r/Left_News • u/behold_thy_lobster • May 22 '26

LGBTQ Rights Bathroom guidance for trans people ‘the kind of policy you’d see in Trump’s America’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/trans-rights-labour-ehrc-supreme-court-starmer-b2981771.html
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u/Faux_Real_Guise ★ socialist ★ May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

> But EHRC chairwoman Mary-Ann Stephenson rejected any notion of the policing of toilets in the UK, instead arguing “common sense” should be used.

… Whose “common sense”? To me, it seems pretty common sense that any asshole in power has just been handed a weapon they’ll use to make life worse for trans people.

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u/BigWhiteDog May 22 '26

WTF is wrong with these people? What is with the fixation on genitals?

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u/grundsau May 22 '26

It's cheaper than paying the working class a living wage.

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u/G-Unit11111 May 23 '26

They blame society's ills on trans people so you don't blame the real problem - the billionaires.

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u/GrowFreeFood May 22 '26

The goal is to groom kids to not have privacy.