Gender/Transgender In The Military & In General
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teachercd
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Wait...am I the only one here that DOES look around in the gym locker room? I was in there the other day and an old dude was changing and I did the quick look and look away.
Were you sitting in the urinal?
NM11046
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Nope - they didn't have a urinal as it was a fancy boat ... it was a solo room, it had a toilet in kind of an alcove. The only reason I figured out it was the mens room (other than walking in on a man one day) was that I accidentally went into the same bathroom one floor up and it was obviously a ladies room. Different design. The ladies room had an additional door for the toilet, whereas them mens just had the main entry door.Wait...am I the only one here that DOES look around in the gym locker room? I was in there the other day and an old dude was changing and I did the quick look and look away.
Were you sitting in the urinal?
For the record, there were signs on the door but I thought it was a gender neutral symbol. Until I saw the ladies, and she was most def wearing a skirt.
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teachercd
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Ha! That is awesome! I had a friend (girl) who didn't want to wait in the long line for the girls restroom at Barry's in Lincoln during a Husker game...so she went into the guys...on the way out she was escorted out and banned from Barry's for life...of course I am sure that ban will not be enforced.
NM11046
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Back in the day I most certainly did not see the inside of the men's bathroom of The Rail for the same reason.
Making Chimichangas
Banned
Admittedly true. However, clearly I was talking about and referring to some predator using the wrong bathroom, but your point is still valid.
There are still things which you guys (catch all word to mean everyone who is cis and straight) can do to reduce that likelihood: Speak out against these laws and policies that demonize LBGTQIA folks every chance you get. Call your representatives and let them know this type of bigotry isn't right. The more people who speak out, the less emboldened bigots will feel.
Nebfanatic
New member
Just make all bathrooms gender neutral and call it a day
NM11046
Donor
^^^^ This, so much this.
- All your reps are at home right now ... have you ever visited an office?
- Do you have feelings on Brett Kavanaugh for SCOTUS? He will set many social issues back decades. Have you called your rep?
- RESISTBOT (if you need a refresh let me know)
- https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative - give em' a call at any office - their staff tally calls on topics
- https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact - call them!
And keep in mind that in our small little board here, in the P&R section and specifically this topic we have a parent of a trans kid and a fellow board member who is trans. There are maybe only 10 people participating in the discussion. Those stats should be an eye opener. This is a real issue that impacts people that you know, and probably is more common than you realize - use the interactions here to give you confidence when talking to others.
Making Chimichangas
Banned
So...
Expanding Legalized Discrimination
I have been talking for some time about what the end game here is for Republicans concerning LBGTQIA people.
Do any of you really even care? So tired of this sh**.
Expanding Legalized Discrimination
I have been talking for some time about what the end game here is for Republicans concerning LBGTQIA people.
Do any of you really even care? So tired of this sh**.
The legal issues here are interesting. The use of “sex” in the Civil Rights Act was used to mean male or female, not gay, trans, etc.
So I think the ADF is technically right on the law. But it would be nice to see Congress add those sorts of protections for gay and transgender Americans to Title VII. They’ll also need to include a religious exemption for churches, religious schools, religious organizations, etc.
ZRod
Active member
I think this is another one of those idiotic things that we really don't need from the government. The dumbest part is that if they want to use science to define sex then science is going to throw them a curve ball. Typical we have XX chromosomes for females and XY for males, right? Well, unfortunately for the idiots writting this stuff humans can be born with mismatched chromosome, and forms of both genitalia. So how does that fit into the neat definition?
