The Issue Of Transgender Students

Most don’t explicitly look into the complexity of a transgender person’s life and all the questions or problems one might face: Do I use the men’s or the women’s bathroom? Is it appropriate to use this locker room? Those are only two of the many questions a transgender person might run into on a daily basis because of how others would see the situation, how the people who may have a sneaking suspicion that the woman they saw go into the ladies’ bathroom isn’t actually female by their definition, or how it could also seem strange to see that same person go into the mens’ bathroom. These all lead to dysphoria in any person’s situation in public places due to the fact that many choose to taunt or mock the person; however, with the help of Title IX these questions could start to vanish from the thoughts of many transgender students which Blad exemplifies with a quote in her article:

Men and women may have different plumbing but that doesn’t mean that their physical and educational rights should be any different. Title IX is a law signed by Richard Nixon in 1972, which gives women the same rights as men pertaining to sports and education. Title IX changed the lives of tons of women across the globe by increasing their educational and career opportunities, reducing their risk of breast cancer and teenage pregnancy, but also by making them and easy way for guys to degrade each other.

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.

The School Board will be in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681 et seq., if they do not allow a male that is diagnosed with gender dysphoria and identifies as a female, access to the female restroom. Though the Supreme Court has not ruled on this topic, a Fourth Circuit ruling, the Department of Education and Department of Justice Dear Colleague Letter, and case law regarding transgender students can help enlighten the school board on this topic. An introductory understanding of Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 will assist in this matter. Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 and its regulations prohibit sex discrimination in schools, educational programs and activities that are recipients of Federal funds. Within Title IX it specifically prohibits the discrimination of student’s based on gender identity, including the discrimination of transgender students. Title IX provides: “[n]o person… shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance” 20 U.S.C. § 1681(a).

Title IX is part of the United States Education Amendments of 1972. It was meant to address some the flaws in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was written in order to end discrimination in various fields based on sex, religion, race, color, or national origin, in the area of employment. The drawback of this act was that it did not include any prohibition on gender discrimination in public education and federally assisted programs.Title IX was created in an

When people want to be theirself, doesn 't everyone deserve that chance at that much freedom? According to the national LGBTQ Task Force transgender people are not that lucky when it comes to the demographics of social media. On CNN website there 's an article that discusses how transgender people are twice as likely to be unemployed and four times more likely to live in poverty compared with the general population and these disparities are much greater for transgender black and latina woman said Emanuela Grinberg writer for CNN.

The changing norms of the generation has brought upon commotion between various states because of the presidents judgement. The transgender bathroom policy allows transgender students to use the bathroom they identify as and not by the sex on their birth certificate (Fox News, 2016). The transgender bathroom policy has both successes and failure to ensure safety for transgender students resulting to its change being for not only trans-gender. Gender neutral bathrooms allows safety for those who are not only transgender, but also a part of the LGBTQ community, etc. but it causes a conflict with gender segregation. Adding additional bathrooms to suite other gender preferences costs more money and not everyone is going to accept what they walk into the bathroom and see. The gender neutral bathroom policy should be taken off of hold and be put into action because everything is constantly changing and those who do not identify as the sex they were assigned at birth are at risk for harm.

Under Title IX, a school is permitted to provide certain sex-segregated areas, such as restrooms and housing, as well as certain single-sex classes and sports teams. Transgender students must be allowed to participate in activities and access facilities consistent with their gender identity.

Title IX is a federal law that states no one will be discriminated on the basis of gender in any educational institution that receives any federal funding such as FAFSA. Title IX appeals to all students (regardless of gender) in both educational programs and extracurricular activities which are offered by the university.

For many, Title IX might not seem like a big deal. However, since the law became official on June 23, 1972, it’s created a pathway for women all over. What is Title IX? According to U.S. Department of Education, Title IX was designed to ban sex discrimination in all federally funded education programs throughout the country. In other words, any education program receiving federal funding could, under no circumstance excluded the participation from students based on gender.

Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972, are a specific set of laws that prohibit any entity that receives any kind of federal funding, regardless of how it’s received or whether they are Public or Private, from discriminating based upon sex. This can mean via Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or grants received via the Federal Government for building or renovations. It also forbids sexual harassment (Title). However, one question remains unanswered; “Does Title IX cover sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination?”

In 1972 congress passed the Education Acts of 1972, Public Law No. 92-318, 86 STAT. 23.J. Better known as Title IX, the law states “No person in the United States shall, on a basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any education program receiving federal funds” (Dusenbury & Lee, 2012). To interpret the law, it states the areas of federally funded education where schools must comply. These areas include any staff member that discriminates the opposite sex, any athletic programs that don’t provide equal opportunities towards both genders, and employment, such as an all-male staff is not allowed (20 U.S.C., 2012). These acts are punishable by loss of federal funding and

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

Without a doubt we have are on the cusp of a new age, the age of the politically correct. Today social crusaders, form groups to protect the rights of everything under the sun. They affect everyday life by changing and shaping policy in ways never seen before. Within the last couple years we have seen major shifts in society's values. In California, AB 1266 also known as the "bathroom bill" passed resulting in the following; “A pupil shall be permitted to participate in sex-segregated school programs, activities, and facilities, including athletic teams and competitions, consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil’s records.” This bill and others like it show the power of the PC movement. While

Single sex Colleges in the United States are asking one difficult question, should transgender students be allowed to attend their schools despite identifying with another gender or being born the opposite sex? Same sex colleges are arguing among themselves over how same sex colleges, as a whole should treat these students. All female colleges were created in the support of giving education to females who were unwelcomed in higher education. To give the so called, “lesser sex” greater opportunities. Now that the schools that have previously rejected those women are Co-ed we are once again looking at those who are rejected by normal society because of their gender. Students who’s gender doesn’t fit the sex assigned to them at birth or don’t fit into Society’s typical gender binary are being treated with confusion and distrust, colleges like Barnard feel these students should not be allowed in same sex college. These students are reaching out to same sex colleges of their sex or gender because they are searching for acceptance they do not find in Co-ed school systems. These students find themselves often rejected from these schools however because they identify or were born differently from the accepted females. Same sex colleges should look review their admissions policy and foster a greater inclusion.