Well, the trans restroom thing is horrifying.
I liked south park's recent episode, "cissy" on topic. It was a welcome reversal of their prior view of trans.... This is yet another reason I rarely go out, at all. That said, when I'm in a skirt and heels, blouse, with a neat bracelet and a super cute clutch purse, I'm not using the Men's room if I have to pee, cause I wanna live at least through the day.... That's a great way to get gay bashed to death.... Noooo thank you.
It's a whole god aweful mess. That law wouldn't help one bit.
In related news, yes I realize it's Buzzfeed, but the reporting is dead on:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/mike-bowers-calls-for-a-swift-death-to-georgia-religious-fre#.eug2D4V7RThe Supreme Court case that finally made it so homosexuality was not a crime in the United States was Lawrence v. Texas 2003, which overruled Bowers v Hardwick 1986. The Hardwick case stated that it was perfectly permissible to criminalize not homosexuality as a status, but rather homosexual acts, i.e. consensual sex under sodomy law. So they didn't throw you in jail and ruin your life because you were gay.... No no no, that would be illegal. Rather they threw you in jail and ruined your life, because you were male and had a boyfriend and for all intents and purposes it was assumed you were having sex, and THAT was considered legal....
Even then you effectively had to prove that you were celibate and a virgin to avoid prison time, which is both impossible to prove and completely monstrous to ask of two consenting adults solely and entirely because they are of the same sex, i.e. gay. God. Damn. It. Only recently was this changed in 2003 and the backlash of state constitutional amendments was a terrible injustice we fought against and lost, until recently. It took us over 10 years, but we're reversing it, ever so slowly and painfully.
Now the penudulum has swung back in our favor and just as it did in 2003, it is bringing backlash from the bigots. This time it's under that lovely bumper sticker tagline, "religious liberty." They don't say they're a license to discriminate, but they are.
Now focusing back to that article, did you see the name "Mike Bowers?" Did you make the connection between that name and the case I cited Bowers v. Hardwick 1986? Yeah, he was the Attorney General for the state of Georgia who pursued the case Lawrence v. Texas 2003 overruled..... EVEN HE, is calling religious liberty bills exactly what they are.... As an inevitable consequence, he is opposing what he once championed.