One of the easiest ways to solve problems with access under the ADA is with “unisex” toilets, with locking doors. A lot of stores do it as well for families. Paranoid isn’t just Houston, or even Texas, just like bigotry.
It is not about bathrooms, it is about locker rooms. About .2 percent of the population is transgender. The causes are not clear but current thinking is that it is real and driven by biology rather than being a psychological problem. The question is how do you deal with the situation for a reasonable cost to the taxpayer while providing a comfortable environment for all the kids.Making fun of a serious situation doesn’t help much.
Michael_wme would have had something great to say about this. I wrote a polite letter to moderator@gocomics.com asking for him to be let back in. These boards are less interesting in his absence.
While appreciated, even this misses the real mark. the HERO vote was about so much more than bathroom equality. It also covered veterans, those with diabilities, all races, all ages, all religions, etc. in matters involving everything from housing to employment to, yes, “special” accommodations. Talk about hysterically throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
“…leave the seat up or leave the seat down?”-Everybody take responsibility for the position of the seat prior to use will solve that problem. Just leave it clean for the next person.
dtroutmaReminds me of Phyllis Shafley claiming the Equal Rights Amendment would force women to leave their children to go to work and force unisex toilets on the country, while leaving her kids at home and flying all over the country in aircraft that have had unisex toilets since 1919 when they bolted a bucket in the luggage compartment of a DH-9.
I don’t see what the problem is with having a transgender bathroom. If you have not completely gone through with the operation you should use the bathroom according to the body parts you have. Why is that so hard? Same thing as with locker rooms. The case that annoyed me is the school that actually had a transgender bathroom and the teen didn’t want to use that because that’s not who he felt he identified with.
Unisex public restrooms have been needed for a LONG time. Women would generally take their little boys into the ladies’ room, but fathers with young daughters couldn’t take them into he men’s room.
Dtroutma over 8 years ago
One of the easiest ways to solve problems with access under the ADA is with “unisex” toilets, with locking doors. A lot of stores do it as well for families. Paranoid isn’t just Houston, or even Texas, just like bigotry.
Theodore E. Lind Premium Member over 8 years ago
It is not about bathrooms, it is about locker rooms. About .2 percent of the population is transgender. The causes are not clear but current thinking is that it is real and driven by biology rather than being a psychological problem. The question is how do you deal with the situation for a reasonable cost to the taxpayer while providing a comfortable environment for all the kids.Making fun of a serious situation doesn’t help much.
Tue Elung-Jensen over 8 years ago
Maybe if he didn´t look into their stalls during the action …
larryrhoades over 8 years ago
What are they doing in Europe? They are often ahead of us in this sort of thing.
Kip W over 8 years ago
Michael_wme would have had something great to say about this. I wrote a polite letter to moderator@gocomics.com asking for him to be let back in. These boards are less interesting in his absence.
rhonda Premium Member over 8 years ago
While appreciated, even this misses the real mark. the HERO vote was about so much more than bathroom equality. It also covered veterans, those with diabilities, all races, all ages, all religions, etc. in matters involving everything from housing to employment to, yes, “special” accommodations. Talk about hysterically throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
cjr53 over 8 years ago
“…leave the seat up or leave the seat down?”-Everybody take responsibility for the position of the seat prior to use will solve that problem. Just leave it clean for the next person.
hippogriff over 8 years ago
dtroutmaReminds me of Phyllis Shafley claiming the Equal Rights Amendment would force women to leave their children to go to work and force unisex toilets on the country, while leaving her kids at home and flying all over the country in aircraft that have had unisex toilets since 1919 when they bolted a bucket in the luggage compartment of a DH-9.
sofartotheleftimright over 8 years ago
I don’t see what the problem is with having a transgender bathroom. If you have not completely gone through with the operation you should use the bathroom according to the body parts you have. Why is that so hard? Same thing as with locker rooms. The case that annoyed me is the school that actually had a transgender bathroom and the teen didn’t want to use that because that’s not who he felt he identified with.
Dtroutma over 8 years ago
The ballot measure was all about fear, not function.
BaltoBill over 8 years ago
There are a lot of palces with normal bathrooms like you have at home. A man doesn’t NEED a urinal. How many have one in your homes for the men?
Nantucket Premium Member over 8 years ago
Unisex public restrooms have been needed for a LONG time. Women would generally take their little boys into the ladies’ room, but fathers with young daughters couldn’t take them into he men’s room.