U.S. News

2251 readers

68 users here now

News about and pertaining to the United States and its people.

Please read what's functionally the mission statement before posting for the first time. We have a narrower definition of news than you might be accustomed to.

Guidelines for submissions:

Post the original source of information as the link.
If there is any Nazi imagery in the linked story, mark your post NSFW.
If there is a paywall, provide an archive link in the body.
Post using the original headline; edits for clarity (as in providing crucial info a clickbait hed omits) are fine.
Social media is not a news source.

For World News, see the News community.

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

alyaza@beehaw.org

rs5th@beehaw.org

Powderhorn@beehaw.org

Ohio governor signs bill limiting bathroom use by transgender students (apnews.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca to c/usnews@beehaw.org

14 comments fedilink hide all child comments

“It revolves around safety, security, and, I think, common sense. It protects our children and grandchildren in private spaces where they are most vulnerable,” said Republican Ohio state Sen. Jerry Cirino, the bill’s sponsor.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 23 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Is there any evidence at all backing such safety and security claims? Has restroom safety ever been jeopardized by transgendered persons? The only news I've ever seen in balls bigoted persons attacking transgendered persons.

And if they want to start protecting children, they should consider looking at the leadership of youth organizations and churches and other places where children have been victimized by the hundreds of thousands.

Sounds like these people should take a look at their book and what their precious Jesus says about such things:

Matthew 7:3-5 Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and look, the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye!

Red herring much? Moral equivalence much?

Protecting children starts with your own institutions, not a small subset of people who just want to shit in peace!

[–] stroz@infosec.pub 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They should just listen to their leader's own words:

Leave it the way it is…There have been very few complaints the way it is. People go. They use the bathroom that they feel is appropriate

https://www.yahoo.com/news/resurfaced-clip-shows-trump-did-201220156.html

[–] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 weeks ago

Good grief. That's the first time I've seen that clip. The way politicians flip-flop for their own personal gain makes me sick. And that doesn't even touch on the fact that this affects real people at such a basic level.

No one is going to walk around bathrooms inspecting for penises or the lack thereof. At the heart of the matter, no one actually gives a damn. This is all just pure bigotry plain and simple. That and the politics of playing bigots for their votes.

I hope hope hope that people like Sarah McBride will follow people like Mike Johnson into the bathroom and then, from the stall next to him, say every most uncomfortable thing that she can think of to make Johnson rue the day he banned trans women from using the restroom with dignity at their place of work.

Goodness! There's so many real problems in this world. Why are people letting politicians get away from doing their actual jobs and focusing on minutia like this.

load more comments (3 replies)