What is going on in these bathrooms?!

Every time I think things can't get more ridiculous in America, I am proven wrong. Can I even be surprised about it at this point? The Cheeto in Chief tweeted a policy change. Like, I'm sorry - you can't even be bothered to actually write something down? I know 140 characters is about all he is capable of processing at one time, but really? Someone needs to show this man Schoolhouse Rock.

The ban on transgender members of the military is a disgrace. It is going to take the US a long time to gain back any respect from the rest of the world.

On the heels of this comes the settlement of the Pine Richland lawsuit. Three students sued PR to challenge their restroom policy that forced them to use the bathroom of the gender they were born rather than the gender they identify as. The school settled not because it was the right thing to do (which it is). It probably settled because the legal battle was getting too expensive.

The flimsy argument I have heard from small-minded people is that they want to protect little girls in bathrooms. I mostly hear that from men (shocking!). As someone who has been a little girl in a bathroom (and an adult woman in a bathroom), what do people think goes on in there? This isn't the locker room scene from Carrie where women are running around half-naked whipping towels at each other. It's mostly us standing in line bitching about how long everyone in front of us is taking and then deciding that we should take as much time as we want because we waited so long.

I'm not sure what weird bogeyman people have conjured up in their heads, but are you really going to say you would be able to tell from every person you see if they are in the "correct" bathroom or not? I think these people would be more panicked to see Buck Angel in the bathroom (link is to his Wikipedia page - don't worry!). Or Kelly Lauren.

There are so many reasons why these arguments are wrong. People more educated in this than I am can tell you why. I just wonder what kind of crazy bathroom fun I am missing...