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“We Just Need To Pee” Transgender Protest
BBCNews ^ | March 13, 2015

Posted on 03/13/2015 11:53:08 PM PDT by Steelfish

13 March 2015 “We Just Need To Pee” Transgender Protest

Do you have to be biologically male to be allowed in the men's room, or biologically female for the ladies loos?

In several US states, as well as in Canada, the law governing public toilets is now a divisive issue. On one side are transgender people, who assert their right to use whichever restrooms they chose - no matter what their biological gender. On the other, conservatives who say a relaxation of the rules could leave members of the public vulnerable to traumatic or inappropriate situations, or even sexual harassment.

The latest twist online is an eye-catching protest tactic: the public toilet selfie.

Michael Hughes, a transgender man living in Rochester, Minnesota, is one of those using the tactic. On Twitter, he posts selfies with female friends stood behind him in women's public toilets. Hashtags like #weneedtopee and #occupotty (shared around 4,000 and 2,000 times each) have been created for the campaign.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bathroom; bathrooms; lgbt; restroom; restrooms; transgender
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1 posted on 03/13/2015 11:53:08 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Whatever your DNA says, that’s what you are. That goes for restrooms, sports, and locker rooms.


2 posted on 03/13/2015 11:55:45 PM PDT by scott7278 ("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked..." - BHO)
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To: scott7278

Make it simple. One room says “penis” the other one says “penis” with a circle around the word and a red diagonal line crossing it out. Like no smoking.
If you have a penis you use one bathroom. If you don’t have a penis you use the other.
Gender neutral. Problem solved. I have no problem with a tranny who has lopped it off going in with the women.


3 posted on 03/14/2015 12:03:33 AM PDT by weston (As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing!)
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To: Steelfish

The walls in san fran are nice this time of year.


4 posted on 03/14/2015 12:03:48 AM PDT by Trillian
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To: Steelfish

Should’ve thought of that before you mutilated yourself.


5 posted on 03/14/2015 12:06:14 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: Steelfish

Simple answer - Public Mens, Public Women’s, and single bathroom for all manner of freakazoids that fit into the “none of the above” category. It’s probably going to come to this. Sort of like what they do for male parents that have to take their daughters to the bathroom and conversely.


6 posted on 03/14/2015 12:08:43 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Steelfish

Total Insanity. I don’t want them anywhere around where I’m going. Designate a bathroom for the LGBT and let them go there.


7 posted on 03/14/2015 12:08:56 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Le//t Freedom Ring.)
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>> article: Michael Hughes, a transgender man ...

I have no idea what that means.

And what happens to the transgender when s/he uses a bathroom designated for his/hers genetic gender? Would s/he be arrested, or does this bigender have special privileges by virtue of declaration?

I’m sorry, this is bull#. I pity individuals that are truly distressed with this gender conflict, but to flip society on its head for it is simply not acceptable.

There’s a recent story where Planet Fitness terminated a woman’s membership because she complained a male was using the female’s locker room. That’s completely #’d up.


8 posted on 03/14/2015 12:17:45 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Steelfish
Do you have to be biologically male to be allowed in the men's room, or biologically female for the ladies loos?

Yes.

See how easy that was?

Next question?

9 posted on 03/14/2015 12:19:21 AM PDT by Washi
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

There are already “Family” bathrooms in many stores. Whatever their name, they are separate bathrooms.


10 posted on 03/14/2015 12:24:40 AM PDT by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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To: joshua c

Where would this be? I’ve never seen any.


11 posted on 03/14/2015 12:28:05 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: weston
I have no problem with a tranny who has lopped it off going in with the women.

I do, for the real women's sake. This is going to lead to the point where any man can walk into a woman's lavatory at any time, and that's not good.

12 posted on 03/14/2015 12:47:27 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Steelfish

Then use your original plumbing and do so in the restrooms of your respective sexes.


13 posted on 03/14/2015 12:49:23 AM PDT by Politicalkiddo ("Such is the human race, often it seems a pity that Noah... didn't miss the boat."- Mark Twain)
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To: Olog-hai

I have seen them in courthouses in Orange County.


14 posted on 03/14/2015 12:58:10 AM PDT by NathanR
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To: Steelfish

And tap their feet


15 posted on 03/14/2015 12:58:49 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: NathanR

They haven’t migrated as far east as where I’m living . . . yet, of course. The California Effect will blow them our direction eventually, I have no doubt.


16 posted on 03/14/2015 1:00:16 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Gene Eric

There are several names for whatever they think they are. They can’t even come up with a specific unified definition amongst themselves let alone for the public to have one.

I think it is a severe abnormality and it should not be pandered to as if it were even remotely normal.


17 posted on 03/14/2015 1:29:05 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: scott7278
Just re-label all rest rooms: "XX" and "XY", and be done with it.


18 posted on 03/14/2015 1:40:31 AM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: Steelfish

DNA doesn’t lie, wish they’d figure that out.


19 posted on 03/14/2015 1:51:05 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Steelfish

They should consider Frank Zappa’s immortal question...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdy5IYv3T-k


20 posted on 03/14/2015 3:10:59 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Just Friends" - http://youtu.be/rznoQbzlO2s [Warning: NSFW])
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