Posted on 08/19/2016 4:23:26 PM PDT by mdittmar
GSA ruling: Federal employees have right to use bathroom of their identified gender
The largest union of federal government employees is applauding the federal governments announcement that transgender federal workers must be able to use restrooms that correspond to their gender identity.
The American Federation of Government Employees said the Aug. 18 memo from the General Services Administration affirms recent decisions by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and other agencies that discrimination based on gender identity is illegal under the same laws that prohibit discrimination based on sex.
The federal government has torn down another wall of bigotry by rejecting discrimination against employees based on their gender identity, AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr. said. Every person should be able to go to the bathroom that corresponds to their gender and its up to each person to make that determination.
The new regulation applies to all facilities that GSA owns, leases, or manages on behalf of federal agencies. GSA currently owns and leases nearly 400 million square feet of space in 9,600 buildings nationwide, including office buildings, courthouses, post offices, and laboratories.
One of AFGEs own members, Tamara Lusardi, faced discrimination at work after transitioning from male to female, including not being able to use the womens bathroom. Lusardis discrimination case against the Army went to the EEOC, which in April 2015 issued a landmark ruling that the Army had discriminated against Lusardi on the basis of sex, which is a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Todays move by the GSA means that federal employees will no longer be harassed or intimidated from using the bathroom that corresponds to their gender, said Augusta Y. Thomas, AFGEs National Vice President for Women and Fair Practices. This is one more step along the path to having a discrimination-free workplace.
Well,when ya gotta go;)
How great it would be if the ranks of this trough slurping gaggle would be decimated!
They should have a bathroom. It should be their born sex.
If not, then fine, put in a third bathroom.
There’s no reason normal women should have to stand shoulder to shoulder with men.
I heard on the local radio station, that Target is putting $20 million into installing single-toilet bathrooms in their stores.
But the so-called male and female multi-toilet bathrooms will still be there. The single-toilet bathrooms are not specifically for the trannies (who’ll still be able to use the male/female bathrooms of their choice).
The single-toilet bathrooms are for the “bigots.”
Exactly.And a quick peek under a microscope will either reveal a "Y" or it won't.
"Y" = boy
No "Y" = girl
If someone identifies as a fish, is there a bathroom for that?
Hiring freeze plus attrition.
If ever there’s a man in the bathroom I’m in I WILL make a scene...I encourage all women to do the same.
A FAG E will get around to you.
These same educated idiots claim gender is fluid.
So they could legally use whatever one they wanted and switch anytime they wanted.
We need to revolt against the forced pandering to the insane.
This regulation makes sense if you believe in workplace diversity, inclusivity, equality, tolerance, and justice.
Ladies’ rooms are more than just a place to pee or poop. They are safe spaces, albeit for merely a few moments, from male hegemony and oppression. Why can’t transgender females and genderfluids refresh their makeup and enjoy the chatty camaraderie of their cis-female sisters in these cozy locales?
It would seem appropriate to install standing urinals in ladies’ rooms for the convenience of transgender females. It would make them feel welcome, and also prevent the inevitable toilet-seat splashing that will occur if they use a stall.
I personally do not want women in a bathroom with me. I don’t want men in my wife’s bathroom.
It should be the plumbing at the time you unzip. If you mutilated yourself and you no longer have parts then go in the other if not go with how you were born.
This former USAF civilian employee is doubly delighted now that he is a former employee.
Obama’s war against women by taking away their right to privacy.
Obama’s war against women by taking away their right to privacy.
So can Federal employees now switch their gender identity each time they go to take a leak? Or has the all-wise Federal bureaucracy and union leadership established a time frame for these freaks to follow?
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