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can transgender women use women-only transportation?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by edy, Jul 25, 2014.

  1. edy

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    I was wondering if transgender women use public transportation meant only for women ( to prevent sexual harassment) if they do r bio women accepting or not? Are a authorities sensitive about it or they don't allow trans women to use that public transportation? Is there any law that forbids or allows this?
     
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    In most, if not all "Western" countries, public transportation isn't segregated by gender or sex. Everyone rides the same buses, trains, subways, planes, etc. so in the west, a transgender person rides with everyone else.
     
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    I don't think so, but they should be able to. I guess they could if they pass really well, but if they have to show I.D., probably not.
     
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    Where I live the public transportation is divided
     
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    If she had legally changed her gender (paperwork and all) and she passed well enough, I doubt it would be a problem.

    Most hatred of transsexual people is directed to the ones who do not pass.
     
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    Well thats unfair.
     
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    I think it's because they see the non-passing as their biological sex, and assume that they're cross-dressers or gay people. Yes, it is kind of unfair, but I hope medicine will be able to get rid of that difference one day. :icon_wink I'm sure that would make everyone happier.
     
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    But what if I legally transgender woman can't really pass? Would they discriminate her

    If I had the guarantee. I will pass as a woman I would become one but im a little bit scared that even with hormones people wouldn't believe me
     
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    What countries segregate transportation by gender? I've never heard of such a thing
     
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    In in Latin countries such as Mexico Honduras Salvador etc
     
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    I've never heard of such a thing. It sounds abhorrent. (the segregation, not the use of said transport by transgender women).
     
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    I've also heard of this happening in Japan because sexual harassment there is so high. I guess it's easier than actually addressing the problem?? |:
     
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    Neither have I, and I've been to Mexico a few times, along with Puerto Rico. I'm going to ask my friends from Venezuela and Chile just to see if this really does exist.
     
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    Being openly transgendered in Mexico or Central America sounds like a wonderful way to get raped, beaten, harassed, or murdered.
     
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    Yep but some people manage just fine.
     
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    Lol, no they don't. The cabs, buses, and metros in Mexico City had a mix of both genders, and no one made a huge deal out of it.
     
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    "Transporte rosa" look that up
     
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    There are women only buses implemented since quite a few of them get harassed in the mixed ones, but it isn't a part of the law or anything, and there are plenty where both can still ride together.

    It isn't Saudi Arabia.