harvestdollarlayerfatswimdudei think the problem there is that the person was videotaping in a restroom, not anything to do with gender identity
He was dressed as women, how do you know that he doesn't identify as one?
This is one of the very problems im trying to point out is even if he is a straight man and was just in it for the recordings, allowing the opposite sex into a rest room just opens up a door of possibilities for crimes. There are some pretty small cameras now days if he wasn't an idiot he could have totally gotten away with it.
he doesn't identify as one it's clear throughout the entire article, people like this just make trans people look bad that doesn't mean trans people should be punished as a whole because of some terrible people. the facts are this: actual trans people have 0 cases of sexual assault against cis in public bathrooms. ur post is literally cis guy vs cis women i don't understand. plus, if you really believe that is a problem, what about all the trans people being sexually assaulted on a daily basis by cis people because they're forced to be in a bathroom that doesn't fit their gender identity?
who cares that 1 of every 2 transgender individuals experience being sexually assaulted in their life. 1 2 3
basically my point is either way you go, that kind of shit is going to happen. but if you let trans people go into the bathroom they identify as it will happen less often if you're including everyone (aka yes trans people aswell)
like as you say, we have it now: Disgusting VILE "trans" women will go into women's bathrooms and sexually assault women, so the solution would be to not allow that right?
but if that were not allowed, trans women will just be fucking sexually assaulted in men's bathrooms, far more often than cis people getting sexually assaulted by trans people.
imagine https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/bEIMe1aV4OwRNjDJ67Allw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9NDI3O2g9NjQwO2lsPXBsYW5l/http://40.media.tumblr.com/1f492d69ef84964c14bf9936f27dd472/tumblr_inline_nxzbzgepUN1t1n6uk_540.jpg her in a men's bathroom because by your standards your method would prevent sexual assault, so she wouldn't be sexually assaulted in a men's bathroom? (she's trans if you can't tell)
tl;dr explain your solution because it seems like what you want to do will just cause more sexual assault ironically, but instead to trans people
You are genuinely judging how the person feels from a several paragraph NBC article? The individual could be gender fluid, you never know. But if they are actually trans or not, that is quite irrelevant. There are so many rules and regulations you'd have to implement by allowing either sex to enter either bathroom.
1) Can an individual that completely appears to be a man (clothes, facial hair and general demeanor depict them as a man) enter a women's bathroom? Why or why not?
2) If not, what level of qualifications do they need. Do they need a doctor or psychologist to issue a statement validating that they are a "legitimate" transgender? Or do they need to dress like an average women?
3) What is stopping a straight pervert man or teen from wearing a wig and entering a women's bathroom to take a look at women using the bathroom or showering. If they are accused of being a perv, how to prosecute them and differentiate them from a "legitimate" transgender?
4) At say a university women locker room, a biological man that identifies as a women enters the locker room to shower. Women that are also showering and using the facility see his male body parts, are they to accept this as normal? I have a feeling that security or the police would be called. How do you handle this kind of situation? Are the transgender allowed to shower and enter a women's bathroom as long as they hide their opposite sex body parts?
I could really just keep thinking of scenario after scenario where transgender people could cause quite a disruption in rest rooms and locker rooms.