My Thoughts on the "Trans Bathroom Issue"

I've wasted the last hour debating with a bunch of inbred morons on the restroom issue. I was asked earlier today why I even get myself involved with something that doesn't directly affect me. I didn't have an answer at the time but after putting some thought into it, I've decided that I involve myself because it DOES affect me. No, I am not transgendered, but I am a human. Telling someone that they can't use a bathroom because of their sexual identity is no different than not allowing a person to use a bathroom because of the color of their skin or their nationality. This is discrimination, and it's not okay with me. 

"We have to keep the children safe..." Apparently trans people are all pedophiles now as well, I had no idea.

Then there are the "middle-of-the-road" folk who agree but cry out for regulation. Where is the line drawn? Pre-op? Post-op? Here are my thoughts...

What's to be regulated? It's all you "not-in-my-backyard" yokels that are making this so difficult and tying this in to other issues that have nothing to do with one another. Did you know that many countries don't even have gender restricted restrooms? And why should they?

The current system actually poses MORE of a safety risk... Where does a mother take her toddler age son to use the restroom? You can't just send him into the men's room. He needs supervision. And obviously, you can't go in there, MEN ONLY... and you might get "raped". 

Let's reverse it, which is an even worse scenario; the father/daughter restroom situation. The choices are: send her into the ladies room unattended. BAD IDEA... Kidnap, whatever... Go into the ladies room with her? EVEN WORSE, after all, you may just "rape" someone. Or take her into the men's room... yeah, didn't think so. 

And it doesn't end. What about an adult son with his elderly mother? What about an individual who is mentally disabled and needs assistance? 

I don't think the issue here is who is using what restroom. I think the real issue, at least this is what I keep hearing from everyone, is that public restrooms pose an issue to people's safety... 

So can someone please explain how the gender a person identifies as has ANYTHING to do with your safety?