Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All Ladies rooms have stalls and if you dress like a woman how does anyone know you aren't a woman unless you pull up your dress or unzip your slacks, pull out your urinating equipment and try to use the sink as a urinal.

I've never seen a woman with an Adam's apple.

Anonymous wrote:All Ladies rooms have stalls and if you dress like a woman how does anyone know you aren't a woman unless you pull up your dress or unzip your slacks, pull out your urinating equipment and try to use the sink as a urinal.

Gaia wrote:Good morning DCUM.

I am a woman who was born with a penis and raised as male. I am on HRT (hormone replacement therapy), present, and live as a woman. I do everyday activities like go to work and go grocery shopping. I encounter stares and whispers everywhere I go.

Sometimes I have to pee. I try to plan ahead by going before I leave in my safe home, but sometimes I have to venture into a public bathroom. My first response at needing to go is to always try and hold it; I actually get really frequent UTIs because of this. I am terrified every single time I have to go in public. I try to find a family/single bathroom, but a lot of places don't have them.

So I'll put my head down, hunch my shoulders and draw into myself as I open the door to the woman's bathroom. If there's a line, I close the door and find another one. If it's an emergency, I try and brave the line. When one becomes available, I make a beeline for the closest stall, do my business (while sitting down), and wait until I think the room is empty. It's only then that I venture out to wash my hands and leave.

I used to use the men's restroom early in my transition. I got punched, verbally abused, and had a very large and intimidating man threaten to rape me. I am in fear for my life. I am in fear that some man will say or do something that will ruin my day, my week, my life.

You have rights to feel safe when you go to the bathroom. Why do I not have those rights either?

Please be respectful of my experiences and my life as you respond. Thank you.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Yes, but by forcing yourself in the women's restrooms you are saying your rights are more important. Because you will feel safe but we will not.


Speak for yourself.

I was speaking for myself. Please "forgive" me for using the word, "we" I was not speaking for you but for others who agreed with me. You know there are people in the world who disagree about this situatio?. It is very easy to say whatever you want to do is fine when you are on the internet and it is not happening in real life. In real life if the Op presented as a woman I wouldn't say a thing. But, I do object to men who still look like men in the women's room.

Seems to me that you'd be against this whole stupid law, then, right? Because according to the law, men who look very much like men will traipsing through the women's room in order to comply.

Anonymous wrote:All Ladies rooms have stalls and if you dress like a woman how does anyone know you aren't a woman unless you pull up your dress or unzip your slacks, pull out your urinating equipment and try to use the sink as a urinal.

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Yes, but by forcing yourself in the women's restrooms you are saying your rights are more important. Because you will feel safe but we will not.


Speak for yourself.

I was speaking for myself. Please "forgive" me for using the word, "we" I was not speaking for you but for others who agreed with me. You know there are people in the world who disagree about this situatio?. It is very easy to say whatever you want to do is fine when you are on the internet and it is not happening in real life. In real life if the Op presented as a woman I wouldn't say a thing. But, I do object to men who still look like men in the women's room.