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NC Gov on the wrong side of history......
May 10, 2016 at 6:43 am
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For those stuck in America, feel free to let NC Gov, and resident asshole, know his bigotry to transgender will not stand.
Here is his twitter page.
https://twitter.com/patmccrorync?lang=en
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RE: NC Gov on the wrong side of history......
May 11, 2016 at 3:24 pm
(May 10, 2016 at 6:43 am)Brian37 Wrote: For those stuck in America, feel free to let NC Gov, and resident asshole, know his bigotry to transgender will not stand.
Here is his twitter page.
https://twitter.com/patmccrorync?lang=en
Please clarify something for me. When you speak of "transgender" people do you mean only people who have been physically transformed into the opposite sex? Or do you include people who are physically one sex, but identify and dress as the other sex?
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RE: NC Gov on the wrong side of history......
May 11, 2016 at 3:26 pm
(May 11, 2016 at 3:24 pm)Lek Wrote: (May 10, 2016 at 6:43 am)Brian37 Wrote: For those stuck in America, feel free to let NC Gov, and resident asshole, know his bigotry to transgender will not stand.
Here is his twitter page.
https://twitter.com/patmccrorync?lang=en
Please clarify something for me. When you speak of "transgender" people do you mean only people who have been physically transformed into the opposite sex? Or do you include people who are physically one sex, but identify and dress as the other sex?
Just a little nitpick, being transgender doesn't include 'dressing like' anything.
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RE: NC Gov on the wrong side of history......
May 11, 2016 at 3:57 pm
(May 11, 2016 at 3:24 pm)Lek Wrote: Please clarify something for me. When you speak of "transgender" people do you mean only people who have been physically transformed into the opposite sex? Or do you include people who are physically one sex, but identify and dress as the other sex?
What does it matter?
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RE: NC Gov on the wrong side of history......
May 11, 2016 at 4:03 pm
(May 11, 2016 at 3:57 pm)Faith No More Wrote: (May 11, 2016 at 3:24 pm)Lek Wrote: Please clarify something for me. When you speak of "transgender" people do you mean only people who have been physically transformed into the opposite sex? Or do you include people who are physically one sex, but identify and dress as the other sex?
What does it matter?
It matters because if a man thinks he is a woman, but has a penis, why can't he/she use the men's urinal to pee?
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RE: NC Gov on the wrong side of history......
May 11, 2016 at 4:04 pm
(This post was last modified: May 11, 2016 at 4:06 pm by Regina.)
(May 11, 2016 at 3:24 pm)Lek Wrote: (May 10, 2016 at 6:43 am)Brian37 Wrote: For those stuck in America, feel free to let NC Gov, and resident asshole, know his bigotry to transgender will not stand.
Here is his twitter page.
https://twitter.com/patmccrorync?lang=en
Please clarify something for me. When you speak of "transgender" people do you mean only people who have been physically transformed into the opposite sex? Or do you include people who are physically one sex, but identify and dress as the other sex?
Transgender includes everyone who identifies with a different gender to the one assigned at birth, so yes it includes people who have not had SRS. "Transsexual" is sometimes used to describe people who have already had SRS, but "transgender" still applies to them.
However, you can't necessarily tell who has had SRS or not just by looking at them. Most of the secondary sex characterstic (breasts and hips in transwomen, facial and body hair in transmen) are brought on by hormone treatments, not SRS. You can have transgender people who look VERY passable (physically look like the gender they identify as perfectly) who still have their birth genitals.
That's why the "birth genitals" argument for bathroom segregation gets fuzzy and doesn't make sense. You can have transgender men who, with clothes on, you'd never guess wasn't born a man, but still has a vagina. Same for transwomen. Laws like this are suggesting those people should still be made to go into the bathroom based on their genitals, you'd literally have a straight-up woman (from outside appearance anyway) going into mens' bathrooms, and vice versa.
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RE: NC Gov on the wrong side of history......
May 11, 2016 at 4:09 pm
(May 11, 2016 at 4:04 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: (May 11, 2016 at 3:24 pm)Lek Wrote: Please clarify something for me. When you speak of "transgender" people do you mean only people who have been physically transformed into the opposite sex? Or do you include people who are physically one sex, but identify and dress as the other sex?
Transgender includes everyone who identifies with a different gender to the one assigned at birth, so yes it includes people who have not had SRS. "Transsexual" is sometimes used to describe people who have already had SRS, but "transgender" still applies to them.
However, you can't necessarily tell who has had SRS or not just by looking at them. Most of the secondary sex characterstic (breasts and hips in transwomen, facial and body hair in transmen) are brought on by hormone treatments, not SRS. You can have transgender people who look VERY passable (physically look like the gender they identify as perfectly) who still have their birth genitals.
That's why the "birth genitals" argument for bathroom segregation gets fuzzy and doesn't make sense. You can have transgender men who, with clothes on, you'd never guess wasn't born a man, but still has a vagina. Same for transwomen. Laws like this are suggesting those people should still be made to go into the bathroom based on their genitals, you'd literally have a straight-up woman (from outside appearance anyway) going into mens' bathrooms, and vice versa.
So it comes down to the comfort of the person involved.
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RE: NC Gov on the wrong side of history......
May 11, 2016 at 4:10 pm
(May 11, 2016 at 4:03 pm)Lek Wrote: It matters because if a man thinks he is a woman, but has a penis, why can't he/she use the men's urinal to pee?
Because it turns out gender is about much more than what's between your legs.
What harm does it do to you if a person that identifies as a woman but still has a penis uses the women's restroom?
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RE: NC Gov on the wrong side of history......
May 11, 2016 at 4:27 pm
(May 11, 2016 at 4:03 pm)Lek Wrote: (May 11, 2016 at 3:57 pm)Faith No More Wrote: What does it matter?
It matters because if a man thinks he is a woman, but has a penis, why can't he/she use the men's urinal to pee?
Why do you care?
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RE: NC Gov on the wrong side of history......
May 11, 2016 at 5:07 pm
What if a man who thinks he's a woman, but is dressed like a man wants to go into the women's restroom? Even though he's dressed as a man and has a penis, is he still a woman and thus entitled to used the women's room?
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