Bathrooms

(Trigger warning for trans friends, there’s derogatory use of terms our community has been trying to reclaim.)

I’ve seen a lot about trans people using bathrooms.. AGAIN. I’ve seen people complaining about the need for gender neutral bathrooms.. AGAIN. My question is, are these people ever taking a second to put themselves in the shoes of the trans person who needs a bathroom? Relieving your bladder behind a closed door is a basic human right isn’t it? Are we not human? Do we not deserve to evacuate behind a closed door? There are trans people who do not “pass” as their gender (for whatever reason, and the reason is their own business). There are non- binary people who do not “pass” as a gender and never will. There are Intersex people who were born with traits of both male and female. The fact is, you can’t know what someone’s sex is without looking at their genitals, which is absolutely non of your business. No one is going into bathrooms targeting cis people, trans people ARE the target. Trans people are the ones navigating the world in fear because half the population hates us just for existing in our truth. Hates us enough to assault us and kill us at any moment with little to no warning. You can’t use these crap tactics to bully us back into hiding. Enough of us are done hiding and we will use whatever bathroom we want and more and more people are finding their voice to stand up for us. You can whine and complain to your friends all you want but you’re going to have to stop leaving us with zero options and no rights. You’re going to have to let trans people pee behind a door without screaming at them.