"The opposition has really picked up on bathrooms as a way to oppose trans people's rights without having to explicitly say so," Gill told ABC News today. "We need to stop fixating on bathrooms and start talking about larger issues, which have been made invisible by the opposition."

I can see why the guard was arrested and charged with assault.
Everything else in the story is pretty much immaterial.


What exactly do they have to "change?
Feeling a false sense of security in public bathrooms?
Forces them to stop having movie Wednesdays?

IMO this is like the gun law debate in that passing/overturning laws to allow/not allow transgender public bathroom use isn't going to stop or really affect criminal things like lesbians inappropriately hitting on women in the bathroom, fetish people using their cellphones under the stall or setting up wireless cams, gay dudes cruising or blowing each other under the stalls.

It's not going to increase that crap, because those that are going to do it are already doing it.

The only ones effected are people that aren't out to prove any kind of point that just want to use the bathroom and not get kicked out or assaulted for doing so.

Not to mention since you say they are only less than 1% of the population, then 99 and two thirds% of the time you will not run into any kind of transgender person in the bathroom at the same time as you.

So by saying "discrimination against less than 1% of the population, based on gender, regarding public or federally funded institution bathroom use is illegal" what "change" are you forced to make?
Do you assault a lot of people to get them out of the bathroom?
Do you stand in front of bathrooms all day making sure no "women looking" people go in?
When you enter the bathroom do you go around each stall and person and make sure they have the "right" equipment?

If/when laws stating you can only use a bathroom if you have the appropriate genitals based on your birth certificate is passed you are going to have to "change" more as you might have to prove your gender before going to the bathroom.
That's when government starts creating agencies like a Potty Safety Administration. "PSA policy states take off your shoes, step into the xray machine with your hands held at head height, and have your gender I.D. card ready at all times, for your safety."