The 37-year-old, who has had the hair loss condition since she was a child, said she was left shocked when a cleaner at the Trinity Square shop asked her "Are you aware you're in the female toilet?" She said she became distressed and burst into tears.

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[–] -4 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

What is this “cautiosness” she’s talking about? There has literally never been a case of a transgender person doing anything inappropriate in a public toilet…

You probably haven't seen the examples because of your social media algorithm.

#Confirmed Convictions

#Documented Incidents but Identity / Public Record Withheld

Note that these are just the really public cases. They are far from exhaustive, and obviously exclude all crimes which were not reported or investigated.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 hours ago (1 child)

    And in literally zero of these cases was anyone's gender identity relevant to their crime. Raping someone is already a crime. Filming someone changing or toileting is already a crime. If a cis man goes and has a wee in the ladies' room and washes his hands and leaves, I don't care. If he's a member of the alt-right and he claims to be trans to get attention on social media, I don't care. If he rapes someone, then I care. If he films someone, then I care.

    A lot of conservatives say the only way to protect people from a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. I propose an analogous principle: One way to protect women from a raping man in the loo is to have a good man in the loo with them. By segregating the toilets, you're ensuring that the only cis men in the ladies' room are either cleaners, plumbers, or rapists. Desegregate, and there will be lots of good men going to wee in the gender neutral washroom who can stop a rapist.

    I make the above recommendation largely in jest, but the end result is something I believe in. A world where we all just go into the stall to have a wee, pull up our trousers, wash our hands, and leave. Your gender identity or what bits are inside your trousers does not have to be relevant, other than the principle that there should be a sanitary bin and a hygiene product dispenser.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 hours ago

    Oh, and one more thing: The hygiene product dispenser should be free. We all get our toilet paper for free when we poo in a public loo. I believe in universal basic toilet paper, and I believe in universal basic tampons. This is not a difficult problem to solve when we are looking at nation-scale economics. The government should just give us all toilet paper, and our choice of tampon, pad, or none of the above. If nothing else, it would reduce the number of people flushing non-degradable wet wipes. Probably save the government money, all told.

    And add bidets to the fucking building codes already! All new construction should have bidet toilet seats! With front AND back wash settings!

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  • [–] 1 point 7 hours ago (2 children)

    Wow your brain is fuuuuuuuucked

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