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Bearded trans woman beaten in Oregon after using women's bathroom, beater charged with hate crime

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Durgasarrow · 02/02/2020 17:26

Lauren Jackson, a homeless trans woman who used a woman's bathroom in a state park, was beaten by an Idaho man after his wife complained that Jackson's presence made her uncomfortable. I think we can all agree that an assault charge is reasonable. Is it reasonable to call this a hate crime?

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Rainynighthouse · 03/02/2020 23:29

Thanks for the photo, Oldstyle!

Oldstyle · 03/02/2020 23:35

A pleasure Rainy. Seems I have unexpected GC friends in unexpected places!

OccasionalKite · 03/02/2020 23:39

Speaking very generally, but when men fight other men on the subject of women's rights - then "women" are usually just the football.

Rainynighthouse · 03/02/2020 23:43

Preach, Kite!

Please thank your GC ranger friend. Very kind of her!

TruthOnTrial · 04/02/2020 02:50

goosefoot

Because you seem to be misunderstanding what people are objecting to

No, thats not whats happening, but your post that I was referring to has now been deleted so I can't refer back to it any further.

I have made clear the basis of my objection, being the same (but actually worse/more risky than) any woman arriving unasked at a male urinal and ignoring, not caring, whether that made a male there feel uncomfortable, intruded upon and privacy invaded.

Its really very simple.

Whether the law says they won't prosecute men for wntering females spaces intended for the privacy and safety of women, or not, that still makes the intrusion a shocking and unsettling intrusion for women who may be discovered in a state of undress, or feel intimidated and trapped in a loo alone with a strange male. A male in a male loo facility may be put very on the backfoot by a female in their space. It is illegal to expose yourself sexually in public.

Whats not to understand here?

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