Which of these best describes your views regarding transgender individuals?

[Goldwater]

For locker rooms, my concern is that someone could pretend to be transgender for an excuse to see naked women and leer at them (though I doubt an actual rapist would be deterred by a sign). Also, the other people in that locker room may not know/realize that that person is transgender.

But doesn't the existence of homosexual people already lead to this being a potential problem? And like you said, a sign won't stop rapists.

[KingSweden]

I don't know any trans people IRL and I still have a hard time understanding it. I know plenty of gay/lesbian people, including family. It's a tough situation - everyone should be comfortable in their own skin. I encourage adults who know they have the wrong sex at birth to get reassignment procedures, for their own comfort and happiness.

As for the bathroom debate, go to Europe. Public restrooms are unisex with lockable doors. No reason we can't do that here more and defang the debate, which has reasonable concerns on both sides

[RINO Tom]

Let's dispel with this myth that bathroom signs stop rapists.

But dude, a bathroom is a "Rape Free Zone."  Putting a sign on the wall will scare the SH|T out of the rapist.

[Santander]

They exist, they are human beings, and bullying is bad.

[IceAgeComing]

As for the bathroom debate, go to Europe. Public restrooms are unisex with lockable doors. No reason we can't do that here more and defang the debate, which has reasonable concerns on both sides

Far from a universal thing; common in small places like restaurants or wee cafes where you have no space so having two separate toilet rooms is the best use of space and at that point why bother gendering them (although lots of places still do, it baffles me) but lots of public conveniences are gendered and big multi-cubicle rooms.

[Associate Justice PiT]

For locker rooms, my concern is that someone could pretend to be transgender for an excuse to see naked women and leer at them (though I doubt an actual rapist would be deterred by a sign). Also, the other people in that locker room may not know/realize that that person is transgender.

But doesn't the existence of homosexual people already lead to this being a potential problem? And like you said, a sign won't stop rapists.

     Yeah, there's a host of issues that forcing people to use the bathroom/locker room of their biological sex doesn't solve, and another host of issues it creates. The status quo was really the best way with this.

[KingSweden]

As for the bathroom debate, go to Europe. Public restrooms are unisex with lockable doors. No reason we can't do that here more and defang the debate, which has reasonable concerns on both sides

Far from a universal thing; common in small places like restaurants or wee cafes where you have no space so having two separate toilet rooms is the best use of space and at that point why bother gendering them (although lots of places still do, it baffles me) but lots of public conveniences are gendered and big multi-cubicle rooms.

They seemed pretty universal in bigger public accommodations in Sweden (department stores, train station, etc)

[Oldiesfreak1854]

I'd like to add a different option: whatever gender people psychologically identify with is nobody's business but their own.

[IceAgeComing]

As for the bathroom debate, go to Europe. Public restrooms are unisex with lockable doors. No reason we can't do that here more and defang the debate, which has reasonable concerns on both sides

Far from a universal thing; common in small places like restaurants or wee cafes where you have no space so having two separate toilet rooms is the best use of space and at that point why bother gendering them (although lots of places still do, it baffles me) but lots of public conveniences are gendered and big multi-cubicle rooms.

They seemed pretty universal in bigger public accommodations in Sweden (department stores, train station, etc)

Sweden =/= Europe though; Europe is a very big diverse place and things are different wherever you go.  I've never seen what you've seen in the places I've been (the UK, Belgium, Strasbourg, Berlin, Krakow and Lithuania - clarifying cities when I've only ever been to a single place in a country).

[DavidB.]

As for the bathroom debate, go to Europe. Public restrooms are unisex with lockable doors. No reason we can't do that here more and defang the debate, which has reasonable concerns on both sides

Far from a universal thing; common in small places like restaurants or wee cafes where you have no space so having two separate toilet rooms is the best use of space and at that point why bother gendering them (although lots of places still do, it baffles me) but lots of public conveniences are gendered and big multi-cubicle rooms.

They seemed pretty universal in bigger public accommodations in Sweden (department stores, train station, etc)

Sweden =/= Europe though; Europe is a very big diverse place and things are different wherever you go.  I've never seen what you've seen in the places I've been (the UK, Belgium, Strasbourg, Berlin, Krakow and Lithuania - clarifying cities when I've only ever been to a single place in a country).

Yeah, been to over 20 countries in Europe by now (I think) and this isn't common at all.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I've literally never come across a unisex public toilet in this country other than 'this cafe is a small cafe it has one toilet' and that doesn't really count.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

I don't mean to be cold but I really haven't given it any serious thought and I probably won't.  Live and be who you are.....

[fhtagn]

Four (sane)

[Cynthia]

I am living on gender lines.

[Derpist]

None of the above. I'd prefer to offend everyone by firmly stating that transgenderism is a mental disease, but that gender reassignment may (or may not be) the best solution depending on the individual in question and that should be fine.

And "genderqueer" people are god damn weirdos. And the bathroom thing wouldn't be a problem without those kinds of bad apples.

[Simfan34]

My view regarding the phrase "transgender individuals" is that the ongoing cannibalization of the word "people" by "individuals" on one front and "folks" on another is one of the most unlovely current trends in English.

Scarlet, I agree with almost all of what you're saying, but

Its almost impossible to lose weight once you gain it,

Can't confirm. My weight fluctuates a good deal based on the factors one would expect--how I'm eating and exercising and my stress levels. (This is actually unhealthier than being consistently slightly or moderately overweight, but it does mean that I could keep the weight off if I were able to eat well, exercise, and avoid constant stress for a decent length of time.)

Can someone please explain this to me? I asked about this a while ago, and why it was happening, but never got a straight answer.

[courts]

None of the above. I'd prefer to offend everyone by firmly stating that transgenderism is a mental disease, but that gender reassignment may (or may not be) the best solution depending on the individual in question and that should be fine.

And "genderqueer" people are god damn weirdos. And the bathroom thing wouldn't be a problem without those kinds of bad apples.

sounds like a pretty normal, not horrible response to be honest.

[Kingpoleon]

None of the above. I'd prefer to offend everyone by firmly stating that transgenderism is a mental disease, but that gender reassignment may (or may not be) the best solution depending on the individual in question and that should be fine.

And "genderqueer" people are god damn weirdos. And the bathroom thing wouldn't be a problem without those kinds of bad apples.

sounds like a pretty normal, not horrible response to be honest.

Communitarian/Populist centrism is a mental disease.

[Antonio the Sixth]

None of the above. I'd prefer to offend everyone by firmly stating that transgenderism is a mental disease, but that gender reassignment may (or may not be) the best solution depending on the individual in question and that should be fine.

And "genderqueer" people are god damn weirdos. And the bathroom thing wouldn't be a problem without those kinds of bad apples.

sounds like a pretty normal, not horrible response to be honest.

Please let normal, not horrible people decide that.

[courts]

It's a complex issue and I apologize for my tone in an earlier post.

The basic point of all of it is : Just be who you are....  If you feel in your heart you are a woman, and work so hard to match the outside with the inside, then I think its common courtesy for people to respect that, even if they don't fully understand it.

another decent, not-obnoxious answer.