this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2023
15 points (82.6% liked)

transgender

1943 readers
1 users here now

Welcome to lemmy.ml/c/transgender! This is a community for sharing transgender or gender diverse related news articles, posts, and support for the community.

Rules:

  1. Bigotry, transphobia, racism, nationalism, and chauvinism are not allowed.

  2. Selfies are not permitted for the safety of users.

  3. No surveys or studies.

  4. Debating transgender rights is not allowed. Transgender rights are human rights. Debating transgender healthcare is not allowed. Transgender healthcare is a necessity.

  5. No civility policing transgender people. Transgender people have a right to be angry about transphobia and be rude to transphobes.

  6. If you are cis, do not downvote posts. We don't like you manipulating our community.

  7. Posts about dysphoria/trauma/transphobia should be NSFW tagged for community health purposes.

  8. For both cis and trans people: Please alter your username (if possible) to include pronouns (or lack thereof, or questioning) so no one misgenders anyone. details. This rule is important for maintaining a safe place. If you can't change your ID, please let a mod know and include it in your bio.

  9. Leftist infighting is not allowed.

Please remember to report posts that break any of these rules, it makes our job easier!

If you are looking for a more secure and safe trans space, we suggest you visit https://hexbear.net/c/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns. While we will try our best, lemmy.ml/c/transgender is far more open to the fediverse, and also to trolls. One of the site admins of lemmy.ml, nutomic, is also a transphobe, while hexbear is ran mostly by trans people and has a very active trans community.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
darth_tiktaalik@lemmy.ml
Diva@lemmy.ml
marcie@lemmy.ml
pooberbee@lemmy.ml
BountifulEggnog@lemmy.ml
Edie@lemmy.ml
15
Trans people and bathrooms: This debate is stupid. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by Ragdoll_X@lemmy.world to c/transgender@lemmy.ml
3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3412840

https://ragdollx.substack.com/p/trans-people-and-bathrooms

TL:DR

Despite the hysteria surrounding trans people and bathrooms, several studies have found that nondiscrimination laws that protect trans people's right to use public facilities in accordance with their gender identity don't lead to an increase in sexual assaults. School officials, experts on sexual assault prevention and police departments all agree that protecting trans people poses no threat to cis women and girls.

By contrast, a large number of trans people, including kids, report experiencing harassment, humiliation or even violence when using a public restroom, along with other problems due to fear of harassment.

Trans youth who had restricted access to restroom/locker rooms were at higher risk of sexual assault, and they were no more likely to commit sexual violence. States that ban trans kids from using facilities consistent with their gender identity reported the same rate of sexual violence as states that didn't have such bans.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Tuuli@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah, this is just a made up problem in the first place. They needed more enemies, trans people were an easy target.