#plettputmehere

[thiscatlovestea]

Catholic School Bans Transgender Child From Girls' Washroom -

[thiscatlovestea]

[queerforscience]

I definitely think the proposed bathroom laws suck but I feel like the #PlettPutMeHere selfies are relying on the disconnect between people’s perceived gender and which bathroom they’re using instead of their identity and the bathroom they’re forced to use, prioritizing trans people that are gender conforming and “pass” as their identified gender.

Masculine trans women, feminine trans men, nonbinary people, and people that don’t “pass” have just as much of a right to use the bathroom that corresponds best with their identity as everyone else.

[saturnparker]

Dear Canada, my home

I have to opportunity to move to Europe

I really want to take it now

Sincerely, I want to be able to go to the bathroom with my friend

[koonle-blog]

As transphobic as this sounds. I think if you don’t pass for the gender of one restroom and you do for another. Just use the other. I get that you are uncomfortable. Believe me I know. But the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. I have seen a lot of the pictures for the whole #plettputmehere and my heart goes out for them, but some of them won’t be an issue. But a thing that I am wondering, how hard is it in Canada to get your gender legally changed? I know in America you can go to your local courtroom and change it. And when I checked what I had to do where I lived to get it changed all I needed was $200. If that is the case in Canada, why not do that?

[biandbitchy]

It’s very important also to note that the same amendment that would make washrooms sex specific would also make crisis shelters sex-specific as well, meaning that trans women would be barred from seeking help at women’s shelters

Trans women could potentially have no place to run to if they’re living in abusive households. This is a really big issue and people need to be talking more about it instead of pretending that Canada is the most accepting place on earth.

[winonaflammery]

I don’t think Plett realised that if you force transgender men to use the women’s bathroom, then cisgender men won’t even have to dress up in traditionally feminine clothing to fit in there (I don’t know where he got the idea that people actually do this from, though?). They can just walk in as is, and everyone will just assume they’re a transgender male.

Dense bigots are dense.

Honestly though, I’m assuming he’s just using the “cisgender men in feminine clothing who wants to assault women” excuse to try and hide how transphobic he really is (not that it’s working), but I wonder if anyone’s pointed out yet, to him, this massive flaw in his argument. I’d like to watch his reaction.

[valeriekeefe]

Call your MP. Ask them to come out against the Plett Amendment.