• Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      I live in Toronto, and when you live in a place that’s accepting of something like transgender people, the bigots feel attacked and become more vocal. The racists in Toronto get pretty vocal and I always wonder what the hell you’re doing in one of the most multi cultural cities in the world if you don’t like others

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      10 months ago

      It was also a single occupant bathroom with a locking door. No real reason for it to even be gendered.

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      10 months ago

      Portland and the surrounding areas are this weird dichotomy of super left-wing and super right-wing people all in the same place. Hence why you tend to get a lot of Proud Boys vs Antifa demonstrations/standoffs/fights there.

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    10 months ago

    I’m curious what the legality of this really is.

    What rights do businesses have to dictate which restrooms their patrons use?

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      10 months ago

      Probably none. The whole bathroom debate has been legally dubious from the outset.

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        10 months ago

        That’s weird. They can refuse people using their bathrooms if they don’t pay, I figured denying them for other reasons was also on the table.

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            10 months ago

            I mean, they shouldn’t even have to check birth certificates.

            What’s stopping a business from saying you can’t use their restrooms just because they feel like it?

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    10 months ago

    “I wasn’t trying to misgender her — I had to look up what transgender was in the dictionary,” McIntyre said. “We were just arguing over spilt milk.”

    This bartender is definitely a bigot. Like I’m to believe you don’t know what transgender people are in 2024 and you work at a bar? Yeah right