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i've realized why it is so humiliating for me (and pre-op transpeople in general, i guess) to use the restroom designated to our biological sex. it's not because i just don't want to, or feel that i shouldn't have to anymore, but because it's like telling the world (or i guess just those in the bathroom) that you're a liar. not to say that transpeople are lying to themselves, or anyone else for that matter, but it truly is humiliating for me to go into a women's restroom and either get looks, or double-takes, and know that i shouldn't be there, but am forced to be there because of my stupid cunt and, you know, the law. it's indescribable to me that sex is so important to society. let's concentrate on gender, shall we? i personally think that women as a whole wouldn't mind all that much if someone who looked like a woman used their restroom, regardless of the amount of penis present. and as macho as guys can be, i don't think they care who's in their crapper as long as they don't get someone who stares at their dick while they pee (one reason why i'm a stall user). seriously, people don't care. if the worry is sexual assault, sex STILL doesn't matter. come ON, lawmakers, get a grip.