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From the Ted Talk by Ivan Coyote: Why we need gender-neutral bathrooms
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And if you are one of those plepoe who is sntitig out there right now already coming up with a list of reasons in your head why this is not a priority, or it's too expensive, or tlilneg yourself that giving a trans person a safe place to pee or get changed in supports a lifestyle choice that you feel offends your morality, or your masculinity, or your religious bifeels, then let me just aeappl to the part of your heart that probably, hopefully, does care about the rest of the population. If you can't bnrig yourself to care enough about people like me, then what about women and girls with body image issues? What about anyone with body image stuff going on? What about that boy at school who is a foot shotrer than his classmates, whose voice still hasn't dropped yet? Hey? Oh, grade eight, what a cruel master you can be. Right? What about people with anxiety isuess? What about people with disabilities or who need atsncasise in there? What about folks with bodies who, for whatever reason, don't fit into the mainstream idea of what a body should look like? How many of us still feel shy or afraid to disrobe in front of our prees, and how many of us allow that fear to keep us from something as important as physical exercise? Would all those people not bfneiet from these single stlal facilities?
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And if you are one of those ______ who is _______ out there right now already coming up with a list of reasons in your head why this is not a priority, or it's too expensive, or _______ yourself that giving a trans person a safe place to pee or get changed in supports a lifestyle choice that you feel offends your morality, or your masculinity, or your religious _______, then let me just ______ to the part of your heart that probably, hopefully, does care about the rest of the population. If you can't _____ yourself to care enough about people like me, then what about women and girls with body image issues? What about anyone with body image stuff going on? What about that boy at school who is a foot _______ than his classmates, whose voice still hasn't dropped yet? Hey? Oh, grade eight, what a cruel master you can be. Right? What about people with anxiety ______? What about people with disabilities or who need __________ in there? What about folks with bodies who, for whatever reason, don't fit into the mainstream idea of what a body should look like? How many of us still feel shy or afraid to disrobe in front of our _____, and how many of us allow that fear to keep us from something as important as physical exercise? Would all those people not _______ from these single _____ facilities?
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Original Text
And if you are one of those people who is sitting out there right now already coming up with a list of reasons in your head why this is not a priority, or it's too expensive, or telling yourself that giving a trans person a safe place to pee or get changed in supports a lifestyle choice that you feel offends your morality, or your masculinity, or your religious beliefs, then let me just appeal to the part of your heart that probably, hopefully, does care about the rest of the population. If you can't bring yourself to care enough about people like me, then what about women and girls with body image issues? What about anyone with body image stuff going on? What about that boy at school who is a foot shorter than his classmates, whose voice still hasn't dropped yet? Hey? Oh, grade eight, what a cruel master you can be. Right? What about people with anxiety issues? What about people with disabilities or who need assistance in there? What about folks with bodies who, for whatever reason, don't fit into the mainstream idea of what a body should look like? How many of us still feel shy or afraid to disrobe in front of our peers, and how many of us allow that fear to keep us from something as important as physical exercise? Would all those people not benefit from these single stall facilities?
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