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North Carolina Republican says trans people should ‘find a corner outside somewhere’ to go to the bathroom

It's only the latest anti-LGBTQ+ statements from North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who has called LGBTQ+ people "filth" and "maggots."

'It's The Women's Room!' and Other Bathroom Trouble

Navigating the social mores of the public restroom when you're not cisgender can be a tricky dance, practiced multiple times a day.

Lesbian Booted From Bowling Alley for Using Women's Bathroom

A cisgender lesbian was told to leave after using the restroom because staff mistook her for a transgender person.

Congress has always been hostile to women trying to use the bathroom

Nancy Mace’s proposal to cut bathroom access for trans women in the Capitol is the latest in the building’s long history of excluding women lawmakers.

Anti-HERO Champion Defends Alleged Peeping Tom

The lawyer who headed the campaign to repeal Houston's nondiscrimination law is defending a man sued for secretly taking photos of naked women in a bathroom.

Watch AOC slam Nancy Mace for  'endangering all women' with transgender bathroom ban

"All it does is allow these Republicans to go around and bully any woman who isn't wearing a skirt because they think she might not look woman enough," Ocasio-Cortez said.

Republicans are trying to ban transgender Congresswoman-elect Sarah McBride from using the women's bathroom

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene reportedly went so far as to threaten a "physical altercation" if trans women were allowed to use the women's restroom.

Utah Gov. signs anti-trans bathroom bill, which advocates say is 'harassment in the most private of settings'

HB 257 defines a “women’s bathroom” and “men’s bathroom” as spaces exclusively designated for females and males, and includes criminal penalties for those found in violation.

ACLU Director Quits, Says Trans Rights Threaten Women's Safety

The former ACLU director claims her daughters shared a bathroom with trans women and that experience led to her resignation.

Frontier Airlines Suspends Pilot Accused of Threatening Trans Girl

The pilot was allegedly part of the Facebook group of adults who threatened to harm a trans girl for using the women's bathroom at school. 

Bathroom Fears Clog Path for Fla. LGBT Discrimination Bill

Conservatives raised concerns that a bill to ban LGBT discrimination in the workplace would allow 'anatomical males' to use bathrooms for women.

This Hate Group Is 'Testing' Target's Bathroom Policy

The hate group is sending cisgender men into women's restooms after the retail chain stood by its trans-supportive bathroom policy.

50 Years a Scapegoat: LGBTQ+ Community Once Again in GOP Crosshairs

"Immorality," "sanctity of marriage," "men in women's bathrooms," now "boys competing with girls" -- when will Republicans stop exploiting hate against us?

Casting Trans Men as Predators Won't Stop Bathroom Bills ​

In the wake of North Carolina's bathroom bigotry, scaring opponents with images of trans men in women's rooms may not be the quick fix we need.
 

N.C. Gov. Forces Male Reporters to Use Ladies Room?

CBS's Omar Villafranca reports that when he asked to use the restroom inside the Governor's mansion, he was directed to use the only bathroom available: the women's.

The 'Bathroom Predator' Myth: 'Straight-Up Right-Wing B.S.'

Media experts, law enforcement, and real live trans people explain why the fear of men "pretending" to be trans to attack women and children in bathrooms has no basis in reality. 

How Bathroom Selfies Erase Nonbinary Trans Folks

Protesting transphobic laws with selfies of burly trans men in women's bathrooms packs a punch, but doing so could make it even harder for gender-nonconforming folks to pee in peace.

Nancy Mace supported an LGBTQ+ equality bill before pushing a transgender bathroom ban

“I strongly support LGBTQ rights and equality. No one should be discriminated against. I do believe that religious liberty, the First Amendment, gay rights, and transgender equality can all coexist," Mace said in 2021.

Transphobic 'Parody' of Bathroom Signs Pollute U.K. Campus

The sign, which misgenders and leans on tired myths about trans women as inherently 'threatening,' has been swiftly denounced and removed as its creator remains anonymous.

Western Carolina University investigates student who recorded video of trans woman in bathroom

University officials said they knew of Payton McNabb’s video and were investigating the situation.

Cis Male Legislator Quits After Repeatedly Using Women's Restroom

A Republican colleague accused the Colorado state senator of using the ladies' room on three seperate occassions.