We evaluated the pros and cons of supplying any oxygen to this unpleasantness, ultimately concluding it is in the public interest for readers to be aware of a press conference being held today by whack-right pastor, state representative and now candidate for Governor Scott “There Is No” Bottoms, purportedly to address a budding scandal he has manufactured inside the state capitol building involving…you guessed it, the bathrooms:
Here in Colorado, as readers either know or should know, discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in public accommodations is prohibited. That means transgender individuals in Colorado have the right to use the bathroom that reflects their identity. Colorado law protecting people from discrimination based on gender identity is stronger than federal laws, which is why when Rep. Lauren Boebert joined a similar witch hunt on false rumors that a transgender member of Congress was using the “wrong bathroom,” the illegality of that obscene act of discrimination wasn’t clear. In Colorado, it is.
And Scott Bottoms doesn’t like Colorado’s plainly-written law. That’s all this is about.
That, and a run for governor based more or less entirely on what people do in the bathroom.
You might have more important issues to discuss. But at the end of the day, Scott Bottoms doesn’t.
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I'm sure is just a coincidence that he scheduled this on the same day that a demonstration for trans rights is scheduled at the Capitol.
"One aide has resigned, citing an inhospitable environment and attacks from House leadership, dashing her aspirations for a career in politics".
GOOD! Anyone who takes actions to make anyone else feel uncomfortable using a public bathroom as a bathroom should not be allowed to continue those actions and should not have a career in politics.
I share a bathroom with a transgender woman. For House Republicans, here is a quick refresher on bathroom etiquette, since they seem to have forgotten their potty training.
1. Close and lock the bathroom stall door if you are using it. When you are finished, open the door and go out. And wash your hands!
2.If it is a multi-gender bathroom: Knock on the door. If the room is "occupied", don't go in.
3. Don't invade your coworker's privacy by trying to see them in the process of pooping and /or peeing. Don't report on any bathroom activities you imagine that they might someday be doing. If you yourself do weird stuff in the bathroom, stop.
3. Put the toilet seat down.
Well … on the other side you've got creepy Faith Winter and her "crash couch".
The bourgois Democrats are way off base on the transgenderism issue. The bills under consideration are clearly too extreme — even liberals believe in the sanctity of the family for heavens sake.
What do you mean by this? Are you referring to the bills protecting trans people being too extreme or the bills trying to erase those people?
I mean some of the changes to the legislation that are being made are a step in the right direction.
>> Language that outlined deadnaming as a form of abuse is being removed from a bill designed to protect trans people. <<
https://kdvr.com/news/local/amendments-proposed-to-colorado-transgender-legal-protections-bill/
I’ve been sharing a bathroom with a transwoman for damn near 40 years, and I can tell you, the last thing a transperson is going to do is harass someone else in a public toilet. They want nothing more than to get in, relieve themselves, wash up, and get out; hopefully without being much noticed. The harassment is coming from the straight, cispeople with foul minds.
I’m sorry they removed the clause about deadnaming. People like Two-gun Tootsie employ it as a form of the harassment mentioned above. They always act so smug about it. They know it’s humiliating to the transperson. That’s why they do it.
Republicans have often had "issues" when it comes to public toilets.
Remember former senator Larry Craig (Widestance Conservative from Idaho) who got busted soliciting sex from undercover cop in the Minneapolis airport men's room.
For the complete compilation of GOP pervs, see: https://www.grandoldperverts.com/
What is too extreme about the bills to protect transgender people?
When you say "bourgois" (sic). Do you mean to imply that Democrats protecting transgender people are
If so, what is your problem with the middle class? And what relevance does this have to the issue of protecting the human rights of transgender people?
Re: her "crash couch": Faith Winter was offering to shelter young people who were homeless, having been thrown out of their homes by their families reacting to their gender identities.
This is a real phenomenon. The Trevor project cites research showing 38% of transgender youth are or were homeless. So why is offering a homeless person shelter "creepy"?
I think you're trolling for emotional reactions from the poorly informed.
Even with changes the bill is an infringement upon Freedom of Speech and freedom of conscience.
https://www.cpr.org/2025/05/05/trans-rights-bill-lgbtq-groups-amendments/
Here is good example of Republican thinking on these issues.
All these fears are dreamed up in these weirdos heads. Jesus used unisex bathrooms. Let’s take it back to ’97 and go full Ally McBeal. Why don’t you want to poop biblically?