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North Carolina to Limit Bathroom Use by Birth Gender

3 points by jstreebin 11y ago

rdancer 11y ago
Why that convoluted title? It's called, rather unambiguously, "sex". (That's a rhetorical question; I understand perfectly well why it is phrased like that.)
rubyfan 11y ago
Why is this newsworthy? Wasn't bathroom use already exclusive as indicated on the door by the sign of the guy with pant or the gal wearing a skirt?
- erroneousfunk 11y ago
  The very first sentence of the article explains why this is controversial.
  - rubyfan 11y ago
    Not sure I'm reading the same article as you. Boys in the boys bathroom, girls in the girls bathroom?
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    - erroneousfunk 11y ago
      "...a wide-ranging bill barring transgender people from bathrooms and locker rooms that do not match the gender on their birth certificates." So they're barring transgender people from using the bathrooms that they would more appropriately match their appearance, social presentation/perception, and identity. So you'd be telling this man to use the women's room: http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Ian+Harvie+D8RFZPki596m.jpg http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Ian+Harvie+D8RFZPki596m.j... and this woman to use the men's room: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/03/08/266F3B6F00000578-0-image-a-6_1425801246882.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/03/08/266F3B6F00000578-0... It's basically just another way to shame people and make them feel uncomfortable for simply existing in society. Edit: In addition, Andreja Pejic (in the second picture) was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although she's had reassignment surgery, and can't physically use a urinal, do you really think the Bosnian government is going to modify the birth certificate for a non-resident? For that matter, how the heck does North Carolina think they're going to deal with foreign birth certificates at all?
mindcrime 11y ago
Just for the record, not all of North Carolina is full of ignorant, fundamentalist, narrow-minded rednecks and the like. But a group of conservative dweebs managed to grab control of the general assembly a while back, along with the governorship. But really, we're not all like that, I promise.

3 points by jstreebin 11y ago

Why that convoluted title? It's called, rather unambiguously, "sex". (That's a rhetorical question; I understand perfectly well why it is phrased like that.)

rubyfan 11y ago

Why is this newsworthy? Wasn't bathroom use already exclusive as indicated on the door by the sign of the guy with pant or the gal wearing a skirt?

erroneousfunk 11y ago
The very first sentence of the article explains why this is controversial.
- rubyfan 11y ago
  Not sure I'm reading the same article as you. Boys in the boys bathroom, girls in the girls bathroom?
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  - erroneousfunk 11y ago
    "...a wide-ranging bill barring transgender people from bathrooms and locker rooms that do not match the gender on their birth certificates." So they're barring transgender people from using the bathrooms that they would more appropriately match their appearance, social presentation/perception, and identity. So you'd be telling this man to use the women's room: http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Ian+Harvie+D8RFZPki596m.jpg http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Ian+Harvie+D8RFZPki596m.j... and this woman to use the men's room: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/03/08/266F3B6F00000578-0-image-a-6_1425801246882.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/03/08/266F3B6F00000578-0... It's basically just another way to shame people and make them feel uncomfortable for simply existing in society. Edit: In addition, Andreja Pejic (in the second picture) was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although she's had reassignment surgery, and can't physically use a urinal, do you really think the Bosnian government is going to modify the birth certificate for a non-resident? For that matter, how the heck does North Carolina think they're going to deal with foreign birth certificates at all?

mindcrime 11y ago

Just for the record, not all of North Carolina is full of ignorant, fundamentalist, narrow-minded rednecks and the like. But a group of conservative dweebs managed to grab control of the general assembly a while back, along with the governorship. But really, we're not all like that, I promise.