Well, it looks like Florida has another fight on it's hands when it comes to LGBT rights. Apparently, Gainsville passed a law that allows transgender folks to decide which bathroom they want to use and Conservatives are PO'd.
According to the HUFFPOST:
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A blond girl heads from a playground into a women's restroom. A scruffy man, lurking outside, darts in behind her. "Your City Commission Made This Legal," the words on the TV screen read.
The dark ad came from opponents of a gender identity provision added last year to the city's anti-discrimination ordinance, which now allows the city's roughly 100 transgender residents to use whichever restroom they're most comfortable using.
Foes want to repeal the new protection with a March 24 ballot measure that has divided Gainesville, a generally gay-friendly university city surrounded by staunchly conservative north Florida.
Those who support the transgender protections say their opponents are really unleashing a broader attack on the rights of gay, lesbian and transgender individuals in general.
The city commission approved the restroom provision by a 4-3 vote a year ago. Before the ink could dry, Bible-quoting opponents angrily began working for its repeal.
"You are trying to operate in a realm you do not have the authority to operate in," one pastor, George Brantley, told the commissioners.
The debate is expected to become noisier as the ballot nears with opponents resorting to more TV ads and campaigns pegged to such slogans as "Keep Men out of Women's Restrooms and vice versa."
Organizations defending transgender rights are mustering their own campaign.
I have say that I don't agree with giving a choice. If someone legitimately identifies themselves with being female, I think they should use the female bathroom, and vice versa for transgendered men/men. I don't think there should be a choice. I am female, I use the female bathroom. End of story. I have no problem with a Transgendered female using the female bathroom, it's what she is. I think the same rights and rules that apply to biological men/women should apply to Transgendered men/women as well. I don't have an option on which bathroom to use, and I consider a Transgender Women to be equal to me. I really don't think in this case rights of any kind are being violated. What do you guys think?