Cassie Workman on ABC’s Tonightly with Tom Ballard. | Photo: ABC
A hilarious video breaking down bathroom laws and trans people has gone viral.
Australian comedian Cassie Workman broke down the controversy over bathroom laws in the UK and US because ‘like dabbing, it will be here soon’.
The video on comedy news show, Tonightly with Tom Ballard, explained the laws because ‘there are 25 million trans people busting for a piss’.
Workman explains what being a woman means, it’s not simply whether or not she has a penis or ‘who gives a shit’.
The comedian also refutes the argument from transphobic commentators that trans people just want to use female bathrooms to ‘spy on other women’.
‘You got me,’ Workman says.
‘This was my exact plan from the beginning. I mean sure, I’m way more likely to experience sexual and physical abuse, way more likely to experience unemployment and poverty, and transphobic hate crime is on the rise.
‘But it’ll all be worth it if one day I get to see part of a boob by accident.’
‘I come to the bathroom… to do cocaine’
Workman tells viewers that the prospect of using either bathroom is scary for trans people. They face harassment if they use the correct gendered bathroom or violence if they go into the one that is not the gender they’re presenting as.
She also raised a good point that saying a trans woman can’t use female restrooms because ‘she used to be a man’ is like saying an adult can’t go into a pub because ‘you used to be a child’.
And why would trans people pretend to be trans when it costs more than $100,00 to transition, Workman asks.
Workman also assured people that she is physically incapable of assaulting anyone ‘as a man’ because she is taking hormones which prevent her doing that.
But if you’re still confused or worried about which bathroom a trans person uses, just remember Workman’s simple tip.
‘So remember, I’m not a threat to you,’ she says.
‘I come to the bathroom for two reasons: to pee, and to do cocaine with my friends. Just like everyone else.’