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Apple's billion dollar investment directed at allowing men into women's bathrooms

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QuietContraryMary · 14/12/2018 08:13

<a class="break-all" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20181214081045/www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2018/12/13/tech-firms-helped-knock-texas-bathroom-bill-apples-1b-campus-fatal-blow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">web.archive.org/web/20181214081045/www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2018/12/13/tech-firms-helped-knock-texas-bathroom-bill-apples-1b-campus-fatal-blow

" Big businesses helped kill the Texas bathroom bill two years ago, targeting it as discriminatory and unnecessary.

They said the legislation, which would have required Texans to use the restrooms that match their sex at birth, would have hampered efforts to woo new companies to the state and turned off convention planners and sports leagues looking at venues for events.

Now, some companies are doubling down on that commitment, citing diversity and inclusivity as factors in their decisions. Apple made this clear Thursday, when it announced a $1 billion investment in the capital city.

The bathroom bill, or something like it, may be back when state lawmakers meet in 2019. But opponents of these restroom regulations say the business community will again give them the ammunition they need to shoot down such divisive legislation.

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HumberElla · 15/12/2018 02:38

A toast yes! To all you wonderful women. And to all a good night!

HumberElla · 15/12/2018 02:36

Sobering evidence above. Thank you Materialist

FloralBunting · 15/12/2018 02:34

Materialist, in the spirit of late night Christmassyness, I feel I must say thank you for your posts. They are always considered and on point, and your style cuts right through the waffle. Much appreciated.

Materialist · 15/12/2018 02:32

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FloralBunting · 15/12/2018 02:29

Yeah, I'm quite disappointed actually. I thought he was a friendly, helpful chap when I first met him. Just goes to show you can't tell a creepy knob on sight.

Materialist · 15/12/2018 02:28

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HumberElla · 15/12/2018 02:27

Eurggh! Floral that’s so grim!

HumberElla · 15/12/2018 02:26

I love mistletoe. Symbolic of Freyja, Norse goddess of love and fertility.
She also said no to men in women’s spaces (TrueFact).

AngryAttackKittens · 15/12/2018 02:24

And that coworker too, I'd imagine!

FloralBunting · 15/12/2018 02:23

I was having a conversation with some friends at work about ghost horror movies the other day, and a male colleague who was wearing a Christmas hat with mistletoe dangling off the front came over and said "I was just waiting for you to start discussing what porn you like!"

It has put me off mistletoe significantly, I must say.

AngryAttackKittens · 15/12/2018 02:14

Not for kissing MRAs under, and in fact now that I've thought of that possibility I may never buy mistletoe again...

AngryAttackKittens · 15/12/2018 02:14

Related, I considered buying some mistletoe the other day.

HumberElla · 15/12/2018 02:11

Have ffs and FPJ ducked under the mistletoe together?
Now it’s just us left, in the kitchen, swaying to Whitney underneath the fairy lights.

HestiaParthenos · 15/12/2018 02:07

Well, at least they're aptly named.

AngryAttackKittens · 15/12/2018 01:56

When even your username is irritating...

FloralBunting · 15/12/2018 01:49

I am enjoying how those replying to the latest visitor all sound like they are on the verge of frustration because of putting the ' ffs ' at the beginning of their posts.

I'm sure it is quite apt, but it is tickling me.

Apollo440 · 15/12/2018 01:47

ffs you keep avoiding my question. Are you saying that denying autogynophiliacs access to women's spaces for them to enjoy the sexual thrill of dressing as women is hatrid and disrespectful and asking them to use the gents will lead to violence and murder? Well, who'd have known! Better let them in.

FloralBunting · 15/12/2018 01:47

Yeah, I'm a bit cheesed off myself. I hate that song.

AngryAttackKittens · 15/12/2018 01:45

Ach, now I've got a bloody earworm of #I believe that children are our future...#

OK, that's Grinched me a bit.

HumberElla · 15/12/2018 01:45

Nice hat. Suits you better than the grim reaper vibe.
What rights do trans people not have?

AngryAttackKittens · 15/12/2018 01:42

Goodwill to all men! Women not so much, apparently.

FloralBunting · 15/12/2018 01:42

We do need a yawn smiley. Perhaps a Bless one too?

R0wantrees · 15/12/2018 01:41

I want a yawning santa...

FloralBunting · 15/12/2018 01:40

Ach, now I've got a bloody earworm of #I believe that children are our future...#

Fuck it, I'm not working tomorrow.

#because the greeeeaaatest love of all, is happening to meeeee#

R0wantrees · 15/12/2018 01:40

I have to say, all this wishing death on people that ffs is doing is spoiling the Christmas spirit a bit.

Goodwill to all men & such like.