Returning to the "T" in the LGBTQ acronym:
I wanted to address this incident that happened somewhat recently in the Green Lake area of Seattle (it's in the Wallingford district of Seattle, which is minutes north of downtown and just west of the University of Washington, i.e. it's full of highly book-learned liberals for the most part).
Man strips in front of girls in locker room, says transgender law allows it
SEATTLE, Washington, February 18, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) - A man twice entered the changing room of a swimming pool and began disrobing, once in front of a young girls' swim team, saying transgender policies gave him the right to do so.
The unidentified man entered Evans pool in Seattle near Green Lake last Monday, February 8, and began taking off his shirt in front of female patrons.
When asked what he was doing, he said, "The law has changed and I have a right to be here."
"Seeing this individual in the locker room, parents of swim team members (girls) and women who had paid for lap swim became alarmed and alerted our front desk staff," said Seattle Parks spokesman David Takami in a statement. "In response, an Evans pool staff member entered the women's locker room and asked the man to leave." They offered both the man and the girls the opportunity to use a family changing room.
He left, only to return during a later youth lap swim, Takami said.
Officials said he had made no attempt to present himself as a woman, nor to identify as transgender when he checked in. By all appearances, he was a man.
But appearances do not matter when it comes to "gender identity." LGBT theorists hold that biological sex is distinct from gender, which is determined solely by the person's mental self-identification.
Takami affirmed, "We have guidelines that allow transgender individuals to use restrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity."
"We want everyone to feel comfortable in our facilities," he said.
Some patrons feel the man, who has yet to be identified, exploited the law to peep at women. "Either identify yourself as a transgender or you're not, and you're just taking advantage of a loophole," MaryAnne Sato, who visits the pool several times a week, told USA Today.
Read more:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/m...n-swimming-pool-locker-says-transgender-law-a
A few points:
1). I find it amusing that the people who overwhelmingly voted for liberal politicians that legislated this insanity complained about a man going into a women's locker room.
2). Nowhere in the legislation (to my knowledge) does a person of the opposite gender have to explain why they're using the specific restroom or locker room.
3). If people who believe in decency really wanted to change this law, they'd organize a statewide act of civil disobedience. Can you imagine thousands of men contacting the legislators in the State Capitol of Olympia and stating "At 3 PM on Thursday we will be entering women's restrooms, locker rooms and other areas designated for women and girls, because at that time, we all coincidentally will feel like women trapped in men's bodies. We will continue to do so until the WA State Legislature comes to their senses and deals with the truly sick people who have either had their genitals mutilated, pretending to be a member of the opposite gender, or in their sick mind believe that they are."
Come on conservatives, let's put civil disobedience to work!
