House Bill 2 Case Study

Recently, the issue of allowing transgender people access to public facilities according to the gender they identify with has caused much debate throughout the United States. The bathroom bill seeks to control access to public facilities of transgender individuals, based on the gender they were assigned at birth. In 2015, bills were passed stating entering a bathroom not assigned to a person at birth was a crime. Surrounded by misconception, the bill does “not legalize harassment, stalking, violence, or sexual assault.” Since the bill arose, there have not been a rise in violence or other incidents in the states protecting the transgender rights (Transgender Equality). The bill simply states if one is living as a woman, to use the women’s restroom,

In recent years, the United States has been struggling to pass transgender rights, and Texas is of no means of an exception. Some of these include bathroom rights. In Texas, the bathroom bill passed through the Texas Senate, but did not survive through the Texas House, resulting in a temporary halt. Even now, the government still question the rights. It is suggested that Texas may need a bathroom bill, but would probably end in some kind of financial consequence, along with many Americans losing their jobs. The Texas Bathroom Bill, otherwise known as SB6, could also fuel disunity within our nation and cause several riots.

The Bathroom Bill states that a person must use the restroom that corresponds to their biological sex or, as the bill defines it, “the physical condition of being male or female, which is stated on a person's birth certificate” (S.B.

We are all people, what separates one person’s sin from another? Who is to tell another, who they cannot love? Who is to judge a mother for feeding her child with her body? Who is to show disrespect to another because they want to be someone else? I believe this Bill will welcome more compassion for one another rather than hatred towards something unknown. The original Civil Rights Act of 1964 was to include sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity to all public accommodations. America needs laws in order for the government to stay in control, but times are changing. In which requires our laws to be more accommodating to the changes we are experiencing. A pending bill called H.R.3185 Equality Act has been introduced to Congress to bring

With the passing of this law, it can be assumed that a person’s only rights stand within the information that is documented on their birth certificate. So it would be presumably safe to say that it would also affect heterosexuals from being protected from discrimination, being that there is no cause to uphold the rights of said couple’s sexual preference for members of the opposite sex. What is ridiculous is that same sex marriage is practiced within the state of North Carolina, but the marriage is still under

In Tony Vedda’s article, “Texas Transgender Bathroom Bill Is an Unnecessary Disaster”, the issue that’s being discussed here is should there be a “bathroom bill” for transgenders? Tony Vedda feels as if there shouldn’t be a bill that separates one another from their physical attributes from their true identity. Vedda believes that there is no real evidence that really support the real needs for the legislation. They came up with a solution for the called “SB 6”, which is supposable a solution to problem that doesn’t even exit. Texas is one of the top states that has many cities and school districts that has specific rules and regulation that was put into place, without worrying about the safeties of others. The law officials have seen absolutely

hb2 is a new law ongoing in North carolina. It removes protections for gay and lesbian workers. Permitting an employer to fire them for their love interest. And also requires transgender individuals to use their assigned birth sex bathrooms. Cities in North Carolina are also now not allowed to enforce their own anti discrimination protection laws.

Also the liberal people in North Carolina needs to see what they are causing and see how many crimes that going to happen since they want the HB2 law passed. The crime rate will be going way up if the HB2 law is passed and the liberal people will regret passing the HB2 law. Also if the HB2 law is passed people will lie about what gender they are just to go in the other bathroom to try to look at little girls are little boys and that is very wrong and that’s what the liberal people

How would people feel if a man came into the women’s bathroom and took their little girl or boy from them? The North Carolina House Bill Two is “an act to provide for single-sex multiple occupancy bathroom and changing facilities in schools and public agencies and to create statewide consistency in regulation of employment and public accommodations (NC Sponsors). The House Bill Two, or HB2 is just a small portion of an underlying issue throughout the country. When it comes to the HB2, people need to put their views aside and think about the bigger issue; safety of women and children. The HB2 law, should be followed just like any other law whether they agree with it or not.

