Superstition

Voters reject Houston lgbt non-discriminatioon ordinance

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/voters-reject-houston-lgbt-nondiscrimination-ordinance

        This may be the most misleading, small minded and wrongly fear-based item I've seen in a long time. Apparently, Houston, TX.  is obsessed with the idea that a transgender male, (for clarity, in this instance, a male who identifies and lives as a female with or without surgery)  might dare to use a public restroom designated for women. The horror, the horror.

        Recent statistics show non-surgical trans males are marginally less  likely to sexually assault women than straight men, while surgical trans males are incapable of  it. The recent Houston referendum is not based on a real world concern of any substance, but rather on ignorant  fear and in many cases, religious superstition related to such things as sexual identity, and for that matter sex in general.

        This is, in many ways , analogous  to the unfounded bias against gay teachers.  As a member of the  contract committee for the ninth largest school district in the nation, I was party to essentially every major disciplinary action taken by the school district in response to allegations of sexual impropriety involving teachers and students.  During that time we heard more than a few (too many) justified allegations made against heterosexual teachers of both genders but, over  the same span of years, never heard one valid accusation made against gay or lesbian teacher.

        The social Neanderthals and misguided Christians in Texas who supported this "anti-trans"  action are pitiful examples of the lack of human concern and worse, the incredible level of ignorance , exhibited by people who consider themselves the moral guardians of society. It's sad, really, but for trans males forced to use a male designated public restroom it might well be much worse than sad.  It could be dangerous or fatal, especially in Texas.