White cis male weighing in, so I know the only acceptable position I can take is to defer the decision to others, but I'll chance it.

It seems pretty obvious to me the people taking the most abuse in and having the most anxiety on the subject are going to be anyone transgendered.

I am however a bit reluctant to rule out the concern that might be held by the female half of the population of using public bathrooms alongside males. I know, most of the proposals are all based on simply allowing transgender people who identify as female to use female restrooms. I don't however think it's fair to straight out reject concerns from females that male predators, or more probably 'mere' perverts, can pretty easily 'fake it' and walk right in.

The argument of just get over yourself or you phobias also cuts both ways. Anyone insisting this is a world altering vital battleground over freedom and privacy is maybe taking things too far.

What norm? The norm is now that transgender people already go to the freaking bathroom. Do these people think that transgender people haven't been going to the bathroom? They just wanna pee for gods sake.

That's only partially true. Under a certain age, about 8 or so years old, male children will invariably go to the female bathroom with their mothers, or male bathroom with their fathers. Going to the female bathroom with their mother reduces the exposure to male pedophiles (and they represent most pedophiles).

Whether or not it reduces risk of harm is doubtful since they are accompanied by a parent anyway.

If someone can confidently show with a study showing that allowing cross bathroom use won't increase anyone's risk from sexual predators (and I'm not referring to transgender or transsexual people) then that should shut down the issue pretty quick.

In defense of transgender and transsexual people you attack priests. Lol.

I keep hearing from people that the thing they fear is not transgender people, but males who can go into female bathrooms unchallenged in a society where anyone can use any bathroom. Unchallenged because people will have to assume that they must identify as the opposite gender - even if they don't.

There's a big point being missed by people. Transgender people already use bathrooms alongside children. Paedophiles already use bathrooms alongside children. Even if one accepts the above as a problem, what does playing musical bathrooms accomplish? We swap sons at risk for daughters at risk, and vice versa? It's nonsense.

Oh FFS ,why do we even have gendered bathrooms anyway? Just have a room with a bunch of urinals and a separate room with a bunch of stalls. Use one if you can urinate standing up and the other if you want to sit down.

People need to get over this and stop being so fucking precious.

All this hoopla to accommodate 0.03% of the population.

Its not a GOD thing, homophobic type thing. Its a fear thing. No one wants to have their wife or daughter in a bathroom with a poorly dressed X dresser..( If they were that good inX dressing then no one would know to be icked out.)


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yeah...this dude really misses the point,and plays right into some peoples fears.

how did he ever think this was a good idea?
"hey,let's make a video revealing people's bias by mocking that bias AND the trans people they are so hopelessly afraid of".

but the fact that he called his trans friend,absolves him of any responsibility i guess.i have a few black friends and a number of teh gays,and even a long time trans friend.guess that means i can be as racist and homophobic as i want to be right?riiiight?

this just makes no sense...
accomplishes nothing except for being trite,shallow and offensive....to everybody!

this morning a fellow minister posted a meme in regards to this on how it is a mans job to protect the females and any transitional male should be beaten.

for what,he does not clarify.

most likely because americans have become sissy pant bed wetters at the thought of a penis using a female lavatory.

look..my gelatinous blobs of fear,that delusionally call themselves "strong" americans.here is the simple truth:trans people have been using your bathrooms for...well...ever.

you didnt know,and really didnt care,but now that there is a law in place you and your gaggle of sissy prude-police have convinced yourself that all trans people wanted from that law is to bugger your little johnny,or brittany.

no.
they just want to pee.

Nope. Right with you. I lasted 90 seconds.

He is lying about his transgender friend and his doctor. He doesn't have a transgender friend. And his doctor is not educated in the complexities of human sexuality. Or he is lying about talking to his doctor.

What we really need are group uni-sex bathrooms. They have them in Europe and in California.

Americans are such prudes.

Okay i watched 40 seconds in and i say FUCK YOU to this dude. Why would he ever thinks it's appropriate to be a man and go into a woman's bathroom. This is a real issue for people and he's turning it into some stupid video so he can make money. FUCK HIM! I'd love to see him arrested (if possible) for such an asinine stunt. Way to feed the side that is trying to make this issue illegal. I fucking hate this asshole. I can't imagine his trans friend would think this is a good idea.

And in general fuck prank/social experiment (hardly an experiment) channels.

end of rant

Has anyone ever seen a window over a bathroom door in someones house? Is that a thing somewhere in the world? Seems like it would be a horrible idea.

Ahhh, a request for a telling of 'the saga of the broken newt'.

The first time was ridiculous, remodeling my bathroom and lifting a heavy cast iron tub by hand, not realizing it was liquid nailed to the sub floor. I crushed a vertebrae, popped a disk, and severed the nerve that operates below the knee. I was completely paralyzed below the knee for over 6 months, then for about 1 1/2 years I had partial feeling and movement, it was like my leg was completely asleep that entire time....and still is to a small extent (weakness, pins and needles).
The second time, I ran my car into a highway divider head on at 55mph and went airborne. Good thing it was an Acura Legend, a tank of a car, or it certainly would have been far worse. I was already so irreparably broken, I didn't even go get another MRI for that one, which was probably a bad idea. I still have extra back pain from that (6+ years after the fact), but it didn't do new nerve damage (that I know of) so I just accepted it as one more injury to add to the (excessively long) list.
I am accident prone, and don't take proper care of myself. I'm now paying for over 4 decades of that behavior.

Not necessarily. It'd be pretty badly designed if the door to my bathroom opened both ways, because if someone left the bathroom at the same time as someone walked past, they'd be in line for a concussion. Same for most doors that connect to thoroughfares. There's plenty of good reasons to have certain doors opening just one way.

If you don't have a fire extinguisher, carry the burning bag to the bathroom and throw it in the shower/bath and turn on the freaking water! WTH...

On a side note, I watched this with my grandma who got a good laugh.