A Bathroom Chart for Life Under the GOP

Are you confused about what bathroom you should use? Sure, you might have never really given this much thought–you’ve just picked the one that is appropriate for you, but apparently most Republican voters care about this issue. A lot. And it’s vexing enough that they create laws that are dozens of pages long to help us know which bathroom we should use.

After all, the GOP is here to help!

Sure you might think, “I’m not one of those tr***s, so this doesn’t apply to me!” But does it really? Are you disabled? Do you sometimes need to clean a bathroom at work? Do you have short hair as a woman? All of this might make it more difficult for you to pick the bathroom the GOP thinks you should use.

Thus, I’ve decided to help the GOP out. They are welcome to, with attribution, use this chart in their own laws so that we can codify their desired outcomes. With this chart, which could be posted outside of each bathroom, everyone will know where they belong–and don’t–without having to rely on understanding their own gender.

So, without further ado, the chart! (Link to full size image)

A Trans Travel Guide

In April, as USA’s GOP states began passing anti-trans laws, particularly bathroom bans and laws that could jeopardize parental custody, it became obvious that travel wasn’t going to be safe from state persecution for trans people, even within the United States. Thus, the Trans Travel Guide was born. We needed to know if it was safe to visit a place, with enough information to make informed judgments based on our personal situations and risk tolerance.

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What is wrong with a few symbols of queer oppression at SF Pride?

This year [2022], at San Francisco Pride, organizers decided that cops can march in the parade, but not in uniform. That has, unsurprisingly, angered some, who point out that gay cops should be able to celebrate pride, accusations of non-inclusivity towards the Pride organizers, and condemnation by politicians who are scared of losing the vote of the people who displaced the queer community.

A crowd of people on a street, none clearly visible, with three rainbow flags in the foreground. — Photo by y y on Unsplash

I’ll start by noting I’m not from SF, and so my opinion is of obvious limited value here. That said, I do know a bit about queer history, and I’m going to use the example of this Pride event to give my take on an issue that, sadly, we must revisit every damn year.

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