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How do you feel about transgenders using the bathroom of he gender they identify as?

Personally i think a transgender woman should have the right to use the ladies room.
Although it seems to me that the wise course of action is to use the restroom for the gender you're passing as.
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Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
I have no problem with them doing it. Why they need to is another story.
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Would you rather use the men's room or the ladies room?
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
@Pikachu doesn't matter to me
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lol i knew you'd say that. Not sure it's honest, but i still thought you'd say it.

But the fact is that most people are more comfortable in the bathroom of their gender. I imagine this goes for transgenders as well. So that's why they need to. Because they should have the same rights as you or me.
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
@Pikachu why are they? just there to relieve yourself right
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Probably just a societal construct. But that doesn't change the fact that people are more comfortable in the bathroom that corresponds to their gender. Why should you deny transgenders that same comfort?
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
@Pikachu They should just learn to be comfortable in both, who cares about the sex of other people in there
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Evidently, many people care.
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
@Pikachu why?
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How should i know?
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
@Pikachu Because you are a person who cares
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I know that i'm more comfortable in the bathroom that corresponds to my gender. I don't know why that is.

Which is of course irrelevant. Why should a transgender person not have the same right that i do?
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
@Pikachu the right to be comfortable in the bathroom?
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Yup.
Place whatever value on it you like but if i have it, you should have it too.

Why should a transgender person not have the same right that i do?
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
@Pikachu you don't
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I have the right to use the bathroom that corresponds to my gender.
Why shouldn't a transgender have the same right?
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
@Pikachu why?
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Same reason we have the right to freedom of speech, freedom of religion and peaceful gathering.
Because as a society that's what we've decided.
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
@Pikachu those have specific reasons, this does too. Why is this a right? If it has no actual reason then it shouldn't be upheld
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Maybe it shouldn't be upheld. And you can feel free to make that case.
But at the moment it is a recognized right, a legislated right and as such, why shouldn't a transgender have the same right?
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
@Pikachu Are you okay with removing it then?
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Let's see. Make your case why it should be removed.
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
@Pikachu I have not chosen that agency. Are you okay with removing it?
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Not without a good reason. Do you have a good reason?
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
@Pikachu why?
@Jackaloftheazuresand

I don't think human rights should be removed without a good reason because they generally protect people.
Do you have a good reason?