markwatnae:

so we hear all sorts of things about bathroom bills to keep transgender people out of the bathroom of the gender they identify with and conservatives commonly use the argument that men are going to dress up as women and “self-identify” as a woman to get into the women’s bathroom and assault women

just a few months ago, a teenage girl went into the bathroom of the Barnes & Noble about ten miles from my house. while she was going to the bathroom, she realized someone was taking photos of her over the top of the stall. a man was in the stall and he pulled her into the handicap stall and assaulted her. she managed to get away when her stepfather called into the bathroom to check on her.

this man did not dress up as a woman. he did not “self-identify as a woman” to get into the bathroom.

he walked into the bathroom, hid in a stall, and assaulted a teenage girl.

he did this without a bathroom bill on the books to “protect” him.

Pennsylvania has no laws protecting transgender individuals. he knew the law was against him and he still assaulted a child.