About a month ago, I ran across online topics regarding transgendered people being bullied in public restrooms, being told they don’t belong and being accused of having intentions other than using the toilets. It shocks me to know that anybody is being bothered in a restroom at all.

When I go to a public restroom my business is to relieve my crying bladder and or rumbling bowels. I wash and dry my hands and look in the mirror to make sure I look decent. Public restrooms are notoriously grotesque. Consider the unwashed hands touching everything, the trash and possible human waste on the floors and toilets, and the often unflushed toilets. For me the less time in there the better. Even church restrooms aren’t so christian. God bless the souls who have ever had to clean a restroom that wasn’t their own.

While public restrooms have grown to be safe havens for private conversation, I do not seek to hold conversation from a stall or at a urinal, so please keep communication with me to a minimal while I am in such position. Kinda busy. Personally, the furthest thing from my mind is the gender of other occupants in the room.

What are you going to do to a transgendered person or anybody- ask a person for their I.D. . You are not a cop. Are you going to ask the person to show their private parts to confirm their gender? That’s sexual harrassment. Your behavior is the exact thing you are accusing this other individual of doing. Are you going to throw a punch or draw a weapon? Now you’re looking at assault charges.

Simply wash your hands and exit the restroom when you are finished. If you are this uncomfortable about certain people, then wait until this person is out so you can use the resroom yourself. If your concern is for your children, then you should supervise them in the the restroom.

Worry about your own business in the restroom. The objective for you should be “in and out“. Don’t harrass someone who is just looking to use the toilets, wash and dry their hands, check their appearance, change clothes, or change their child’s diaper. Let us learn to leave people alone.