Transgender people using public bathrooms have posed a great controversy with the concern mainly emphasized on privacy violation. This is because a transgender woman entering into a women-labeled toilet will be seen more like a man than a woman and at the same time a transgender man will be seen more like a woman than a man. Therefore, the transgender issue can become more discriminative than the bisexuals, gays, and lesbian issues (Stein, 2004). Transgender men are still just men and are as straight as any other man would, and the same applies to transgender females their sexual state does not judge their sexuality; their sexuality is a choice each and everyone makes for themselves.
People of a similar gender often flog public bathroom. Therefore, to some people, it is just too uncomfortable to share a bathroom with someone with whom they do not share the same genitalia as them. A lot of things happen in the bathroom that many people are not comfortable withstand many get a way to deal with them. However, the public bathrooms are places where very private things happen, therefore having a transgender in the same bathroom as you makes many people feel insecure and feel like their private life has been invaded.
The main victims of transgender laws are the transgender individuals. Most transgender people are forced to use the bathrooms that completely do not match their gender identities. This is a constant reminder that as far as the transgender laws are concerned, these individuals will not be accepted easily into the society even if they do not pose any threat to the society in general. Under these kinds of conditions, the transgender people also live in fear of using the public bathrooms that directly corresponds to their gender identity.
Reference
Stein, M. (2004). Encyclopedia of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history in America. New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons/Thomson/Gale.
