Show your birth certificate before using that restroom
PHOENIX - If you think you might need to use a public restroom while you're out and about, you might want to make sure you have your birth certificate handy.
A House panel will consider legislation today to make it a crime to enter a public restroom designated for one gender or the other if you are "not legally classified" on your birth certificate as a member of that sex. The measure, SB 1432, also would apply to showers, baths, dressing rooms or locker rooms marked "men" or "women."
The move comes a month after the Phoenix City Council voted 5-3 to extend its anti-discrimination laws to those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender. Foes quickly dubbed it the "bathroom bill," saying the provisions about public accommodations could result in businesses being prosecuted for refusing to let transgender men use the women's restroom.
Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, said the state needs to step in. Otherwise, he said, any man who simply "thinks of himself" as a woman could be free to go into a women's locker room and disrobe.
"That's unacceptable behavior," he said.
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No, I don't think so, so let sleeping dogs lie.
A transgender person self-identifying and presenting as a woman who is listed on "male" on her birth certificate can't just walk into a men's room and use the toilet. People might not know her birth certificate says "male." And she shouldn't have to worry about being arrested every time she needs to use the facilities.
And the phrase "any man who simply thinks of himself as a woman" is so offensive to transgender people it's stunning. I feel bad for anyone who is transgendered in Phoenix. 
