Houston's Public Restrooms Open Door Policy

[Dachsie]

Houston mayor forces all to open girls rooms to men
Category: I'm NOT Making This Up, Political Correctness

How much more progress can we possibly stand? (http://www.thepoliticalcesspool.org/jamesedwards/houston-mayor-forces-open-girls-rooms-men/)

Houston, Texas — Houston’s bathrooms, showers, and dressing facilities will now be open to all, regardless of gender, gender identity, gender expression, or other predilection of gender behavior. By an 11-6 vote of the Houston City Council, Mayor Annise Parker achieved this as the crowning jewel of her tenure as mayor.

Mayor Parker, Houston’s first openly gay mayor, said passing this ordinance was not the most important thing she has done in office, according to an article in the Fairfield Citizen, but it is the “most personally meaningful thing I will ever do as mayor.”

Houston Council Member, At Large Position 3, Michael Kubosh took exception to this. Kubosh told KPRC TV, “It’s going to criminalize people that have been found in violation in the ordinance and the fine could be between $500 to $5,000.”

The cancer of political correctness has now reached a terminal stage.

[JohnQPublic]

Are men's restrooms open to women? Is the urinal a thing of the past, or maybe privacy is?

If men's restrooms are not, it sounds like discrimination against women!

In any case it is stupidity.

[Ponce]

Do men now have to sit down to take a pee?.........I believe that that's the rule in Norway because when you shake your dick after taking a pee it goes all over the place..........do women now will have to clean the top of the seats before sitting down?

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[singular_me]

the right thing to do is to have gender-neutral restrooms, for people who are in the hurry :)

ooops, just found this:
Numerous colleges around the country have already put these rules in place. New Mexico State University, for one, issued a ruling recently urging new and renovated buildings to include gender-neutral johns, and Arizona State University, Ohio State, Wesleyan University, University of North Florida and University of Colorado at Boulder, among many others, are already on board.
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2014/02/gender-neutral_bathrooms_are_o.php

[Dogman]

Equip the commodes with auto seat closers. Or urinals with screens.

The war of the sexes, commode seat up and woman sits in the dark of the night = fireworks!

Tho some wide butts probably would never notice the difference!

:)

[Dachsie]

Found

this (https://www.metabunk.org/threads/debunked-houston-eliminates-gender-based-restrooms.3754/)


Debunked: Houston Eliminates Gender-Based Restrooms

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Mick West, May 31, 2014.


This is bunk for two reasons.

Firstly, the bathroom clause was removed from the bill weeks before it passed:
http://www.msnbc.com/craig-melvin/houston-passes-equal-rights-ordinance

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A final vote was pushed back earlier this month after critics raised issues with what’s been dubbed “the bathroom clause.” Parents and others expressed concerns that transgender people would be allowed to use public restrooms of the gender in which they identify themselves. The clause was ultimately removed, but transgender people can still file a discrimination complaint under the process outlined for all protected classes.

Secondly, the clause never eliminated gender based restrooms. The actual clause was:


Note the clause specifically expects that restrooms are usually gender specific, and are designated as such. No changes are requested there. The law simply says that people who express a particular gender identity be allowed to used the appropriate restroom. It also says if they don't look like they are of that gender, then the business owner can deny them entry to the restroom.

It's a poorly worded clause, and has potential problems (what about people of indeterminate gender expression, or people who are simply not passing very well?). But the intent is clear - if a person looks and acts like a woman, then they should be able to use the women's restroom, and if a person looks and acts like a man, then they should be able to use the men's restroom "


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California public schools recently enacted gender neutral bathrooms. Several organizations are launching a legal battle against this.

The clause -- that was reportedly eliminated -- would have allowed anyone to go in the male restrooms too.

MSNBC and other sites reported this and their needs to be a final valid statement from the City of Houston.

The way I understand it, even though this clause was eliminated and not passed. If the person does not appear or look like the gender that the person identifies with, then the operator or owner of the facility can refuse to let the person enter that restroom. Restrooms will still be labeled Male and Female,.


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http://www.texasmonthly.com/daily-post/houston-passed-its-equal-rights-ordinance-last-night

The removal of 17-51 (b) sidesteps the issue, though Mayor Parker says that it doesn't leave the transgender community without protections:

Under pressure, Parker removed the measure despite opposition from its supporters. Following that, however, she sent a tweet that called into question the significance of the change: "To my trans sisters/brothers: you're still fully protected in Equal Rights Ordinance. We're simply removing language that singled you out.-A"