Gwahlur_Rising

So...the transgendered community needs to be held responsible for the actions of dishonest cisgendered people, then? By that logic, we should do away with handicapped parking, because it would be fairly easy for a non-handicapped person to fake a disability and park there. Assumption of guilt is a very slippery slope.

No, it is not.

@killerforhire:

Oh, the US has quite a few "real" problems, with blatant bigotry being one of the foremost, if pedagogical evidence is any indication.

I don't see how this shift in the law is going to make this significantly more likely than it is, now. I mean, it's not like we're going to be doing away with the teams of professional security guards, 24/7 video surveillance, and metal detectors that currently make public restrooms the bastions of safety that they already are.

@EvilTyger: Well, I don't know about where anyone else went to school, but where I come from, anyone pleasuring themselves in a public shower was pretty swiftly dealt with by the appropriate authorities, regardless of their identity.

Statistically, transgendered individuals are vastly more likely to be assaulted than they are to assault anyone (which just might have something to do with them wanting to be able to choose the bathroom they feel most comfortable in).

The same can't be said for politicians, however; there's quite a few well-documented cases of elected officials behaving very badly in public restrooms, so if you truly are concerned about restroom safety, maybe what you should be pushing for is making all legislators use separate bathrooms.

Only if said games involve other people, like MMO's.

There's usually three ways to stop a fight:

1. Physically jump in and try to stop it, thus risking injury to yourself
2. Call the police, which is probably the safest and surest way, but as some others have pointed out, you may "lose face," if that's something that matters to you
3. Yell "(expletive of your choice) it's the cops" and watch everyone involved scatter in all directions like startled gazelles

@bat_saint: And I've told you how you can find out. You've made it clear that you're unwilling to accept any evidence I present, regardless of its obvious credibility, so the only logical thing for you to do is find your own. I wish you much success in your research. ^_^