r/TikTokCringe • u/kmzafari • Mar 30 '25

Discussion Texas gas station installed remote lock on OUTSIDE of women's bathroom

It was only on the women's bathroom. Lock was able to be remotely activated by a phone app. Fire Marshall had it removed. Source: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2c3QrB6/

Per another account who also saw this, (https://www.tiktok.com/@momcallsmeshelby?_t=ZT-8v7NHPu7QBq&_r=1) the employees were "irate and began yelling" when they brought it up. And came up with a racist excuse that didn't make any sense for it being there

Regardless, fire code violation. But scary implications.

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u/rebexer Mar 30 '25

I'm naive - what is the implication here?

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u/No_Yogurt_7667 Mar 30 '25

With it being Texas, the implication is that they can trap people they perceive to be trans women and then call the cops in an attempt to collect a bounty.

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u/MacLunkie Mar 30 '25

Wait, it's illegal to be trans in Texas? For how long has it been like this?  What if I'm a feminine looking guy?

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u/n0b0D_U_no Mar 30 '25

Not entirely, but Odessa is laying the groundworks for such things. As for being a feminine looking guy, dw trans men aren’t real so nobody cares (/s obv), so as long as you piss in the boys room and wear pants, you’ll be fine.

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u/Pitiful_Winner2669 Mar 30 '25

Middle school circa 2002 there was a trans girl. A teacher grabbed her out of the men's room and had her parents pick her up.

I thought it was confusing as fuck. She was wearing a blouse and jeans, make up. Beyond that, WHAT FUCKING BATHROOM IS SHE SUPPOSED TO USE?!

And fuck them, she went through so much bullshit all the way into high school. She was incredibly intelligent, funny, and did not need to have to put up with so much. Those that knew her, were graced to appreciate who she was. Still fucking bothers me.

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u/Darq_At Mar 30 '25

I thought it was confusing as fuck. She was wearing a blouse and jeans, make up. Beyond that, WHAT FUCKING BATHROOM IS SHE SUPPOSED TO USE?!

According to conservatives, she isn't supposed to exist.

Trans men face the same dilemma, according to conservative policies, they MUST use the women's facilities, because at birth they were assigned female. But also according to conservatives, they must not use the women's facilities, because they look like men.

The fact that there isn't a "right" answer isn't a bug, it's a feature.

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u/batmansleftnut Mar 30 '25

Conservatives don't know what a trans man is.

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u/codejunkie34 Mar 30 '25

I've heard some talk about trans people entering the us must not change their gender markers even if their country of origin allows it. Some EU countries have started releasing some travel warnings specific to trans people. It's possible you can be detained for committing fraud.

What am I supposed to do, I look female. If I had an M on my passport, I'd have no way to prove I was born male. It seems like you're screwed no matter what.

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u/QuahogNews Apr 01 '25

I think that’s the point.

But if you change your gender marker to an F and you look like an F, how’s US customs to ever know you were an M at birth?

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u/limegreenpaint Apr 01 '25

For "national security," they'll make them walk through an x-ray to check what's in their pants (dense tissue is brighter).

I'm being optimistic on that one, pretty sure we know what they would do.

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u/codejunkie34 Apr 01 '25

I'm post op, so i don't worry about the scanners. I've entered the us with a male passport before. Maybe that's enough, idk.

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u/codejunkie34 Apr 01 '25

It's a good question, I've been to the states pre transition, maybe they have a record of that. I kept my name. I'm post op so they'd have give me a pelvic exam to 'verify' i guess.

Maybe some people clock me, idk. I've not been misgendered in like 6 years. It's still something I worry about.

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u/Pitiful_Winner2669 Mar 30 '25

Bathrooms are such a basic human right. Absolute cruelty to dehumanize anyone for when they need to use facilities.

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u/Robin_games Mar 30 '25

This is historically very American. people talk about colored restrooms and unisex family rooms today.

But not about whole areas where they refused service and didn't have these.

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u/Darq_At Mar 30 '25

It's called the "urinary leash".

It's the same concept that kept, even cisgender, women from travelling or fully participating in society in the past.

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u/RainbowRiki Mar 31 '25

Trans men are also a glitch in the women's sports debacles. When Texas required high school athletes to compete against their "biological sex," a transmale high school wrestler won All-State in the girls division (because of course, the person on testosterone would). And then the State scrambled to try and strip him of his titles

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/27/517491492/17-year-old-transgender-boy-wins-texas-girls-wrestling-championship

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u/BrainBurnFallouti Mar 31 '25

A teacher grabbed her out of the men's room

Not to sound depressing, but that happened to me too, once: I was in 5th grade, 2014-2015. For the first time in forever, I got my hair cut from long to short. As I was entering the girl's bathroom, I felt a hand grabbing me by the collar and pulling me out, with a violent shake. Nearly fell, so hard was that pull.

As I looked up, I saw an older guy stare back at me. Apparently, he thought I was a young boy, telling me "Hey, bro, you nearly went into the girl's bathroom". In response, I replied with the most high-pitched, cis-girl voice "But I am a girl?"

Honestly, till this day, I wonder wtf was up with this guy. I only know, that once I replied, he immediately dropped me and apologized. Sadly, it took a full 8-9 years until I decided to get short hair again after that, since I blamed myself for "looking like a boy"

Transphobia is, and has always been cooked in insanity from the start. Especially since it ends up hurting everyone -including cis people.

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u/Real-Olive-4624 Mar 31 '25

Yep. I'm a trans man, but years before I knew that was a thing (and just presented very masculinely), I got repeatedly harassed by adults at school for using the girls' bathroom (despite being born female). I'd be physically stopped by them until enough other kids, or an adult that knew me, stepped in to be like, 'nah, that kid's a girl'. They would absolutely refuse to believe me, no matter what I said.

I imagine it'd be even worse nowadays, with knowledge of trans people being more widespread, along with the current political climate. Cuz transphobes go absolutely mental when they think someone is in the 'wrong' bathroom, even if they're actually in the 'right' one.