Bathroom Bans Won’t Just Hurt Trans People—They’ll Hurt You Too
To the cis people who are silent right now…
If you’re sitting back and allowing bathroom checks to be implemented in government buildings…
If you’re okay with kids being searched and violated to “prove” they are the sex they say they are…
I want you to understand something: This won’t just happen to trans people.
And no—that doesn’t make it worse. You should care even if it only impacted trans people. But if you think this stops with us, you’re wrong.
Who’s next?
Unless you look like Don or Betty Draper, you’re not safe either. These invasive "gender checks" are based on rigid, racist, Western beauty standards—which means they will target anyone who doesn’t fit their narrow idea of what a “real man” or “real woman” looks like.
That includes:
• Fat people
• Tall people, short people
• Disabled people
• Black, Indigenous, People of Colour
• Cis women with “too much” body hair
• Cis men with “too soft” features
• Anyone with a body that doesn’t fit their idea of gender
They’re already going after trans kids in sports and trans people in public restrooms. It won’t be long before cis women get harassed for looking too “masculine” or cis men get questioned for not looking “manly” enough.
If the day comes when you, a cis person, are forced to prove your gender before using a public bathroom or joining a sports team, I’ll be right here.
I will have a full-on meltdown on your behalf. I will fight for you.
Because no one deserves this.
But I ask that you don’t wait until it happens to you. Start fighting for trans people today. Trans rights are human rights. Trans rights are everyone's rights!
