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Bathroom police: Religious group seeks to fine trans people $4,000 for using wrong facility in CaliforniaAn initiative proposed by a religious conservative group Friday in California would ban transgender people from using single-sex facilities in government buildings that correspond with their gender identity, Buzzfeed News reports.
The proposed law requires people to use facilities such as restrooms, showers, dressing rooms, and locker rooms in all government buildings in accordance with their biological sex, effectively banning transgender people to use these facilities that correspond to their gender. A violation could result in a penalty of at least $4,000.
Although the ban only applies to facilities in government buildings, including public schools and universities, the proposed law would protect private businesses from litigations if they enforce similar bans.
The initiative, titled Personal Privacy Protection Act, claims that the ban is proposed to preserve fundamental interests in privacy, and maintain public safety. However, Buzzfeeds Dominic Holden calls it a backlash against recent and significant gains by the LGBT-rights movement.
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niyad
(113,306 posts)to deprive a specific group of THEIR privacy? how in the hell do these cretins think this "law" would be enforced?
it was fascinating, and discouraging, here in my community the last few weeks. one of our supermarkets is undergoing a major remodel. during the first part of it, the two public restrooms at the front of the store were being redone, one at a time. as each was being redone, the other was turned, temporarily, into a unisex facility. it was very instructive to see that some people just used them, and others got very upset.
personally, I have far more important things to concern myself with than who is in the closed-door stall next to me.
Brother Buzz
(36,434 posts)That will give the right-wing fundies something to rally behind and drive them to the polls.
Meet Karen England, the whacko pushing this Astroturf crap.
http://www.restorethecra.com/meet-karen/
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)Runningdawg
(4,516 posts)Will they station TSA style agents at the entrance to every bathroom to grope those who enter for correct gender orientation?
procon
(15,805 posts)The Pee-Pee Squad.
Trillo
(9,154 posts)Once again, religions prove they can't leave people's gender or sexuality alone. I was recently told that I'm supposed to be tolerant of religions, but isn't this initiative based on sexual perversion? (what type of genitalia exists under your clothing?) Religions are once again spreading hatred.