Not sure if you are serious, but I do have a serious question for anyone -- Lazarus 04/20/2016 5:02PM Where might it happen? At any family gym or swim club. Not saying it -- Hokie5150 04/20/2016 5:28PM This is the issue IMO - I don't think most people are worried about trans -- CharlestonSC 04/21/2016 11:40AM It might be a legal defense when he is charged with indecent exposure etc. -- KCHoo 04/21/2016 11:16AM Gender dysphoria has to be diagnosed by a psychiatrist and then you -- Hoodafan 04/20/2016 9:51PM So, do they carry a card to present upon entry? -- Hokie5150 04/20/2016 10:00PM I guess we'll find out as soon as "conservative" NC spends tons of -- Hoodafan 04/20/2016 10:06PM Are there provisions in these laws that say you have to -- Cold Hoober Hoo 04/20/2016 10:16PM As I understand it, transgender is just a term to describe someone with -- Hoodafan 04/20/2016 10:50PM Here's a question -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 04/20/2016 11:29PM Re: Here's a question -- Beerman 04/21/2016 10:22AM Stop, you're making too much sense, you bigoted homophobic hatemonger. -- EAPo 04/21/2016 10:18AM *** -- EAPo 04/21/2016 10:25AM Maybe for the same reason we don't try to "fix" gays by -- Hoodafan 04/21/2016 12:17AM OK, but there is also such a thing as species dysphoria -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 04/21/2016 09:27AM Dude, if you're trying to confess that you're a closet "furry" just get it -- WahooRQ 04/21/2016 2:29PM Maize, you're one of my favorite posters here because I agree with most of -- Hoodafan 04/21/2016 1:37PM To be honest.... -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 04/22/2016 09:31AM How are you being asked to conform to their behavior" -- 111Balz 04/22/2016 10:19AM What sort of abuse do you have in mind? ** -- cvilleHOOrat 04/21/2016 12:52PM I'd be curious how it differs from body dysmorphic disorder... ** -- Hokie5150 04/21/2016 07:15AM Good on you, hoodafan. We actually have a "compassionate conservative in -- WahooRQ 04/21/2016 06:57AM So your saying these original poorly written and thought -- Cold Hoober Hoo 04/20/2016 11:20PM Umm, no, that's not even close to what I'm saying. To begin with, I have no -- Hoodafan 04/21/2016 12:04AM I have to wonder whether you have a friend or relative with -- Shenhoo 04/21/2016 08:23AM I do not. I have met the young man in that story about the VA school -- Hoodafan 04/21/2016 12:21PM IYC, I've gained a ton of respect for you by reading this thread. -- WahooRQ 04/21/2016 12:30PM I appreciate that. But my ultimate goal is for you to one day realize -- Hoodafan 04/21/2016 1:01PM That's the way it should be. I fail to understand why people feel the need -- Hokie5150 04/21/2016 4:38PM Think it's more that our stubborn asshole sides are far more prominently on -- WahooRQ 04/21/2016 4:53PM More Republican congressmen have been arrested for bathroom misconduct than -- WahooRQ 04/21/2016 08:51AM It is not actual transgender people that are the concern. The concern is -- Hokie5150 04/21/2016 09:17AM Like I said, solution in search of a problem. How "libertarian" of you. ** -- WahooRQ 04/21/2016 10:08AM RQ is correct, these bathroom laws are a solution looking for a problem. -- Cold Hoober Hoo 04/21/2016 10:24AM I'm not OK with anyone "watching" people undress. -- WahooRQ 04/21/2016 10:33AM I agree its not an issue of transgender people behaving -- Cold Hoober Hoo 04/21/2016 12:10PM I would wait to see how that case turns out. I'll admit I didn't pay much -- Hoodafan 04/21/2016 12:50PM I saw the same thing then I googled it and read the story -- Cold Hoober Hoo 04/21/2016 1:11PM So I went and found your post and read that article. (linked if anyone -- Hoodafan 04/21/2016 1:53PM And if a guy goes in a women's facility, how does one determine -- Hokie5150 04/21/2016 11:25AM How does it work now? ** -- 111Balz 04/21/2016 11:26AM I don't know. You tell me. What happens if you go into women's facility -- Hokie5150 04/21/2016 11:32AM I don't. If someone dressed as a man goes into a women's bathroom -- 111Balz 04/21/2016 12:39PM And when reported, what would be done? ** -- Hokie5150 04/21/2016 4:42PM Why is that even relevant? ** -- 111Balz 04/21/2016 9:12PM In Balz's case? Usually a 4 on 1 orgy ensues. -- WahooRQ 04/21/2016 11:39AM "Dear Penthouse Forum..." ** -- Hokie5150 04/21/2016 12:31PM Please point out where I stated that the government should be involved in -- Hokie5150 04/21/2016 10:16AM Yes because today it is easy today to discern when -- 111Balz 04/21/2016 09:39AM Look Hoodafan, if I came across as being against transgendet -- Cold Hoober Hoo 04/21/2016 08:06AM FWIW you didn't come off that way to me and your thoughts/questions are -- Hoodafan 04/21/2016 11:44AM Cool. This has been a pretty civil thread considering the -- Cold Hoober Hoo 04/21/2016 12:20PM +1. It's how they all should be and the reason I come here. To hear from -- Hoodafan 04/21/2016 12:35PM Great series of posts Hooda. Great insights, and empathy ** -- 111Balz 04/21/2016 07:26AM As I've said before, I don't believe the transgenders themselves are the -- Hokie5150 04/21/2016 07:24AM Like a Scarlet T perhaps? Of course they don't, and the only time it would -- Hoodafan 04/21/2016 11:26AM The "problem" being what exactly? Would think a big libertarian *cough* -- WahooRQ 04/21/2016 09:30AM Again, where have I suggested the government should be involved at all? -- Hokie5150 04/21/2016 10:48AM And public restrooms (which are the issue here?) ** -- WahooRQ 04/21/2016 10:55AM That's the sticky wicket now isn't it? How to balance the rights of all. -- Hokie5150 04/21/2016 11:13AM But a unisex bathroom isn't a solution unless you go to only unisex -- Hoodafan 04/21/2016 11:31AM It is not simply a case of bathrooms, though. Particular in schools. There -- Hokie5150 04/21/2016 11:35AM But that wasn't the issue with this school in VA, nor with the NC law as I -- Hoodafan 04/21/2016 11:58AM I think they are mainly worried that women dressed as men -- 111Balz 04/21/2016 09:40AM "I am Transgender, watch me pee"???? ** -- 111Balz 04/21/2016 08:24AM Way to miss the point. ** -- Hokie5150 04/21/2016 09:01AM ***deleted***** -- Hokie5150 04/21/2016 07:23AM Appreciate your insight on this topic. -- HoosGuy 04/21/2016 04:51AM IMO, bathrooms are a red herring. For the most part there -- Cold Hoober Hoo 04/20/2016 5:20PM Uncomfortable would be an understatement. Most would leave, I imagine. ** -- PhillyHoo 04/21/2016 07:11AM