women's room. They would be setting themselves up for that. I think a lot of it is inherently sexist, thinking women are weak so they couldn't handle themselves in a room without another man to protect them, or they are insecure and don't trust that they would not do whatever their jealousy is driving them to think. Notice it is rare to hear someone worried about women who transition to men using the mens room. If they were really worried about who they consider women, they would be worried about them being taken advantage of in the mens room as well.
It seems to apply to the entire capitol groups, so it would apply to everyone visiting the capitol. I hope a group of trans men arranges a never-ending parade of trans men using the women's restrooms at the capitol.
Male janitors walk all the time into women bathrooms. No one gives a shit.
I say replace all the bathrooms with genderless-only ones. You can't use them if you have any gender, sorry.
They really want to ensure none of us attempt to enter government again
I know representation is important. But why do the Karen's get a disproportionate amount?
Because the US is disproportionately made up of Karens.
Because they are loud, and reasonable people are not. When the reasonable people get loud they shut up when reasonable critiques are made. At some point the reasonable people have to become unreasonable (by degree) so they can be heard.
Believe it or not, they speak for their constituents.
Are they also banning transgender men from male bathrooms?
There's aren't any (out) trans men in Congress, so no.
The measure would prohibit any lawmakers and House employees from “using single-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex.”
So yes
Ah, okay, they covered their bases. But conservatives forget trans men exist all the time, so it's probably an afterthought.
The party of Identity politics.
People seem to think the Dems are so pro-trans when they don't really do anything. Republicans just come up with random ways to make trans people's lives more difficult for no reason.
Hurting people is the reason.
deadbeef79000 gets it.
Here it begins
That's pretty rich coming from the party that supports people taking a dump on Capitol desks.
citing “women’s rights” and opposing the “radical left.”
You can expect this to be the template for when they want to pass anything.
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This is how you end up with genderless bathrooms.
That seems like the more reasonable answer
honestly, that would be awesome. completely private stalls. a common area to wash hands or whatever.
No no. I think it was the Stockholm airport, for example. Each private stall had a loo and sink and like 1/2 gaps at the bottom; perhaps in case of flooding. It was the private spa of airport bathrooms.
My family there says it's less about protecting people of different attributes from our own : they just can't be arsed to delineate when it makes no difference and costs more to maintain.
Mix the bathrooms, ensure individual privacy, and everybody still poops.
So long as I've got regular access to a god damned urinal I'm okay with this. Putem in the stalls, put em nearby, fuck it put em in the hall way just don't take them away from me.
I get that sitting is probably better for you, but I don't always want to take the time sit and pee, and I'm tall enough that peeing into a toilet causes serious splash back problems pretty much no matter what.
I was at a bar that did this. Each toilet in its own little room (no stalls with gaps along the floor and doors). Besides a little initial confusion to make sure I wasn't walking into the wrong restroom, it was perfectly fine.
Glad to see she’s really focused on fixing the economy.
Don't worry Nancy. Just like all of the straight men out there, trans women don't want to touch you either.
You don't have to introduce legislature protecting yourself from non-existent threats.
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