Dear Monster ... er Monsieur... LaBarbera

I'd suggest that you find a subject to write about that you actually know something about, because it's painfully obvious you have no idea about transsexuals, and your good buddy over at "Family Research Council", Mr. Perkins knows even less. As evidenced here.

First of all, the "bathroom bills" aren't about someone getting their jollies. I'm sorry, but someone who gets excited about being in the same room that other people are using to relieve themselves of bodily wastes is not well at all, regardless of their gender.

Second, the issue that those bills address is the legitimate right for someone to "pee in peace". People have been thrown out of buildings, banned from restaurants and goodness knows what else for using what somebody else assumed was the wrong bathroom. Transsexuals are particularly vulnerable to this kind of idiot discrimination.

Okay, someone who is "crossing between genders" can make a lot of people uncomfortable, I get that - especially when they don't fall into the rather narrow category of "attractive". The reality is that as unsettling as those people are to some, they are basically harmless. Someone's gender identity being out of alignment with their body isn't going to turn them into a slavering sexual predator - it doesn't work that way.

Just offhand, I'd suggest that someone who is obviously presenting as female stepping into the "men's room" in most public places is apt to find themselves in a whole pile of trouble...especially given the way that men respond to something they consider to be a "threat". (and I imagine an FTM walking into the ladies' room would be in for a similar amount of objection)

Equating transfolk with sexual predators is not only fundamentally wrong, it simply doesn't make any sense. If there are sexual predators who will go to the extent of cross-dressing to get nearer to their prey, they're already doing it ... and are committing a crime in their predations. If you are worried about predators, I'd suggest paying more attention to Senator Larry 'Wide-Stance' Craig, and numerous other bible beating loons that we keep catching getting their jollies in public places. (and Mr. Craig, as I recall, was definitely caught in the men's room...)

Contrary to the lascivious musings of Mr. LaBarbera and his crowd, transfolk are looking to use the washroom for the same reasons everybody else is, and they pose no threat to anyone.