This is a first amendment violation. My bathroom choice is my Expression
Republicans want BEARDED, MUSCLEY PENIS-HAVERS TO USE YOUR DAUGHTER’S BATHROOM!
It’s interesting to me that I only ever hear men complaining about this issue. That might not be reality, but from what I’ve seen, men are using “protect our women” as a reason for this hateful legislation when most of the women they are “protecting” don’t really care.
Could be confirmation bias.
It’s because there’s fewer women crazies in power on the right. The ones that have been elected say this kinda hateful rhetoric anytime trans people are brought up to, but most of them aren’t elected because Republicans hate women too.
Where are people supposed to shit?!
The entire point is to make their existence illegal. Then no matter what they do you can charge them with the excuse of “they shouldn’t have broken the law.”
Where does their state congress meet? Inside their desks sounds reasonable to me.
They’re trying to legislate them out of existence.
the lawn
What a dick.
we need to make suing people illegal, i think.
Petty lawsuits should not just be dismissed but the accuser should be charged with a misdemeanor.
i think we should allow lawsuits if you assume the full cost of the suit, meaning that if it’s an ez win, you can just pro bono that shit.
imagine being one of the guys to get run over by some careless celebrity’s SUV though. “every bone in your body is shattered and your legs and torso are beyond recognition? too bad you can’t sue me over it”
or you know, something actually serious like getting your water supply tainted by some company dumping chemicals. that’s not as funny as attempted vehicular homicide though
see that’s called personal injury. Which is a little different to suing someone because “they went into the wrong bathroom, i think.”
your water supply being tainted would more than likely be a government headed suit anyway. Thats kind of the point behind regulations.
I was mostly talking about the bullshit frivolous suits that people like to shit out because their feelings get hurt.
This is some hardcore Jim Crow level shit.
God bless Mississippi for being just close enough to Missouri that I have hope that it might not be us
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Oh the fifth circuit is SO excited for this
Edit: I had to google to double check, but yes, Mississippi is part of the fifth circuit (ones of the most conservative appeals courts in the USA)
I’m sure the conservative half of SCOTUS won’t complain if it gets kicked up to them either.
The thing that gets me with this is, how is anyone to know?
If you present as the gender on the door, what are they going to do? Rip your pants down and check? Cop a feel? That’s assault. Peep through the stall? Pretty sure that’s a misdemeanor, most places.
I get the idea behind this is terror, but “Fuck off! I’m shitting here!” should be the only response anyone should get to a nosy question in the bathroom.
Well considering that one woman literally pulled another woman’s skirt down (not all the way) because she felt it was too short, in front of other people, and then called 911 herself, I wouldn’t put it past someone in a bathroom to do worse if they “suspected” someone was trans, whether or not they actually are
Also I’m sorry for all the commas but I already did it and I don’t want to edit it lol
And people who would do this think they can always tell. What are the odds they’ll believe a 6’2” woman when she says she was born with the vulva they just made visible?
Not all trans women pass. It takes a combination of the genetic lottery, a lot of money, time, and work to pass. Not everyone has that luck nor those resources. Nonbinary folks are also put in a no-win situation.
I’ve met and currently work with more than a few folks, who were neither trans or crossdressers, of both genders that would have trouble “passing” as their own gender.
On a completely unrelated topic:
https://codes.findlaw.com/al/title-13a-criminal-code/al-code-sect-13a-3-23/
https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2020/title-16/chapter-3/article-2/section-16-3-23-1/I don’t spend as much time in these states so you’ll have to find code yourself but here’s some interesting summaries:
https://giffords.org/lawcenter/state-laws/stand-your-ground-in-mississippi/
https://giffords.org/lawcenter/state-laws/stand-your-ground-in-texas/
https://giffords.org/lawcenter/state-laws/stand-your-ground-in-louisiana/
https://giffords.org/lawcenter/state-laws/stand-your-ground-in-florida/ https://giffords.org/lawcenter/state-laws/stand-your-ground-in-tennessee/I always prefer to avoid conflict wherever possible, even if it means not going somewhere I want to go, but it’s always nice to know I have options should things go sideways. Always learn the law in your area. It makes making a profit easier.
I will just never go back to the south. I won’t spend tourism money in places that want me dead. I am not shy to tell friends and family to avoid it too. Most people are unaware of how bad it is getting out there for trans people and when I tell them they usually agree that they don’t want to support those economies either.
It’s because these people have the “we can always tell” mentality. But then they’re the same people who go harass trans guys on Twitter telling them that they will never be women…
They have an outdated idea of trans people and think that trans women are literally just guys in dresses (kinda like 80s transvestites, if that word is still usable). So they expect to see fucking Frankenfurter from Rocky horror or Eddie Izzard (she’s fantastic and all but let’s not kid ourselves that she’s what they expect trans women to look like)
Can trans people sue cis people for harassment then?
No. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Trans people are one of their main out-groups.
I’d give even odds that this guy has tried on panty hose at least once.
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Cockroaches are just a nuisance. Republicans are cancer.
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I hate conservative ideology but I’m not cool with dehumanizing them in this fashion. That’s literally the words of fascism. Jews were referred to as cockroaches in Germany in the 1930s.
Your enemy has already dehumanized you. They are fascists. You’re offering them far more sympathy and compassion than they would ever give you, and they would gladly use your sympathy against you given any opportunity.
You’re offering them far more sympathy and compassion than they would ever give you
Yes, because we’re better than them.
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Then let them think we’re weak. Dehumanizing others goes against my principles, whether or not that person dehumanizes me. I won’t compromise myself to “best” them because doing so would defeat the purpose.
Refusing to dehumanize them doesn’t make us any more exploitable, and I would argue refusal to dehumanize others solidifies trust on the side of those with humanity left.
When I see someone refuse to sink to such low states as calling other humans “cockroaches” i have more respect for them, and that much more faith trust they won’t turn around and call me a cockroach a few years down the line when political tides change.
If you’re out here calling people cockroaches then I really don’t give a fuck what you have to say. Bad faith, emotional based insults get us nowhere. They give us too much ammo to be that lazy.
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My response wasn’t particularly emotional but sure.
Keeping my empathy doesn’t preclude me from being discerning, swift and decisive in moments of crisis or high risk. I prefer to be kind, that doesn’t mean I don’t know how to be vicious.
When “prepping for war”, it’s important to consider the non-actors that may get caught in the crossfire. “Conservatives” is a wide generalization, many of them are not only capable of empathy, but dare I say decent people, even if they’re under the spell of propaganda.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a trans woman with a gun and a plan for if/when crisis hits. I’m very aware of the current threats to my life and continued pursuit of happiness. But before that I’m human, and so are they. And as far as I can tell, most of them are as unwilling to participate in this propaganda driven culture war as I am.
So yeah, I’ll keep my empathy.
Don’t let one loud house ruin the neighborhood.
Cue them freaking out when bearded hairy trans men are forced to use women’s washrooms because of this law.
Why isn’t this the fucking Onion?
The Onion Headline version:
“Bathroom Assaults on Trans People Plummets after bill allows them to be sued instead”
Only joking, theres no good to come of this
Oh we will be beaten and then given a bill for the privilege.
BTW, can a woman sue a man for using the ladies’ toilet?
… Yeah wouldn’t that be there while point? They don’t consider them women, so they are upset that “men” are using the women’s room
Right, but can a cis woman sue a cis man for using the women’s toilet? I have to assume the answer is yes, there would be legal grounds to sue. Or at least that the lawmakers and governor believe there would be.
