Transgendered

Today I read an article where a Transgendered male we prohibited from using the women's restroom at a local grocery store.  Now I don't know if I really believe in the whole Transgendered thing, but to each his own. I'm a male that likes other men, and I'm glad of it, I can't imagine wanting to be a woman....Although, I can see a woman wanting to be a man....LOL. JK, JK,

The problem arose, where he/she dressed as a woman, and then at the grocery store used the women's restroom. I imagine this probably was not a one time thing, and from the article it appears that it was not. He/she proceeded to go to the stall and then urinated while standing, causing a woman in one of the other stalls some level of consternation, which she reported to the appropriate authorities, IE: store manager, who then reported it to the police, and the Transgendered person was eventually charged with trespassing, and banned from the store for a year because of this.

Now to my point of view.  I have used restrooms, (men's) where the women's was full and a woman came in and used the stall while I was standing at the urinal, no harm no foul in my opinion, it didn't bother me in the least and it didn't seem to bother any of the other men, and there were no rude comments made by anyone that I remember.  Granted this was a little different situation, in that there were allot of people around albeit a men's restroom I doubt neither the woman, or any of the men, had much concern of being raped or molested, but on the other hand, it was the men's restroom.  I myself by accident walked into a woman's restroom by accident, and had to use the stall, not realizing it was a woman's restroom, until a woman came in and sat down in the stall next to me.....man was I embarrassed, and hoped I could get my pants back up and out of there without anyone seeing me. But back to my point. a man that says he identifies as a woman or vise versa, who dresses as the opposite sex, acts like the opposite sex, takes the name of the opposite sex, sounds like the opposite sex, who still has the original equipment of his or her sex, is still the sex they were born as, plain and simple.  They're just a wolf in sheep's clothing for lack of a better description, and they should be treated as such.  Now if this "man" felt vulnerable dressed as a woman, using a men's restroom because he/she was concerned of being raped, I can't imagine the shock the potential rapist would experience when he discovered his potential rape victim was a man.

One of the headlines that I've heard in the last couple of years, is "PREGNANT MAN GIVES BIRTH", then you find out the man is really a woman, who has become a man, but chose to have her female organs kept intact. That is not a pregnant man, that is a pregnant woman that looks like a man, totally different headline  "WOMAN THAT LOOKS LIKE A MAN PREGNANT"

The simple solution to the whole thing in my opinion would have been for the "man" to fully embrace being a woman, and instead of standing while he urinated, choose to sit down or squat as any self respecting woman would do, but no, he had to pee like a man. So in my opinion the authorities acted appropriately.  These Transgender people who only take it part way, in my opinion want their cake and to eat it as well. If they want to be recognized, as male, then do it. Have the surgery to remove their  original equipment, and have new equipment fashioned to match there believed sex, take the appropriate hormones to raise or lower their voice, change their name. Do it all. but until its all done, your still the sex you were born, plain and simple.

Just my two cents.