Are you a male or female in there?” a rumbling voice called into the women’s restroom. Did a kid’s mother report me to her husband for looking too much like a man in the women’s room? I have to choose between a women’s or men’s restroom in most public spaces, as unisex bathrooms are uncommon. Anyone who pushes back on my use of the women’s room suspects that I am a trans woman. A “closed for cleaning” sign was braced across the door of the women’s restroom.

Source: Huffington Post March 11, 2025 13:38 UTC