Maine rules in favor of young transgender

A. It opens up people to harassment of all kinds, but especially sexual.
B. In schools it'd provide a place for people to hook up more easily (Cause it does in fact happen with gays in single sex bathrooms) And the Administration does not want that.
C. It is a terrible idea to have urinals in a co-ed bathroom. AWKWARD.
D. Twice the people in the same size bathroom = nasty to clean up.

I personally prefer the single room unisex bathroom in the nurses office at school, it's cleaner and always stocked.

Edit: I do think all people should use the bathroom of the gender they identify most with, I just don't think co-ed bathrooms are a particularly good idea.

 

Well School administrations tend to ignore the GLBT, unless they are a majority so by keeping the majority of kids from hooking up in bathrooms in a win in their book.
Also i'm Bi so i should always be confined to a 1 person bathroom or i'll go wild.

As for C, Privacy is key. It's not that we have to hide the function, just urinals are kinda open. a bit too open, do we want to not have walls around the seated toilets?

As for size of the bathroom, depends on the school/loaction. In my school the girls & boys rooms are not next to each other so the rooms would be the same size with just more traffic.

The Engineering school having more men's room, well that's their problem for having sexist design. *shrug*

And That's great that you felt comfortable, i wouldn't have.

I'm all for trans rights, I just don't think co-ed bathrooms are the best idea.

 

I agree with both of you guys.

Having a co-ed/uni-sex bathroom + a male bathroom + a female bathroom would be the best option in my eyes. Having JUST a male/female bathroom can be very awkward for some people who either dont know where they fit or dont feel safe or accepted in the one they want to go into or have to go into. At the same time, it would not be fair to FORCE everyone into a uni-sex bathroom because some women might not be comfortable with men in the bathroom and vise versa. If all three options were avalible in every location (far stretch, but maybe in the future?) I dont see anyone who could still be left out.

 

Agreed!
I think the best option is just to have several separate rooms that are single unisex bathrooms.
That way everyone is happy!
(i've never heard of anyone having trouble by being alone in a bathroom xD)

 

Fuck that.
Men are disgusting. Seriously, do men explode when they use the washroom? Whenever I have EVER been into a male washroom/co-ed washroom, they have been horrible.
I'll stick to my reasonably clean women's washrooms.

That being said, I am all for gender-neutral bathrooms in addition to gender specific ones. While it's a nice idea to try and say that it's natural and yadda yadda, you are still essentially just pissing and shitting. Just because it's natural does not mean that it's awesome. And I personally have grown up in an environment where I feel safer pissing and shitting around my own gender.

 

Quote of the Day!

 

Well I could attack either his childlike behavior, the fallacy of his argument, or his ignorance. Instead I am going to take the low road. What a fucking moron.

 

yeah. seprate unisex in mass = everyone happy

 

Wow! He's taking his argument from children? That's an excellent source! Young kids can NEVER be manipulated to say what you want them to and young kids DO have an excellent understanding of the world around them! Bravo!

I'm so glad to read that the state went the right way. Some of those comments are sickening! They say that the article is sick well, a cosed mind is sick!

 

yes i like the idea of single uni bathrooms

who else thinks its a bit awkward to pee or whatever, when you know that someone else is listening

i remember one time at a movie theatre i went to the bathroom and i could hear this guy a few stalls down piss for like 5 fucking minutes, stop, fart, then piss for another 5 minutes
idk about you but i'd rather keep that to myself rather then have some kid hear it and then post about it on some forum

doncha think?

 

All single bathrooms should be gender-neutral.

Coed bathrooms do sound weird, but it's not like the boundaries are set in stone currently. Don't mothers still bring little boys into the lady's room?

 

WOW I couldn't agree with you more, the point of his arguement makes him sound like he is a little kid whining to get his way not a grandfather.

 

Uhhh...

 

I am proud to say that I always sit down when I pee, and never have that problem. If it makes me less of a man, then I wear that banner with pride.


Personally, I do not understand what it is like to be transgendered, having never had a urge to be a female. I cant say I know how it feels, but I also believe in tolerence and compassion. If a person identifies as another gender, we should both respect, and embrace them as human beings. I do not believe I made a choice to be gay, and I do not believe transgendered people made a choice to be who they are.

I guess what needs to be asked is this "in the end, who does it hurt to respect people's gender identity?"

Cause I think the baby jesus can handle someone being different, and wont cry cause their skin isnt white enough, or they are gay, or they vote democrat.