Trans men are now forced to use women's restrooms in Kansas
Erin in the Morning's reports on how the Kansas “Compliance Crew” action exposes the contradiction at the heart of anti-trans bathroom laws. Men are forced to use women's bathrooms.
Supporters claim that forcing trans people to use restrooms assigned for their so-called "biological sex" (i.e. gender assigned at birth) keeps men out of women’s spaces. But Kansas SB244 directs many men - trans men - to use women's restrooms.
On August 8, three “bearded, burly” trans men used the women’s restroom and changing area at Long Branch Lagoon Water Park in Dodge City, as state law requires them to do. Police were called, and the men reportedly had to explain intimate details about their bodies to avoid arrest.
The point was not to frighten anyone. The men were making visible what lawmakers prefer to hide:
That the laws forces trans men to use women's restrooms,
That trans women and trans men are exposed to verbal and physical violence if they are forced to use the wrong restrooms.
That the law creates an atmosphere of suspicion, where even cis people may have to undergo invasive questioning and genital inspections.
Such laws stop many trans people from using any public bathrooms, forcing them to stay at home.
If trans men use men’s rooms, transphobes object; if they use women’s rooms, they are treated as threats. Trans people are not a danger in public bathrooms. Bathroom bans are. They invite surveillance, vigilantism and police involvement in ordinary acts of daily life.
Police Called on Trans Men Using Women's Restroom As Required By Kansas Law
Bearded Trans Men Entered Women’s Restrooms Across Kansas to Expose Its Bathroom Law
The Kansas KS SB244 Compliance Crew
Photo: kscompliancecrew.org
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