Transgender Bathroom Thoughts

I'm a 51-year old male.

Number of times I've been uncomfortable sharing a bathroom with a transgender person? Zero. Maybe I've shared a bathroom. Maybe I haven't. I have no idea. Nobody was ever advertising. Heck, I don't even make eye contact with the person next to me at a urinal, much less check out their equipment. I know. Shocking. And what goes on in an actual bathroom stall is none of my business either, nor do I ever want it to be.

Number of times I've been uncomfortable in a gym locker room due to an overweight naked man attempting to use the hand air dryer to dry his bottom while simultaneously sprawling over the sink's counter to position himself properly? One. There are just some things that once seen, cannot be unseen, lol. Sigh.

I'm dead serious. It happened a few months ago at my gym. I had just finished showering and was planning to exit my curtained stall when I spotted it in the corner of my eye. I decided to continue showering for a few more minutes instead. You know, until the "danger" passed.

In my opinion, the transgender bathroom issue is a solution in search of a problem. Aren't there enough problems in the world already? Must we really invent more?

As a side note, I did not report the naked man. As a generally shy and reserved person in everyday life (anonymous blog postings notwithstanding), I was uncomfortable but he was clearly not. You know, maybe that was my problem. And even then, I found it very amusing. It was the first thing I wanted to talk about when I got home. "You'll never guess what happened at the gym!" I couldn't share the story without laughing. So what actual harm was done? Hahaha! :)

Live and let live.