Standing Up for Transgender Rights: A Street Encounter

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Sometimes, people stand up for transgenders as if they were friend. Last year, my brother and me were walking down the street when we saw a man yelling at a woman. The man was shouting at her, calling her a tranny. The woman had her head down but when she looked up, her face was like a man who put on a wig, and who knows, it could have been. The woman said something, but I didn’t hear it, but the man seemed like he grew angrier. The woman looked like she was going to cry. Then a guy in a suit and what seemed like his date walked in and noticed the argument. The couple walked towards the situation and they joined the argument but against the man. They started to defend the woman, that’s when I heard that the woman was really a transgender …show more content…

The man continued his argument and started to talk about how he had walked into the men's restroom to find a women peeing in a stall. He exclaimed that, why didn’t she just go into the woman’s restroom, but then noticed that she was a transgender. He made a face when he said it, and proceeded to say really horrible things, but the couple stopped him and said that she is as equal as everyone. They created their counter argument rather quickly. This went on for a couple minutes and they calmed the man down. He said okay then, I don’t really care anymore, she could go to any restroom she wants like you two said. He then walked away leaving his unfinished food behind. The woman thanked the couple and looked as if she had been crying. The couple told her no problem and the woman decided to leave the restaurant to avoid trouble. Although having transgenders using public restrooms can cause, problems. They can be solved in a few

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