Gender Transition In The Classroom

The bathroom is a place many people do not second think of being a harbor for hate or a place of much debate. An issue that has been floating around in my school district and those around mine, is whether to allow transgender students to use the restroom that they identify with or making the student use their birth gender. This has effected students around me, because a few of my peers and a number of the staff at my school are transgender and do not know what to do during the

They deserve to feel safe in school, be protected from physical harm, and use the bathroom of their choice. The progress to giving them the liberties they yearn for, however, is slowed by the naive human beings that compose our society. Our country is filled with people that view themselves as kind, forgiving and welcoming, but they do not fight for what is right. Because our population is trapped in a utopian version of humanity, we cannot promote righteousness. Nevertheless, transgender students need us see the legitimate nature of civilization. In order for our world to match our currently inaccurate picture of life, we need to step out of our distorted reality. Since transgender students constantly face discrimination and violence, it is urgent that we create laws that specifically outline the freedoms belonging to transgender students, instead of mimicking the vague list of rights already part of federal law. With definitive legislation, we can effectively implement change. By making laws regarding the rights of transgender students, and then rigorously administering those rulings, we can change the way our society treats transgender students, and dramatically increase their quality of

They have the choice to decide if they want to use the male or the female bathroom at will. This could be a really big problem for our nation because of the sight of a little girl seeing a trans man using the same bathroom as her. States like North Carolina have made the right decisions by making it illegal to do this. No one should ever have to worry about their child being in the same bathroom as a grown man or woman of a different gender.

Kansas passed a bill on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 that denies transgender students from using the restroom, as well as other facilities retaining to gender “when they are in various states of undress” (Committee on Federal and State Affairs, page 1; sec. 2; subparagraph b; lines 8-12), based on their preferred gender and forces them to use the restroom based on their birth sex. This bill was passed by the Committee on Federal and State Affairs in order to protect the privacy of students and to prevent “potential embarrassment, shame and psychological injury to students” (Committee on Federal and State Affairs, page 1; sec. 2; subparagraph f; lines 27-29). This bill also allows for students to sue a transgender student for two-thousand five hundred dollars if they are found in the “wrong” restroom. Forcing the transgender students in Kansas to use the restroom based on biology is wrong because forcing someone to disregard a personal preference to accommodate another is inhumane and has potentially deadly effects.

Here in Canada, this issue has been brought forward in both communities and provincial level of concerns. To take a look closer to home, the city of Toronto had witnessed the complexity of this issue in the past years. A Toronto transgender teen who identifies as a male, was banned from using his high school boys restroom, and was forced to leave school grounds and search for a public bathroom at a gas station. Concerns were mentioned for the safety of Spencer, and also how he felt uncomfortable being forced to use the women’s restroom; however, several parents and students agreed with how the school was taking action to this problem. After a petition was enacted by fellow supportive students, Spencer was allowed to freely use the restrooms at his high school.

Restrooms: While a school may make individual-user restrooms an option, they are not permitted to require transgender students to use these facilities, or restrooms inconsistent with their gender identity when other students are not required to do so.

More and more kids and teens are realizing that, they are not who they want to be. Meaning that, they want to, or have already changed their gender identity. This doesn’t seem like the problem, but these kids, teens, and even adults don't have the rights we have on a regular daily bases. According to Discovery Education, it says that, these kids and teens aren’t allowed to use the bathroom of the gender they choose to be. This is a big problem throughout the United States, especially in elementary, middle, and high schools. The government also took away the law stating that transgender people, are to use

There are not many pros when it comes to letting transgender students pick the restroom they want to use or to allow them to pick the sports team they want to play on. A few of the positive factors that can come with this are, that a transgender person would feel more comfortable being able to be around the

Natalie and Carlos are excited because today when they kick the soccer ball it will reveal the gender of their baby they are expecting: it’s a girl. As new parents, they can’t wait to love and raise their little one. However, if they live in Washington their baby will have the possibility of learning how to identify her gender that may not align with family values and respect to their Christian-based foundation. This lesson can begin as early as kindergarten. This goes against many family absolute values and should not be taught at public schools.

There are around 1.4 million transgenders around the United States. Through the years there have been debates whether transgender people should be permitted to use bathrooms and locker rooms based on their gender identity. A lot of people are afraid of sharing bathrooms with transgender because there might be people who could take advantage of this law and sexually harass or assault other individuals. The transgender bathroom issues should be a law in every state because transgender people are human beings and their rights should also be protected just like everyone else.

The transgender community should have the right to use the restroom of the gender they identify with or be supplied with an alternate choice. Transgender individuals deserve the right to have access to a comfortable, safe place to go to the restroom just as any other human being. It could potentially be a dangerous liability, but the feelings of the individuals who live in the wrong body are what should matter. A safe way for their community to use the restroom would be to give the option of a gender neutral

Over the past few weeks, a popular topic in the United States has been what bathrooms should transgenders be using. Some argue that they should use the bathroom for what sex they are, while others fight that they should use the bathroom to what sex they think they are or have their own bathrooms. I believe that school districts should offer bathrooms that are made for transgenders or let them decide what gender bathroom they chose to be.

In the case of transgender bathrooms in school I believe it’s not an issue of good or bad for the schools, but does it make the children uncomfortably. Throughout the entire video not one child came out and said that they did not have a problem nor did any transgender people raise concerns. Therefore it seems that the problem is not with the school but with society outside of the school. It’s clear this law is focus on preserving a more conservative view in schools. Many people who argue against this law state how fearful they are about rape, homosexuality, and Xenophobia. This personal fear should have no effect on the right someone has to use what restrooms he or she feels comfortable in.

In past generations, it has been clear to society that males and females use segregated bathrooms. It is also known that the rate of transgender people has been growing over the past years. Transgender people constantly face troubles when using a bathroom in public. Nevertheless, as society has become more aware of the transgender population and the issues that they face, many schools have had to decide how they will respond about the issue of school bathrooms when students identify themselves as transgender. A school should be able to provide separate facilities based on sex, but must allow transgender students access to the facility which matches their gender identity.

Many think, that they should be able to use whichever bathroom they feel comfortable in, but other people feel uncomfortable. According to the article, District 211, U.S. Are Sued over Transgender Decision by Duaa Eldeib, the students expected to have privacy and feel invaded when the other gender is allowed in the same restroom or locker room, even if the student feels they should be that gender. In some schools they are required to go to the nurse's bathroom so the other students do not feel violated. Not only do the students feel violated they are also put at risk. In the text, Transgender Athletes Struggle to Find Their Playing Field by Sandhya Somashekhar, transgender people want to play sports, and they want to play their prefered gender sport. But, the other players could get hurt based on how they play and their anatomy. They would also not be allowed to shower with them unless they got surgery. On top of that that there could also be sport trips and the other players would be put in great risk. The bathroom issue is the main concern and should be taken care