The biggest component fueling the backlash is religion and the rights bestowed onto it via the constitution and peoples own religious beliefs regarding same-sex marriage. Both at a state and private level, opponents to the decision reached would knowingly deny service to same sex couples due to religious beliefs. Wolf (2016) stated that “Some states, led by Mississippi and North Carolina, have enacted laws intended to protect those who deny services to gays, lesbians, bisexuals or transgender people because of religious objections. Tennessee and Kansas have passed less sweeping religious exemption laws.” Some states who oppose the ruling believe that they have a fundamental right to enact laws protecting those who deny service to people who share beliefs that go against the religion’s beliefs of the service provider. They believe that the freedom of religion deems their actions in the right, but they are sadly mistaken. Although I highly support all rights within the constitution I can clearly see that the freedom of religion doesn’t grant people the right to segregate others who simply hold different beliefs than others who follow religious beliefs that sate otherwise. The freedom of religion protects one’s ability to practice their religion for themselves, not to force it on others whom share differing opinions than that of their religion. Universities and colleges have also been a topic post ruling, before the ruling, universities were implementing rules to house couples but not homosexual couples in their housing programs. When discussing how this ruling will affect not only religious sanctions whom marry people, but also religious affiliated universities, Masci (2015) asks “And what about a religiously affiliated institution, like a university, that offers married heterosexual students housing but refuses such accommodation for married gay and lesbian students?” the ruling by the Supreme Court, in my

In comparison, the transgender community is facing legal issues with a new bill in North Carolina and Mississippi that requires them to use the bathroom of the gender they were born into. In addition to this, it takes away legal protection for people who identify as LGBT, allowing for legal discrimination. The percent of people who identify as transgender is 0.3% in the United States as of 2011.

Since President Barack Obama’s first term as president, he has been pushing LGBT agenda in public schools, military, and even in the private sectors. In North Carolina, the administration is challenging legislation that aim to protect women and children from sexual predators who will try to take advantage of the transgender bathroom policy, One News Now notes.

TIME magazine in April 5, 2016, in North Carolina, the law passed recently became the first state law in the country limiting transgender people to use the bathroom corresponding to the sex on their birth certificates, also excluding LGBT people from anti-discrimination protections, plus blocking municipalities from passing their own anti-discrimination rules. (Dalesio, 2016)

However, President Donald Trump is moving to reverse Obama-era guidelines on transgender students' right to use the bathroom of their choice in public schools to no rights at all (Kennedy). Certain schools give transgenders the right to choose the bathroom that they're comfortable in, while in other schools, it is necessary to be on a sex-reassignment plan and to have your sex legally renamed in order to use the bathroom you wish. Yet, there are problems which occur in this, “Schools can only require an assertion of gender transition. Requiring a diagnosis or treatment before a student is considered transgender may be unfair to lower-income students without access to such options, advocacy groups say” (Blad). One thing that many don't consider is the setting of income in which these students have. Another issue is that President Trump’s opinions on transgender students has lost federal protections that allowed them to use school bathrooms which match their gender. “In several cases, schools have opted to allow transgender students to use bathrooms that match their gender identity, but complaints from parents or others in the community have prompted schools to reverse their policies” (Kennedy). Even though some parents may be worried of danger involving creeps and predators, it is important to take into consideration the safety

The House Bill 2 has become a huge topic these past few months with its main hot button issue being the accessibility of public bathrooms to the transgender community. For those whom are unfamiliar with the bill it was created and issued by North Carolinas governor, Pat McCrory. The bill focuses on sticking to the gender norms of public and business owned bathroom. Thus making it illegal for someone whom identifies as a different gender than they sex they are born with to enter the bathroom that they see fit. One of the points that McCrory tosses around in order to keep HB2 in a positive light is that it will help protect the women and children in the community from “predators.” Well how does this bill work when it is applied to public schools in North Carolina were children are the main concern? The answer is that it does not work at all. For now, the previous policy for public school bathrooms are going to stay the same thanks to the federal government, but when applied to schools it becomes a toxic environment for everyone who is not cis gendered.