▲ 383 ▼ Single-sex toilets must exclude transgender people, says Equality and Human Rights Commission (www.theguardian.com) submitted 3 months ago by Valuy@lemmy.zip to c/world@lemmy.world 379 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] cranakis@reddthat.com 68 points 3 months ago* (3 children) I'm curious how they'll handle enforcement. "Please present your genitals for inspection before entering" permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 56 points 3 months ago* (2 children) Oh, this type thinks they "can always tell". Thing is, they can't. Trans people pass as cis pretty often, even to transphobes. And they're constantly 'transvestigating' people who are actually cis. What this will actually accomplish is license to harass (and, yes, probably attempt to inspect the genitals of) anyone who's even a little bit gender non-conforming. It will mainly hurt cis women and cis men who, respectively, don't look feminine enough or don't look masculine enough. Functionally, it's just another way to enforce gender conformity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] meco03211@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago I like to hit 'em with a few photos of ALL trans people including ones like Buck Angel and have them pick out who they think is trans or not. They always fail. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) It's hillarious when they can't see the difference and they either give confidently the wrong answer or internally panic lmao permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) In a past life, a super transphobic coworker asked me out a few times. He'd often go on rants about how women's spaces must be protected and whatnot. He never realized I was trans. It's moments like that where I wish I could just tell him "hey I'm trans and you need to learn that we're not sexual predators like Fox News likes to claim", but staying quiet is an issue of personal safety. Trans visibility is a double edged sword that must be wielded delicately. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 months ago (1 child) They are trusting that society will harass any and all women who don't look feminine enough. It is social control. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2 points 3 months ago Can confirm, this happened to me three times in one night up in Ayr (I wasn't even stagging). Never going to that backwoods shithole again lol permalink fedilink source parent [–] magnue@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago A court will handle that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 56 points 3 months ago* (2 children) Oh, this type thinks they "can always tell". Thing is, they can't. Trans people pass as cis pretty often, even to transphobes. And they're constantly 'transvestigating' people who are actually cis. What this will actually accomplish is license to harass (and, yes, probably attempt to inspect the genitals of) anyone who's even a little bit gender non-conforming. It will mainly hurt cis women and cis men who, respectively, don't look feminine enough or don't look masculine enough. Functionally, it's just another way to enforce gender conformity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] meco03211@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago I like to hit 'em with a few photos of ALL trans people including ones like Buck Angel and have them pick out who they think is trans or not. They always fail. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) It's hillarious when they can't see the difference and they either give confidently the wrong answer or internally panic lmao permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) In a past life, a super transphobic coworker asked me out a few times. He'd often go on rants about how women's spaces must be protected and whatnot. He never realized I was trans. It's moments like that where I wish I could just tell him "hey I'm trans and you need to learn that we're not sexual predators like Fox News likes to claim", but staying quiet is an issue of personal safety. Trans visibility is a double edged sword that must be wielded delicately. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago I like to hit 'em with a few photos of ALL trans people including ones like Buck Angel and have them pick out who they think is trans or not. They always fail. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) It's hillarious when they can't see the difference and they either give confidently the wrong answer or internally panic lmao permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) In a past life, a super transphobic coworker asked me out a few times. He'd often go on rants about how women's spaces must be protected and whatnot. He never realized I was trans. It's moments like that where I wish I could just tell him "hey I'm trans and you need to learn that we're not sexual predators like Fox News likes to claim", but staying quiet is an issue of personal safety. Trans visibility is a double edged sword that must be wielded delicately. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) In a past life, a super transphobic coworker asked me out a few times. He'd often go on rants about how women's spaces must be protected and whatnot. He never realized I was trans. It's moments like that where I wish I could just tell him "hey I'm trans and you need to learn that we're not sexual predators like Fox News likes to claim", but staying quiet is an issue of personal safety. Trans visibility is a double edged sword that must be wielded delicately. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 months ago (1 child) They are trusting that society will harass any and all women who don't look feminine enough. It is social control. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2 points 3 months ago Can confirm, this happened to me three times in one night up in Ayr (I wasn't even stagging). Never going to that backwoods shithole again lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2 points 3 months ago Can confirm, this happened to me three times in one night up in Ayr (I wasn't even stagging). Never going to that backwoods shithole again lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] magnue@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago A court will handle that. permalink fedilink source parent