Reminder that Sarah McBride is the first out transgender woman elected to congress. The Republicans are specifically targeting her and future transgender representatives by banning them their gendered restrooms of choice. As always, cruelty is the point.

  • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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    I want her to hire an aide to monitor Johnson’s bathroom activity, and then intentionally join him in the men’s room every single time to make him uncomfortable by grunting away in a stall.

    Malicious compliance is the best revenge for this bullshit.

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      This is definitely going to work. She’s going to be forced to use the men’s room. Where male House members will also be. She will have access to a space in Congress which no female House members have previously had.

      How long will it take for the men in the House to decide that, no, they don’t like that a woman has been forced into their space by the Speaker?

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        I hadn’t considered this before… but I think you’re absolutely right. It will literally silence any talk, and I guarantee it won’t be long before they call for a third bathroom…

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          Single unisex bathrooms, or unisex stalls with communal sinks, is really the only fair thing to do in all situations.

          Why do I have to fucking shit next to some other dude??

          Why do women have to wait on ridiculously long lines in public places, in situations where there’s only one or two men using the men’s room??

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        That would take them recognizing her as a woman, which I hope they do but don’t think they will with their current base of support.

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          We are the GOP and we shit hypocrisy and the dissonance just makes us cum. You cannot fuck with us on moral logic. Amateurs all of you!

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    Demand all congress people show proof of gender. There is no such thing, so no bathrooms for anyone unless they are for everyone like they should be. Stupid sex segregated society.

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      They’ll end up demanding to see a birth certificate, which is not a historical document, can be updated, and often has errors.

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          They’re gonna need a report from a gender specialist and a clear set of credentials confirming their ability to definitely decide 100.0% make or 100.0% female.

          Let’s learn stuff.

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            I always wanted to make a fake cert but never had a good reason.
            I’ll do it and I’ll deliberately do a poor job.

            Edit: shit, i mistakenly capitalized “board”

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            But how do we know that they haven’t changed since the docent was generated. Clearly the only solution are genital inspectors…

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            If you want tips for how to make it uncomfortable, slow, and humiliating you can crib from Real Life Experience (RLE) the process that they used to make trans people go through to prove our genders

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        and often stipulate the original birth certificate so if there was a mistake entering the sex, too fucking bad I guess?

    • In elementary school, the bathroom was a large room with stalls all around and a foot-activated-fountain-thingy in the middle to wash your hands.

      It was perfectly fine and non-gendered.

      Around here, most restaurants have 2+ fully enclosed single-user bathrooms instead of multiple stalls, so gendering those is especially useless.

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        If I have to shit, and the men’s room is taking too long, I’m going to go shit in the women’s room, idgaf. I’m not messy, but I will be shittin’ regardless of consequence.

        If I encounter a woman actually in there while I’m running in, I just say I’m sorry, this could not have been stopped, rush into a stall, and it’s never an issue. Who the fuck is making this an issue?

        Another anecdote, I’ve been in bars where I’ve been a little too drunk, wandered into the women’s, gotten to the wash my hands phase, and then been confronted by a woman also washing her hands and every single time (only like 2-3 times) they’ve always just laughed with me, I’ve apologized, and we both went about our business.

        Third anecdote, I’ve worked in many places and had to clean both women’s and men’s bathrooms, gals, y’all are fuckin reckless in there, I don’t even see why people would want to use those bathrooms. Men’s bathrooms aren’t spotless and perfect or anything, but I’ve seen some tragedies in women’s bathrooms.

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          Tragedies in women’s bathrooms: There have always been some, and with the loss of appropriate medical care for miscarriages and abortions, there’s going to be a lot more.

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      I demand genital inspections for anyone entering bathrooms in any government building. Public photographic proof of sex must be required.

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      Honestly, one bathroom for all is the way to go - but make sure there are still a few urinals in there.

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    I don’t know much about her, but she’s clearly handling this situation with an incredible amount of class. I respect the heck out of her for that.

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      All unnecessary. All to break her spirit. Still pisses me off!

      I don’t mean to taint what you said. You said it quite nicely.

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        They’re trying to break her, the only winning move is to shrug it off with poise. The goal is to demonstrate herself as a serious legislator and them as the lunatics who are more concerned with hurting her than helping their constituents

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        It upsets me too but I don’t think being angry about it will change anything. I’d rather take a moment to learn a lesson from her because I’m not sure I’d be so publicly level headed about it.

        She’s on a big stage and this is a big moment for a community of marginalized people. She needs to be strong, not just for herself, but the people who find a reflection of themselves in her. Her ability to stay calm in this silly storm is admirable.

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    Hey folks. The speaker of the House of the US Government, third in succession, is spending time telling people where to piss and shit.

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      didn’t someone shit on the speaker’s desk 4 years ago? is he using the same one?

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      This is a group that needs to start things with a prayer. They aren’t very sophisticated.

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      What else would he be doing? Fixing the economy? Repairing infrastructure? Going home to spend an evening with his family? It’s not like America has bigger problems than specifically telling one junior congresswoman that she has to use a different restroom than she’d prefer.

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      You say that as if the POTUS elect, soon to be President of the largest military force in human history; wouldn’t do/say the exact same things.

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    How long before they straight up expel her? Or before someone gets violent with her on the House floor?

    Wonder which will happen first.

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        I had to look her up again to see which party she’s in. I hope she never makes a statement like this again. She’s going to need more backbone.

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          Id ask ehat this take even is but honestly i dont think that would be any better

          Edit: over reaction

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            I meant because it sounds like she’s sucking up to Johnson. I know she isn’t though. She’s going “the high road”

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              So would you rather see her single handedly(bc democrats have no backbone) fight a republican government that she guaranteed to not achieve anything against except virtue signalling?

              Shes recognises that that is a fight she cant win right now. So she wants to do her job and do what she can for her consituents instead of wasting the next four years getting absolutely nothing done.

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    Fuck this. She shouldn’t just be complying. She’s trying to take the high road and that’s not what’s needed. She should be fighting because it’s not just about her but all the trans staffers that exist in the capital. This fucking sucks and makes me worry about whether she’ll even fight for trans peoples rights in the country.

    Edit: MTG and Nancy Mace are literally saying her using the woman’s spaces is assault. She should be fighting this not just letting them walk all over her.

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    Sen. McBride or someone else should get a transgender man as an aid or something.

    Watch how fast they change their minds when there’s a huge, jacked, manly, dude going into the ladies restroom. Bonus points for grunting and making the most aggressive shits.

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    It’s hilarious that this warped little creep has arranged things such that he has a credible excuse to sit and listen to trans women pinching off loaves from the next cubicle, all while he’s reporting his porn usage to his son via his iChrist app. He’s definitely someone we want making policy around genitalia.

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    What even is the layout and dispersement of restrooms in the Capitol building? I could find only fuzzy diagrams, and information on the Visitor’s areas, (which include some family restrooms, I’m glad to see) but I’m not that good at this.

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      I’ve never seen any building that shows the bathroom layout. That’s honestly a wierd thing to want to know.