Summary
Marcy Rheintgen, a 20-year-old transgender college student, was arrested at the Florida State Capitol after intentionally entering a women’s restroom in protest of the state’s transgender bathroom law.
Civil rights lawyers say it is the first known arrest under such laws in any U.S. state.
Rheintgen faces a misdemeanor trespassing charge and could face up to 60 days in jail.
Florida is one of only two states to criminalize such acts.
Using they when you aren’t specifying is fine and any indication otherwise is just virtue signaling. If someone used they despite knowing I use he/him because they don’t know me well, regardless of whether or not it’s stated, it’s not an insult.
You aren’t much more virtuous for using someone’s preferred gender just as you shouldn’t be demonized for not knowing someone doesn’t use “traditional” gender ideology.
Absolutely, and I think jumping on people for making honest mistakes doesn’t help anyone, as with most things it’s the intention that’s key. In this particular case though, I don’t think there was too much ambiguity, and she/her seems to me like the safer bet.