Transexuals

[Divinity]

I agree that unless you have a penis, you should not go into a woman's bathroom/lockerroom, and vice versa. For one, if we allow anyone to go into any bathroom/lockerromm so long as they say "I identify with this sex", this opens the doors to fakes who are sexual predators. Second, even though bathrooms wouldn't be as big of a deal for me personally, I respect that there are women who understandably are not comfortable with it. As for lockerrooms, I'm sorry but I would not feel comfortable with a man going in there while I'm in there changing/showering/etc... even if he did say he identified as female. I have no problem with a 3rd option of "gender neutral" bathroom/lockerrooms though. 

I do think there is a difference between intervening when someone is upset and trying to hurt themselves, and intervening when someone has gone through therapy and has decided to go under the knife for extensive surgery. At that point I see it as them being under the care of professionals and doctors, and though I may not agree that it's the healthiest course of action, I would not feel like it is in my authority to stop it from happening. 

The point where the lines may get blurred though, is when we are dealing with people who "feel" they should be blind/deaf/legless/armless/etc. There really are people out there who feel they are in the wrong body and that they should be in the body of someone who is blind, or an amputee or something. Should doctors help them out with that by blinding them? Or cutting off their legs? Obviously the answer is no. But then the question is, how is this different then, from a man who feels he should be a woman and wants to get his penis cut off? If we are being completely objective here, how is this different? I think the difference is that a person who undergoes sex change surgery is still able to function completely properly and normally with all their body parts (at least outside of the bedroom, but inside is not our business).... unlike the person who is unable to see because they had their eyes poked out by a doctor or something. Thoughts?

Here we go with the sexual assaults argument that has absolutely no merit.  Areas that have allowed transgenders to use the restroom they identify with have NOT seen an increase in sexual assaults.  Apparently this doesn't matter because there's the OPPORTUNITY.  I suppose this means that because there's an OPPORTUNITY for a woman to sexually assault a woman, or a man to sexually assault a man that we should ban gay people from the bathroom.  Oh and Catholic Priests too.  Catholic Priests are known for assaulting young boys, so they can't use the bathroom either.   In fact we should just ban everyone from public bathrooms.  Nobody can use them because there's an opportunity for someone to commit a crime.  

You know who often gets sexually assaulted?  Transgender people.   I guess they don't matter though.  It only matters that some people might be uncomfortable and some people might abuse the law.  It doesn't matter that they're getting sexually assaulted.  In fact studies show 50% of transgender people suffer from some form of sexual abuse in their lifetime.  Estimates suggest that number might even be higher.

"They should use gender neutral bathrooms".  Yes, because that's NOT going to cause an issue with those who do have gender dysphoria.  Not to mention it's going to make it really easy for people who want to sexually assault them, seeing them as easy targets.  So long as a few people don't have to feel uncomfortable on the off chance they meet someone that's transgender in the bathroom.