A bill by federal deputy Sóstenes Cavalcante (DEM-RJ), presented last Thursday, 08, defends the imprisonment of up to one year for transgender people who use women's or men's bathrooms who have not gone through the gender transition process , that is, that it is “at odds with the sexual organ” of the specific public for each toilet. In the text of the project, the parliamentarian intends to prevent “people of different sexes” from using public bathrooms, in schools, universities, hospitals, infirmaries and nursing homes intended “for exclusive male or female use”. In this way, citizens who identify themselves as transsexuals, but who have not undergone sex change surgery, will be committing a criminal offense punishable by a fine and imprisonment of three months to one year. The information is from the BuzzFeed website. In justifying the proposal, Sóstenes says that “the use of spaces designated for exclusive male or female use by people of different sex is a source of embarrassment for those who have behavior compatible with their birth sex, and exposes them, especially in the case of women. , the possibility of abuse of all kinds”. The deputy also says that the fact that a “man dressed as a woman” uses the women's bathroom can cause moral and psychological harm to the visitors. Cavalcante also denies any indication of transphobia that the bill may give rise to and states that “hateful discrimination (…) that may be directed at people not identified with their biological sex” must be vehemently repudiated. Also according to the federal deputy, preventing the entry of male people brings security to women, since malicious men can pose as transsexuals just to enter women's bathrooms and, he conjectures, carry out libidinous acts against women who frequent that space.
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Deputy defends prison for trans people who use the bathroom of the gender they identify with
