I'll freely admit I probably haven't paid as much attention to this issue as I should have, so bear with me if some of this isn't exactly new argumentation. Was curious to see how people would respond though.
From what I do know, one of the most prominent arguments made in favor of transgender rights is that "gender" is separate from "sex." A person's sex is their physical characteristics, whereas gender is how they identify, and what emotional/mental characteristics they have. That's an argument I can totally buy. However, it does make me question why being transgender (which, by that logic, would be different from trans-sex) would warrant using the opposite restroom, when restrooms are differentiated not because of emotional characteristics, but because of physical characteristics.
At the moment, I don't think I find either side of the debate particularly convincing. With that said, if I had to fall on a side, I think I'd probably go with "use the bathroom that you are currently equipped to use." If you have the equipment to use a male restroom, regardless of whether you were born with it or had it added on after the fact, use the men's restroom, and vice versa.
Be interested in hearing people's thoughts; again it's an issue I haven't really thought through, so I'd love to get some pushback on this.
