But see... there’s the problem. Men’s worst case scenario: What if I embarrass myself in front of a woman? Women’s worst case scenario: What if some perv is checking me out and harasses/assaults me?

That’s the damned truth. The idea also seems to be that co-ed bathrooms are impossible because simply the sound of the opposite sex eliminating will cause any man to become irresistibly aroused. I mean, there’s something to be said for allowing women who have been the victims of abuse to have that space away from men,…

To me this is a child of the “men are too weak to control themselves” argument where the bro/man argues that “merely being in the presence of an attractive woman/girl produces an unstoppable NEED for sexual release”.

“We don’t believe that trans people are as human as non-trans people,” Strangio said.

Articles like this have always made me very sad and angry but now they terrify me. My fiancee recently (this past summer) came out as trans. And I am terrified something will happen to him.

Listen they were just born that way okay their parents were assholes and it’s a very strong gene.

Cis woman here. Gonna say nope to your equation of OP’s experiences with womanhood generally. 1. I’ve dealt with some fucked up shit from cops, and from men, but nothing remotely resembling what she experienced. There’s no danger of me getting brutally beaten by a group of men for the crime of being hit on while not…

What’s absurd is that these people clearly aren’t even picturing what they’re proposing. Who looks at Buck Angel and thinks “now there’s someone who should be forced to use the women’s restroom”?

As a transwoman, I can definitely attest to society being more of a danger to us. When I was 24, I had my knees shattered as well as a few ribs, because some guys who were hitting on me, realized my “deception” as they called it. Not only were 3 guys working me over with a bat, and kicks, but there had to have been at…

A lot of people use the word “let”. We didn’t “let” her. We didn’t grant permission or allow her to do anything more than express who she is.

Yet ‘it’s a choice’ because people love choosing lives where they’re the nonstop victims of hatred and violence.

I think you overestimate the likelihood of any trans woman to pee standing up. While there are no universal rules, most trans women would feel pretty gross about peeing in a distinctly masculine way, regardless of what equipment they have. Also, in public, most trans folks are doing all they can to avoid being…

My daughter is transgender. She’ll be 4 (yes, four) on Wednesday. What has been fascinating to me so far is watching how unconditionally accepting children are of her transition (we made the pronoun and name change this fall) and how the only problems we’ve had are from adults.

I’m so damn tired of the “bathroom argument”. It’s illegal for anybody to molest, in any sense of the word, someone in a bathroom. There is not currently a magical force field that keeps out men (since this usually revolves around women’s bathrooms) that is going to be dismantled by allowing trans folks in. And no,…

This is all I could think to say too. I’m sorry that this happens, I’m sorry I haven’t done more to help. I want to do more. I want to be more than just an ally. It’s not acceptable for anyone to have to live in fear like this.

He has always been dying his hair black since the late 80’s. So, it’s not that much of a drastic shock.

1. Exactly.

Yes, but George, when you ruin your children, sometimes the state has to take them away from you for their own welfare.

I think a LOT of people who call themselves progressives kinda aren’t.

Yeah, as far as I’m concerned he lost his right to be referred to as “that poor man” the first time he laid a hand on, or slipped roofies to, an unsuspecting woman. I hope “that poor man” is never left alone. I hope every second of every one of his remaining days on Earth is full to the brim of reminders of the…