How to tell if local laws against crossdressing?

I've never heard of any such laws
Sheesh..haul you off to jail because your wearing a dress? And the charge would be? Trying to look pretty in public? Sixty days!:brolleyes:

As far as I know I don't know any.

I've heard that using a ladies restroon is illegal in Las Vegas unless you're a GG.

I am remembering an episode of Barney Miller where Wojciehowicz arrests a crossdresser for something but I can't remember what and can't find a video of the episode "Vigilante." As I recall, Wojo arrested him after he hit on the crossdresser and was pissed after she turned out to be a he...

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Originally Posted by Katie B

Nobody in our national association, so far as I can find out, has ever in 25 years been arrested for crossdressing. Certainly not by the police in one town near here where the chief of police cross-dresses (not while on duty!).

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I think the European Court of Human Rights would take a dim view of any participating state (which includes all EU states) which had any form of general ban. Public toilets are a bit of grey area as you have to balance the rights of the TG against the rights of GGs for a certain level of privacy.

They are a bunch of old laws that they don't enforce any more but are still on the books encase they want to use them. There are 23 states where it is on the books thqat a woman must wear dress and they have to be below the knees to the ankles.

Citations, please. Do you by any chance have the link or resource where you obtained this information?

Hugs...Joni Mari

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Originally Posted by carrie-ann

They are a bunch of old laws that they don't enforce any more but are still on the books encase they want to use them. There are 23 states where it is on the books thqat a woman must wear dress and they have to be below the knees to the ankles.

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Originally Posted by PaulaJaneThomas

Public toilets are a bit of grey area as you have to balance the rights of the TG against the rights of GGs for a certain level of privacy.

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When there are lesbians that rape and abuse children and individual stalls in all toilets what privacy issues are there really that are not actually just transphobia?

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Originally Posted by Joselle3

.......Trying to look pretty in public?.......

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Well, I could be arrested for being "ugly" in public. :tongueout

Years ago my ex tried to get me in trouble by telling the police I crossdressed and they just told her that's not illegal.

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Originally Posted by battybattybats

When there are lesbians that rape and abuse children and individual stalls in all toilets what privacy issues are there really that are not actually just transphobia?

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I'm not aware of any incident of "lesbians" raping or abusing children in toilets in the UK. I am aware of cases of male paedophiles (would they be "gays" in your terminology?) abusing children in male toilets.

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Originally Posted by PaulaJaneThomas

I'm not aware of any incident of "lesbians" raping or abusing children in toilets in the UK. I am aware of cases of male paedophiles (would they be "gays" in your terminology?) abusing children in male toilets.

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There aren't any cases of TGs doing so either but it doesnt stop the assumption that there will be, though there are lesbian rapists and pedophiles like the headmisstress of an Australian religious girls school (i think it was last year) as one example.

I'm not sure if there are any laws against crossdressing specifically in some towns. I do know there are laws that crossdressing might fall under. There are laws prohibiting altering your appearance or wearing a disguise in public, I'm sure crossdressing may fall under these laws. But those may be against the law if you only intend to commit a crime while doing it.