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THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — While city commissioners in Royal Oaks, Michigan work on ways to get a transgender and LGBT anti-discrimination ordinance enacted into law, a Michigan state representative voiced his opposition by saying that at the very least, a requirement of warning signs be placed on bathroom doors to warn women and children of ‘men who think they are women’.

Michigan state House Rep. Tom McMillin:

“At the very least, the council should have also included a requirement for warning signs on women’s and girl’s public restroom and locker room doors saying that women and girls may be confronted there by men who think they are women.”

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Although the commissioners passed a protection ordinance, a petition stopped it from becoming law. One report says the commissioners may just put it on the ballot and let voters decide.

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While transphobic commentary by elected officials on transgender matters are rather commonplace, the comments made by Rep. McMillin is especially harmful since it put many trans people at a higher risk for abuse or assault who might not have been had McMillin kept his mouth shut.

Transgender restroom use cited in lawmaker’s statement against LGBT rights ordinance | MLive.com.

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