Summary
Marcy Rheintgen, a 20-year-old transgender college student, was arrested at the Florida State Capitol after intentionally entering a women’s restroom in protest of the state’s transgender bathroom law.
Civil rights lawyers say it is the first known arrest under such laws in any U.S. state.
Rheintgen faces a misdemeanor trespassing charge and could face up to 60 days in jail.
Florida is one of only two states to criminalize such acts.
I’m sure there are civil engineers out there who can figure this out. Not worth sacrificing anyone’s rights or safety for it.
I’m presenting a perfectly valid issue and your answer is to cover your ears and say someone else will figure it out.
I’m not saying it’s not a valid issue. I’m saying it’s not an important issue. Different things.
To make it a bit more clear: every technology embodies values, and accepts different kinds of inconveniences or efficiencies as acceptable. For example, the GDPR accepts the nuisance of making everyone accept cookies on every website as acceptable, because data privacy is ranked as more important than that particular nuisance. The ADA makes engineers put ramps everywhere. Annoying to some, useful to others, but the value of accessibility trumps whatever nuisance is cased by the ramps.
Rank your values. What is more important: safety and inclusivity or pee lines? And if you accept the former as a priority, then you can ask, how to best minimize the nuisance of the pee lines without compromising the other more important value. If you value small pee lines as more important than safety and inclusivity, you do the opposite. So there. That’s what I mean about “important”.