I want to start by saying it was really apt that the Toilet Training video referenced the Law & Order sequence, seeing as SVU has done so many episodes addressing trans issues historically, and how many of those episodes discuss reference the bathroom issue specifically.
I’m glad that the Transgender People and Bathroom Access reading as well as the Toilet Training video address and tackles the folk theories regarding the safety of a bathroom. The whole idea that someone would argue that “if a trans woman can use the bathroom what if men disguise themselves as women” as if that’s not just assault and something that needs to be addressed on its own!?
“To imply that trans women pose a threat to cisgender women in restrooms is misinformation that preys on unfounded fears. I searched for news stories in which transgender women have assaulted cisgender women in bathrooms, coming across nothing but news stories detailing the attacks on transgender women themselves. ” – I think the BitchMedia article hit the target on the really sad irony of the bathroom issue.
Personally, TERF ideologies absolutely blow my mind, but why call someone a TERF when you can just call them what they really are: Transphobic.
