# I pit the people behind anti-transgender "bathroom bills" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 22, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-behind-anti-transgender-bathroom-bills/746831 "2016-02-22T20:24:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-behind-anti-transgender-bathroom-bills/746831/241 "2016-04-05T23:38:22Z")
Haha [North Carolina](http://mashable.com/2016/04/05/paypal-north-carolina/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mashable%2Fbusiness+%28Mashable+%C2%BB+Business+and+Marketing%29#3tu6DhPuxkqS)! šŸ˜› I couldnā€™t think of a better place to stick this. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-behind-anti-transgender-bathroom-bills/746831/242 "2016-04-06T00:11:59Z")
Yup. McCrory called the response to this bill ā€œpolitical theater,ā€ but I figure when you book the stage and audition the cast and write the script, you canā€™t complain about opening night. Right now, the three main boycott actions have been against the Highpoint Furniture Show (take that, interior decorators!), against Wicked and other Broadway shows coming to NC (take that, musical theater workers!), and against Charlotte (take that, city that tried to do the right thing!) While I wish the boycottā€™s damage were a little more fine-tuned, I think itā€™s completely necessary for McCrory and the rest of the assholes to see that promoting bigotry doesnā€™t just damage the LGBT community, it damages their rich friends as well. Damages the whole state. Already some lawmakers are talking about changing the bill. Itā€™s likely theyā€™ll try to leave the bathroom measures in place but remove some of the other pernicious traits of the bill; we need to keep the pressure on them until November, when we find them new places to work. ---
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-behind-anti-transgender-bathroom-bills/746831/243 "2016-04-07T15:39:00Z")
I see Iā€™m late to this party butā€¦ I donā€™t know if anyone else but me knows this, but there are - no, really - about a brazillion places you can go to on the Internet to see everything you could possibly see by peeping in a restroom, in perfect privacy, with little risk (viruses aside). I think - I HOPE - most ā€œpervsā€ know that as well. And are there really that many rapists who want to try it in such a frequently frequented public space? I say that I like the idea of unisex restrooms with floor-to-ceiling stalls with locking doors, and a row of urinals behind a wall. I think all future restrooms should be designed that way. As for the existing ones, hereā€™s my solution: elect Bernie Sanders. Heck, Iā€™m sure he could create a new WPA for the purpose of retrofitting old bathrooms. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-behind-anti-transgender-bathroom-bills/746831/244 "2016-04-07T15:47:05Z")
> [@Totenfeier](#): > > I donā€™t know if anyone else but me knows this, but there are - no, really - about a brazillion places you can go to on the Internet to see everything you could possibly see by peeping in a restroom, in perfect privacy, with little risk (viruses aside). I think - I HOPE - most ā€œpervsā€ know that as well. To be fair, there are plenty of places I can see naked people on the internet, but I much prefer to see naked people IRL, preferably in my bed. Which is to say, sure there are peeping videos, hidden cam videos, whateverā€¦but it ainā€™t the same. > [@](#): > > And are there really that many rapists who want to try it in such a frequently frequented public space? Of course not. But itā€™s terrifying, and that makes people far overestimate the risk. ---
**Author:** ![erocked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f08c70/32.png) [@erocked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erocked)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-behind-anti-transgender-bathroom-bills/746831/245 "2016-04-08T15:52:11Z")
Interestingly enough Iā€™ve read that sexual crimes in general have dropped fairly dramatically since the advent of Internet pornagraphy and itā€™s accessibility. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-behind-anti-transgender-bathroom-bills/746831/246 "2016-04-08T17:34:51Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > Harm means anything that someone doesnā€™t like but canā€™t avoid. Whatever the specific reasons people donā€™t want to go to the bathroom with members of the same sex, to deny them that is to cause them harm. I donā€™t like asparagus. I donā€™t want it. In fact I hate it. Therefore any restaurant that serves asparagus harms me. I hate lots of things. I see lots of new laws to protect me from all that harm. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-behind-anti-transgender-bathroom-bills/746831/247 "2016-04-11T22:46:29Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Again, according to you. I donā€™t know if this is true. Iā€™m open to hearing any complaints or reports from people in poly marriages. You canā€™t think of people in poly marriages who have wanted to marry legally? Never in our history? ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-behind-anti-transgender-bathroom-bills/746831/248 "2016-04-11T22:48:15Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > I donā€™t like asparagus. I donā€™t want it. In fact I hate it. Therefore any restaurant that serves asparagus harms me. I hate lots of things. I see lots of new laws to protect me from all that harm. :rolleyes: Um, sonny, didja notice that I was discussing gender-segregated bathrooms, not transgenders or any of the recent laws? So do you think having mens and womens rooms is hatred of the opposite sex and should be banned so we can all use the same restroom? Thanks for jumping in on a conversation you donā€™t understand. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-behind-anti-transgender-bathroom-bills/746831/249 "2016-04-11T23:06:11Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > You canā€™t think of people in poly marriages who have wanted to marry legally? Never in our history? Letā€™s confine this to that other thread. ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-behind-anti-transgender-bathroom-bills/746831/250 "2016-04-11T23:13:02Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Letā€™s confine this to that other thread. Just found that thread, thanks. Will do. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-behind-anti-transgender-bathroom-bills/746831.md?page=12)