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Please understand that I was not suggesting that you personally were playing these unpleasant games for personal gain, but many politicians and media outlets ar

Please understand that I was not suggesting that you personally were playing these unpleasant games for personal gain, but many politicians and media outlets are and have been for a while. (I also accept that some of these people actually believe this stuff maybe even having thought about it, but some people will believe anything...) Clarity and consistency and definitions are good, I'm with you. But when there are many people abusing them in bad faith to deflect and wound it is also important to continue seeing the wood and the trees. My friend with half the cells in their body male and half female would like not to be arrested if ever visiting TX and needing to take a pee. At least some of the people pushing this sort of law do not care about facts or treating another human as their peer at all, they have $$$ and votes to make NOW. Thus it is important to put up clear examples such as the one in the story to reduce support for as Bill such as this from people who do care about facts and humans.

someplaceguy 3y ago
> My friend with half the cells in their body male and half female would like not to be arrested if ever visiting TX and needing to take a pee. Why would your friend be arrested for taking a pee? Does your friend not have a birth certificate? Or does your friend's birth certificate not have an assigned sex? In fact, I don't even see how they could arrest someone if they can't prove that someone's assigned sex is different from the bathroom they went to, given that it's not mandatory to carry your birth certificate? I'm not saying I am in favor of this Bill (or anything else), I'm just trying to understand the situation. Although, if I were to express my personal opinion, I think if your philosophy is to have separate male and female bathrooms (which I understand is favored by some women, due to some concerns which might or might not be legitimate), it does seem to make sense to legally assign people to one of the two types of bathroom, so that there is no legal confusion. However, in this case I think you'd also need to be able to legally change someone's assigned bathrooms, due to all the different complex issues that can arise throughout one's development, which could make someone's assigned category the wrong one, practically speaking.

someplaceguy 3y ago

> My friend with half the cells in their body male and half female would like not to be arrested if ever visiting TX and needing to take a pee. Why would your friend be arrested for taking a pee? Does your friend not have a birth certificate? Or does your friend's birth certificate not have an assigned sex? In fact, I don't even see how they could arrest someone if they can't prove that someone's assigned sex is different from the bathroom they went to, given that it's not mandatory to carry your birth certificate? I'm not saying I am in favor of this Bill (or anything else), I'm just trying to understand the situation. Although, if I were to express my personal opinion, I think if your philosophy is to have separate male and female bathrooms (which I understand is favored by some women, due to some concerns which might or might not be legitimate), it does seem to make sense to legally assign people to one of the two types of bathroom, so that there is no legal confusion. However, in this case I think you'd also need to be able to legally change someone's assigned bathrooms, due to all the different complex issues that can arise throughout one's development, which could make someone's assigned category the wrong one, practically speaking.