Transgender actress visits NC legislature’s men’s bathroom, complying with HB2

[TexasTowelie]

Wearing a flower-print sundress, Shakina Nayfack stopped by the Legislative Building Friday afternoon to use the men’s bathroom – and follow the state’s controversial LGBT law.

Nayfack is a transgender actress who’s in North Carolina performing a play about her transition from male to female, including her trip to Thailand for gender reassignment surgery. Despite having the surgery, her birth certificate still says male – meaning House Bill 2

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Nayfack’s visit did prompt concerns from General Assembly police, but not because she looks like a woman.

She brought a video crew to record the visit. Officer Bobby Barcafer approached Nayfack and her crew after she walked out of the bathroom. “Is there a reason you’re taking pictures in there?” Barcafer asked.

Read more: http://democratsforever.freeforums.net/thread/9574/transgender-actress-visits-legislature-bathroom

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. I'll just mention the obligatory NC Huhu inspector cartoon rather than posting it :) . . . nt

[TexasTowelie]

2. Maybe that is why the state is touting their return to full employment?

I only went to one club in my younger days where they had someone in the bathroom to monitor things and give out towels after people used the lavatory. I did make a point of tipping that person, but now that they have to screen birth certificates they should earn more.

[patricia92243]

3. It doesn't say if other men were in there. That's when there would be somebody saying something.

[TexasTowelie]

4. There was another man in the restroom.

Nayfack later asked the other bathroom user if he found her presence awkward. “A little bit,” he replied as he quickly walked away.

“He was startled,” Nayfack said, adding that she also found the experience to be awkward. She says she’s worried about threats to other transgender people who are forced to use a bathroom that conflicts with their gender identity.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Exactly

and if she's legally male, she can go topless in public

THAT ought to raise eyebrows in NC!

[TexasTowelie]

6. Okay, you scared me.

Some men might raise eyebrows while others will avert their gaze (like me). I saw her picture in the newspaper article and I don't want to see whether she has other tattoos.