Tennessee lawmakers introduce "Police the Potty" bill

[mollywobbles867]

Senator Bo Watson and Rep. Richard Floyd of the Tennessee General Assembly want to know what's going on in the stall next to you in the bathroom. They filed a bill yesterday that seeks to police restrooms and dressing rooms in public buildings. The bill clearly targets transgender people born in the state of Tennessee.

The bill states "where a

Comments

[executivehpfan]

So good to see our Congress people working on the issues that really matter.

[redstar826]

I worked at a fitting room desk for several years. I can't imagine being legally required to enforce such a rule. While we did occasionally have to chase creeper dudes out of the women's side (women who go shopping with friends do seem to have a habit of running from room to room half dressed if they don't all fit in one room), there were also times when there were very valid reasons for letting people go in the opposite gender fittings rooms-parents who wanted to go in with their children, disabled and/or elder couples where one needed help, hell even just couples who wanted to go in together (although we usually tried to direct those folks to the fitting rooms closest to the desk where we could prevent the men (guys never seemed to care about women on the men's side) from disturbing the women.

[erunamiryene]

Boy, Tennessee is really on a roll lately.

[kerrence]

jesus, every state I've lived in in the past 5 years (Texas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee) are just embarrassing the shit out of me

[mephisto5]

[roseofjuly]

I love

1. Manchester United
2. This song
3. Lily Allen
4. The LGBT community ♥ ♥ ♥

[umi_mikazuki]

Yes, Tennessee, rather than fix actual problems like unemployment (trust me it is bad here), you pull more discriminatory shit.

My fucking state. :|

[mollywobbles867]

Yeah, it's my state too and I just can't. I CAN'T.

How will my roommate and I try on dresses together like we did the other day? (He's a gay guy who sometimes likes to wear women's clothing at home and in dressing rooms).

[doverz]

I was thinking of applying for a job in TN after I graduate, and stuff like this just makes me really sad.

[kerrence]

I live in Columbia, unemployment is so awful here.
Instead of discriminating against gays and Muslims, perhaps Haslam and his band of merry idiots should do something about unemployment, the ridiculously high AIDS rate, or any of our pothole-filled freeways.