(our team once did some work for a transgender gentleman client. one evening we went out to have a drink. the bar we happened to go to did not have the kind of bathroom facilities he needed, so he had to make quite a trek to just use the restroom. he never complained, but I was ashamed of ourselves. we shouldve known better. how did he manage day to day? how do you go out, to work, to libraries, to court, to the dmv without being sure that very space will be able to accommodate your biological needs? this isnt about bathrooms. it is about pushing people who are different from yourself out of public spaces, to make these spaces unlivable for them. demonizing them. we are failing our trans* neighbors. we need to do better.)
(including you, caitlyn.)
(thanks to @nightmare-court for the link)