Bathrooms revisited redux

I found this today. It is not news for us, but it is an interesting look at reality vis-à-vis what bathroom to use.

...many transgender people spend a lot of time thinking about bathrooms and give serious consideration to which set of toilets they are going to use each time they need one. It’s a game of bathroom calculus: Should they go in the room designated for the gender they know themselves to be, or should they go in the one designated for the gender that other people say they are? Either decision risks harassment and violence.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-transgender-bathroom-crime_us_5b96c5b0e4b0511db3e52825

The article is a rehash of what we, as transfolk, already know. But it is a worthwhile read nonetheless.

A good article and a point well made but of course we all know that the bathroom scare was always a red herring. This was always about hatred of transgender people. As mentioned in the article this allows people to spew hate at a child for using the most appropriate toilet in school. That's sickening.

the whole issue ended rather abruptly here after some official publicly made an observation that Transgendered people are perfectly able to obtain concealed weapons licenses in this state and would be well withing their rights to defend themselves with any necessary force against anyone threatening them with violence over using the bathroom....

Agreed. The bathroom thing is fake news, nobody rapes people in bathrooms.

Back in time, when I presented as woman, my boss told me all the women complained about me using the women's restroom. Even though it was only a 1 stall restroom and noone was even in it. They said it made them "uncomfortable". So I'm supposed to like women and be a feminist, when women launch a vicious conspiracy against me and get to be pretty and I don't. Well guess what women have mostly been cruel and unfair to me, rejected me in relationships and abused and used me. So why am I supposed to like women and be a feminist exactly?

Oh and fyi, I obeyed the puritan rules and acted like a eunuch. I didn't flirt with any of the women at my job like an obedient slave. And even though I didn't flirt with them, they still gave me a hard time for being trans. So I don't want to hear these puritan male-bashing accusations of "Oh how dare you flirt with a woman, they should have the right to dictate what kind of clothes you wear and you have no right to go into womens bathrooms if you want a girlfirend."

Because I didn't EVEN flirt with any of the women. So noone can even use that kind of anti-male vitriol anyway. I was born male. I should have the right to wear whatever clothes I want, and flirt with anyone I want (well as long as they aren't a child.) Im sick of this anti-male vitriol crap that tells me I'm "wrong" for daring to want a healthy wholesome relationship. Because even if you don't flirt with them, even when you obey the role of a sexless slave, they launch a conspiracy against you anyway. And that is just one of the reasons I hate this world. If males have increased freedoms and privileges, then why is it I Cannot even wear whatever clothes I damn please!!!

Partially edited. Angel, we cannot have any threats of violence upon these boards, whether you reference to being attacked first or not. This is a peaceful forum. Celia.