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LGBT Civil Rights and Activism

Kablooie

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3. I'm not sure this is a good idea if they use shower rooms based on their mental gender.

Reply to theHandpuppet (Original post)

Tue Aug 20, 2013, 11:57 AM

Aug 2013

Young guys often don't care what's in a woman's mind, just the makeup of their body.
I'd worry that it might encourage physical abuse of transgender men who have a woman's body.

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Transgender students now able to use preferred bathroom in school (Calif) [View all] theHandpuppet Aug 2013 OP

I wonder how much of a real impact this will have. Jenoch Aug 2013 #1

Even if it's but one theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #2

I'm not sure this is a good idea if they use shower rooms based on their mental gender. Kablooie Aug 2013 #3