On the other hand, ThiefKingsHier, I find it amazing how the people opposing the idea could be quite so fervent when their only reason for opposition is "I don't understand why this is such a big deal."
No, see, you haven't answered the question, just given offended knee-jerk reactions/insults.
The question is: " What is this PROBLEM that needs to be addressed?"
" Why, is it a PROBLEM for a crossplayer to use a gender specific- bathroom?"
By problem, I mean a real, physical, serious setback/issue, not minor inconvenience.
One or two sentences, which have a noun, subject and verb. Not a paragraph ranting about ignorance intolerance ect.
Do that and I'll be more than happy to consider what your saying.
Okay, don't know if this'll help but as an actual crossplay/transgendered person and not a hypothetical one I can explain specifics, I just haven't because they didn't seem relevent.
I live close enough to commute but WAY too far to go back for a bathroom, thus I do not have any access whatsoever to my own hotel room. That is 100% not an option for me.
I am convincing enough that I'm "mistaken" for a girl roughly 50% of the time and hope to increase my rate of success. Yes, this is my goal but it presents a real problem in a bathroom situation: at best it's very awkward, at worst security is called etc etc etc.
Also I hate to be like this but transexual/transgender teenagers are statistically the largest victim of hate crimes in the entire country, period. And what is the most common place they are harrassed? Public restrooms.
So I, not some hypothetical crossplayer it might be easy to concieve, face an all too real risk of either public humiliation if I go to a crowded bathroom, or getting harrassed (or worse) if I go to an untrafficked bathroom.
And I'm not the only person in /exactly/ this situation. And there are more who are in similar situations.
So yes, I believe this is an entirely valid issue. Does that qualify as a "real, physical, serious setback/issue, not minor inconvenience" to you?