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Marcy Rheintgen, a 20-year-old transgender college student, was arrested at the Florida State Capitol after intentionally entering a women’s restroom in protest of the state’s transgender bathroom law.

Civil rights lawyers say it is the first known arrest under such laws in any U.S. state.

Rheintgen faces a misdemeanor trespassing charge and could face up to 60 days in jail.

Florida is one of only two states to criminalize such acts.

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[–] sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca 11 points 34 minutes ago (1 children)

Trans activists are going about this all wrong. Instead of sending someone like Marcy in to violate the law, they need to do this:

Send in the biggest, burliest, hairiest ftm trans dudes into busy ladies rooms, the room that the state insists he must now legally use. And record the reaction of the women and girls leaving for broadcast media. Because by focussing on mtf trans in ladies rooms, I really feel the dipshits that make these laws haven't thought their cunning plans through very fully.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 minute ago

Idk if its any fairer to send trans men in. Plus a pretty girl garners more sympathy.

Realistically trying to make them enforce them with genital inspections is the only thing that will make the public think about the ramifications

[–] Elkot@lemmy.world 2 points 24 minutes ago

Land of the free eh?

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 1 points 22 minutes ago

You know what is so ironic about this? Right wing jackasses were talking about bring oppressed by transpeople and how they would be arrested and jailed for pronoun errors, but in all the years of the laws being in effect there was not a single arrest of such a thing.

But now within barely a few months of their shit being in power they actually do all the shit they accused others of wanting to do. It really was projection all along.

[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Someone needs to start printing up massive numbers of posters with that picture of her face and in large bold lettering: "ARRESTED FOR ENTERING A WOMEN'S RESTROOM"

Plaster that shit all over the state. Let people see just how ridiculous and cruel the law is.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 8 points 57 minutes ago

"He was posing as a women for years, just so he could get into ladies rooms to rape our beautiful MAGA women!" -MAGA Nazis.

Why does he need to "pose" as a woman to do that? Every rapist I've ever heard of was able to practice their hobby without going trans.

[–] F_OFF_Reddit@lemmy.world 70 points 19 hours ago

What you people fail to realize is that this will fix the economy, once all trans people are in jail everything is going to be fucking dandy, no more overpriced eggs, no more wagestealing, no more corruption...

[–] sfu@lemm.ee 50 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (4 children)

Bathrooms just need to be single person use. Then neither side could complain. Who wants to go to the bathroom with other people anyway?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

If there's no other people, what the hell would be the use of the glory hole?

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You mean the laundry hole?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 15 minutes ago* (last edited 14 minutes ago)

So you're the one who keeps shoving dirty socks in my mouth!

[–] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

not every location is capable of supporting single user bathrooms. im pretty pro-unisex bathroom anyway

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 5 points 1 hour ago

If only there was some kind of "stall" they could put in that would allow multiple people to be in the same restroom and maintain their privacy....

[–] sfu@lemm.ee -1 points 3 hours ago

Um, you just add a door to the bathroom if it doesn't have one. Then you put a lock on it, and a new sign. Very easy to do.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 22 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I got a food truck bazaar near me with only one bathroom with a placard that shows the typical man/woman then a half half, and an alien reading. " Whatever, just wash your hands."

Best break down I've ever seen on this dumb ass debate.

[–] sfu@lemm.ee 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, I would also rather not have aliens in the restroom with me.

[–] Brandonazz@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

First the extraterrestrials come for our toilets, but then what?? You have to take a stand.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

It's just the Bolians I have an issue with. Their waste literally is corrosive and, as a simple janitor, I am just not equipped to dealing with the mess.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 18 points 18 hours ago (6 children)

Seriously this. I've been to other places that have it figured out (Sweden in my case) and it is better in every possible way.

Well, unless you are a landlord who wants the up-front construction costs of the restrooms to be as cheap as possible regardless of how it will affect the decades of use. Or if you live in a country with no healthcare and can't let people have privacy in the restroom because you're afraid they'll OD in there.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

I'm here, sweden is better in literally every possible way.

Watching the US from this vantage point is like watching 50 great whites start tearing into each other because someone threw blood in the water.

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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 90 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“I wanted people to see the absurdity of this law in practice,” Rheintgen told The Associated Press. “If I’m a criminal, it’s going to be so hard for me to live a normal life, all because I washed my hands. Like, that’s so insane.”

She’s an absolute legend. Thank you to her for her activism.

[–] suite403@lemmy.world 51 points 1 day ago (17 children)

Brave as fuck. I'm terrified for her.

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