The EHRC ruling affects everyone and if you don't see the harm because you think it only impacts trans people then you're lacking sense and decency. No one should be gender policed to have a wee, and the second you give strangers the right to harass others who they believe don't fit their idea of what a perceived gender 'should be' then you're apart of the problem.
Everyone would be at risk of harassment.
And for fcks sake trans people deserve respect and safety which should be common sense at this point!
This stupid policy is just making trans people and gender non conforming people more anxious and ostracised publicly. It's not just about those who will be 'wrongly accused of being trans' that matter (not that they don't, before you fuss). However when it's a trans person being 'accused' of being trans and therfore harassed, that's not right either. (is that sentence simple enough to understand) We don't deserve to be accused and excluded. So don't just offer pathetic token care for those you think deserve it more by being cis gender.
We, trans people, deserve the same amount of outrage when we are accosted and othered. Are we not worthy of protest too? (I suppose all these guidances and legalisations made without input of trans individuals give me the answer)
How is that protection? This protects no one no matter how much you try to rationalise it.'It's to protect women and children'How again is this protecting anyone?If someone wanted to harass and assault someone in the toilets, then this can just do the simple task of pushing a door open. I don't think a rapist or abuser will care if the door happens to have a silhouette of a dress, I think crime prevention would be much easier by now if that was the case. What about all the women and and men who will be hurt and harassed when you force them to use another bathroom because you think that what they were assigned at birth based on genitals matters? What about using this conviction to tackle violence against women when the abuser is a white cis man, domestic abuse, stalking, misogyny that shows up every goddamm day?!
I doubt anyone wants to be in a public toilet more than they need to so just let people piss in peace. Those who support this or support the instigators such as terfs (you probably know of JK Rowling at this point but some believe nostalgia is a good enough excuse to continue helping her fund towards hate. You CAN'T separate art from the artist if they are currently using the money to fund anti lgbtqia groups.) then remember you're condoning societal exclusion, dehumanisation, misogyny and bigotry by allowing those who think they 'can always tell' what makes 'a real woman' or a 'real man'.
This is an endless tangent that I could repeat over and over because this shouldn't be happening but it is and not even for the first time we've had the bloody argument about who can use which toilet. Its ridiculous and saddening. (and oh god I've really picked the wrong time to 'come out')