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A trans woman has come under fire after filming herself entering men's toilets to see what would happen.
Jessica, who posts under the handle @jessicasuch_x and has 195,000 followers, took to Instagram to share a video of herself going into the men's restroom.
"So guys, as you can see, I'm outside the men's toilet. That's where I have to go now, so come with me," she says at the beginning of the clip.
After entering and greeting a man on his way out, Jessica tells viewers: "This is where I have to pee now, guys. It's quite scary."
The video then shows her appearing to pretend to use a urinal.
"It’s not as bad being a trans woman in a men’s toilet," she says.
At another point, the clip captures Jessica responding after a man apparently expresses discomfort about her presence.
"Do you feel uncomfortable with a trans woman in the toilet, boys?" she asks.
She then pans the camera toward a man who allegedly said he felt "uncomfortable" with her being there.
"He felt really uncomfortable," she concludes.
Jessica told VT.co exclusively that the experiment was meant to show the real-world implications of requiring trans women to use men's facilities.
"I wanted to show the real-life consequence of telling trans women to use men’s toilets. It’s easy to say online, but seeing a visibly feminine trans woman actually enter that space makes the issue feel very different," she said.
According to her, the reaction from the men inside was predominantly one of "surprise and confusion".
"People looked at me because I clearly seemed out of place, which was exactly the point I was trying to demonstrate," she said.
She also revealed that the reaction to the video online was mixed.
"Some people understood the point immediately, while others were angry - including people who normally say trans women should use men’s toilets," she shared.
Jessica said she did not experience a major confrontation during the experiment.
"The main reaction was confusion and surprise rather than confrontation. The awkwardness itself demonstrated what I was trying to highlight," she added.
Jessica elaborated on her video in a follow-up video, arguing that men's restrooms are not safe spaces for trans women.
"As you can imagine, this was a very, very scary time, not just for me, but other, you know, for my other trans sisters out there," she said.
"Don't know why you're all getting so worked up by trans women going in the women's toilets. We're going in there to wee. We're going in there to do our business and leave."
"Trans women in the men's toilet is not safe, period…I was in there...I was being laughed at…I don't look like a man, so you best believe I would not be using the men's toilets. I went in there to show how f***ing stupid it is,” she added.
Jessica also said that anyone who disagreed with her should direct their concerns toward the UK government and referred to BBC News' May 2026 report about updated guidance on single-sex spaces.
The updated guidance says that single-sex services can restrict access based on biological sex in certain circumstances.
However, providers must also consider how these rules affect trans people and whether other options can be provided.
Jessica remained adamant about where she believed she should be able to use the bathroom.
In the caption accompanying her post, she wrote: "Trans women belong in the female toilets. I'm not going to shrink myself, apologise for existing, or spend my life explaining my humanity every time somebody decides my existence should become a debate."
"I’m a woman. I live my life as a woman, I move through the world as a woman, and when I need to use the toilet, I’m going to use the female toilets like I always have."
Jessica insisted that using the women's restroom was not meant as a political statement or to make anybody uncomfortable.
"I refuse to accept is the idea that transgender people should constantly be made to feel like we’re dangerous, suspicious or somehow less deserving of basic dignity simply because we’re trans," she continued.
"There is something so exhausting about having your everyday life turned into a public discussion by people who will never understand what it feels like to have strangers debating where you should be allowed to exist," she added.
