Does a Transgendered Biological Male Have The Right Use a Women's Restroom in New York City?

Find Law ^ | Monday, Apr. 11, 2005 | MICHAEL C. DORF

[Crazieman]

We're all going to hell, aren't we?

[FormerNavyBrat]

...who happily accepts the gender society prescribes for him (or her).

Sorry, society did not "prescribe" my gender, biology & God did!

[ruiner]

You know, it doesn't matter how he "feels" going into a bathroom, what matters is that has a prick and needs to keep it out of women's restrooms. PERIOD. What is so difficult about this?

[wideawake]

A biological "man" who experiences life as a woman, and who speaks and dresses accordingly, may be no less capable of performing surgery or balancing corporate accounts than a man (or woman) who happily accepts the gender society prescribes for him (or her). And yet the transgendered person will, because of prejudice, have a harder time finding a welcoming employer.

Sorry, but sanity is an appropriate criterion for an employer to use in hiring.

[thoughtomator]

Men who want to use the women's bathroom have one purpose only in doing so, no matter what they claim.

[MortMan]

You know, it doesn't matter how he "feels" going into a bathroom, what matters is that has a prick and needs to keep it out of women's restrooms. PERIOD.

I agree wholeheartedly, but it may have been wiser to use "END OF SENTENCE" for effect, instead. ;-P

[Hermann the Cherusker]

Indeed, the very concept of race is itself highly artificial; for example, there is as much genetic variation among black Africans themselves, as there is between most black Africans and white Europeans.

Ergo, I am no longer able to tell if I am a Saxon or a Bantu merely by looking in the mirror, since such concepts are "highly artificial".

[WorkingClassFilth]

"Does a Transgendered Biological Male Have The Right Use a Women's Restroom in New York City?"

This is one of those leftwing conundrum questions predicated on prior brainwashing and flase assumptions. In short, the correct answer is...NO.

[WorkingClassFilth]

"Does a Transgendered Biological Male Have The Right Use a Women's Restroom in New York City?"

This is one of those leftwing conundrum questions predicated on prior brainwashing and false assumptions. In short, the correct answer is...NO.

[mlmr]

Transgendered males can do anything that they like. It is a PC world and they are bullet-proof.

[Piquaboy]

I guess if my pee pee gets lost, I get to go to a lady's restroom. I can hardly wait for that to happen.

[Spruce]

<Shaking head in disbelief>Aww geez gimme a break. The more these freaks push themselves on everyone, the more I resist. And yes, when I see a man dressed like a girl I point and laugh. I encourage my children to mock these clowns, as well.

[NutCrackerBoy]

I don't entirely reject the experiences of so-called trans-gendered. I view it as a handicap, an abnormality. But with modern Political Correctness, we no longer seem to have the ability to say enough is enough with heroic measures to make things perfect for ever-smaller minorities.

[CarrotAndStick]

Soon there'll be a time when there's the man's restroom, the women's restroom, and a third one for the ones who are confused.

We are all heading for crazier times.

[RockinRight]

Getting it chopped off doesn't make him a "her" either.

[The Great RJ]

To be truely fair we should eliminate all sexual distinctions and thus all restrooms, locker rooms and showers should be unisex. I would start enforcing this immediately in such New York liberal enclaves as the Hamptons and then watch the liberal females have a fit.

[AppyPappy]

Does this mean I can use the women's shower at the gym if I think I am a woman?

[bmwcyle]

Can they still write their name in the snow?

[Alia]

This article is mixing apples and oranges in order to lead the reader to an opinion.

Fact is, who gives two rat's patooties about a "right", here. What about civility and politeness. The transgender is pushing a "meism" and the "world is all about ME and WHAT I WANT". In a civil world, a transgender would respect that he (or she) should use a restroom which will not offend, and regardless of what he or she wants.

If a homeless person decides they really "feel" like a council member of mayor of a city -- should they have access to the "special" restrooms of the city Chambers?

This is all about metaphysical "squatting" rights (pardon the pun). ;>