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. According to the Williams Institute, on average there are about 700,000 identified transgender people that represent 0.03 percent of the population (Thapoung, 2015). Knowing there can be more transgender who are unidentified should bring attention to the safety of different sexualities. People are afraid of seeing a different sexuality in the same room. The confusion that is being brought upon the public and the transgender person themselves should be enough to draw attention to President
forcing a state law barring transgender people from using bathrooms in government buildings and public schools that correspond with their gender identity
There is a long history of social groups being repressed within the United States of America. With an ever-changing culture and a strong force against certain changes, certain ethnic and social groups appear to be neglected by the lawmakers of America. One of the more recent occurrences of this has been the LBGT community. Up until 2014, marriage was not even legal between a same-sex couple. After gay marriage was ruled legal, a landslide of other reforms were brought to attention. One of the more controversial topics being discussed today is the rights of the LBGT community in accordance to public bathrooms. They argue that anyone should be able to use whichever bathroom that matches with their identified gender. The definition of gender and the rights that accompany them is constantly being updated and adjusted. Because of this sudden movement, social issues are sparking outrage and debate on whether this argument should be implemented into society. This issue has dominated the media and has caused chaos on both sides of the spectrum. Members of the LBGT community should not be able to use whatever bathroom they please.
In the past few weeks, talk of transgenders has been on the rise. America is considering whether or not transgenders should be able to use the restroom they most feel comfortable in instead of what they were born as biologically. It’s as if our society is running in circles when it comes to segregation and human rights. The same thing problem occurred during the Jim Crow era. Bathrooms were usually marked with “white people only” signs. And not only blacks but women and handicapped people were fighting for equality. Now transgenders are fighting for their rights. Recently North Carolina decided to create a new law called the “bathroom bill”, that limits bathroom access to transgenders. The Justice Department warned the state that it violates their civil rights, and this
As ruled in the 1896 Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, separate but equal is not equal. This ruling may have been upwards of one hundred years ago, but North Carolina legislators seem to have dropped it from their memories. Governor Pat McCrory signed HB2, or the Public Facilities Safety and Privacy Act, into law on March 23, 2016. HB2, popularly dubbed “The Bathroom Bill”, prevents transgender or non-gender conforming individuals from using the bathroom corresponding to the gender they identify as. They instead must use the facilities for the gender listed on their birth certificate. Not only is the law wildly transphobic, but it is outright dangerous - it will only further ostracize trans people and put them in the way of even more violence.
Mr/Mrs Chief Justice, and may it please the Court: where do we draw the line? While the current debate is about transgender bathroom usage, it could open a pandora’s box of problems. Should everyone get their own bathroom? Why should one person’s discomfort take precedent to everyone else’s right to comfort? In America, there are 700,000 people whom identify as transgender. This equates to 0.3% of our population. Why should the tyranny of the minority overrule the other 99.7% of our citizen’s right to privacy? CONVICTED FELONS have the right of protection from unnecessary exposure to the opposite sex, shouldn’t young innocent children have the same privilege? While nondiscrimination laws have pure intentions, they can be taken to unreasonable
Let me give you some background of my topic of choice transgender youth bathroom laws. “Transgender you are children and adolescents who are transgender and or/ transsexual.”
The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender) community does not only face adversity in the public's eyes, but also at places where you should feel the most welcomed like home and school. Not only is having interest in the same sex becoming an issue for some, but also having legal procedures that allow you to openly express who you are as a person. Rather it's being born a male with females intentions or vice versa, this has became a public issue made towards both male and females in public restrooms. Discussions between states, former President Obama, current President Trump, school systems and people concerned about inequalities, have debated that it would be best for everyone to use the restroom according to gender at birth, meanwhile,
Something needs to happen across our nation as said in the editorial, " The movement for basic human rights and equality of transgendered people needs to be dealt with on a national scale" ( Editorial 2). It is important that we make a federal law but one that will give the power back to states. With an estimated population of 1.4 million there may be states that do not require to change their policies on public restroom use. This issue needs to be placed on a more situational basis that will decide to change the usage of restrooms based upon the needs of the students. If Transgendered students attend a school then there are accommodated instead of forcing all schools to comply with the same
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.
There are many individuals who do not know about the increasingly common identity known as transgender. Transgender is a term that describes a person who identifies as the sex opposite of what is stated on their birth certificate. Also, a numerous amount of people don 't recognize the growing population of individuals who are gender-nonconforming, which means they identify themselves as neither man nor woman. To a large sum of transgender people life is the equivalent of being trapped in a cage, a cage that is your own body. They struggle daily with being reminded of the identity society labels them as and not the identity they envision themselves to be. Even within the LGBT community, they are in
Like every President there will be issues that everyone will not agree with and with POTUS Obama, there are several issues I did not agree with. One was the transgender bathrooms allowing transgender students to use bathrooms matching their gender identity. There is a heated national debate over transgender rights in schools and public life. There is no room in our schools for discrimination of any kind but there has to be a line drawn to protect our children. Child molesters, pedophiles, people who abused little kids are issues we should keep in mind and not promote allowing grown men or boys to be in bathrooms with little girls. To stop this massive executive branch overreach, federal courts and the U.S. Congress must intercede. These issues
Hadley Malcom wrote an interesting article titled “More than 700,000 pledge to boycott Target over transgender bathroom policy” to USA Today describing the ongoing controversy between Target’s stance on Transgender bathroom right’s and the backlash of many customers. Many people are unclear on what the right solution is for this problem and many different suggestions have been put forth however, no one has been able to reach one decision. There has been a lot of news coverage circulating on North Carolina’s using the approach of presenting a birth certificate to identify which gender one was born as in order to direct them to the proper facility however, Target’s
Law makers are in the middle of a public battle over restroom policy and gender. Passing restroom policies to allow transgender people to use public bathrooms is not a bad idea. However, it would better for transgender people to choose the restroom based on their gender transition. Although, I would suggest that lawmakers should consider not, allowing them to choose the public bathroom based on their birth gender. This new law could cause confusion in an adolescent perspective. Children might assume that a boy can walk into a girl‘s restroom and vice versa.
What makes being transgender so hard in public school? The physical bullying, not being able to fit in as well, and the school rules taking away your natural rights? Students that are trans are more likely to be discriminated against in public schools. Transgender students often can not attend school events and even go to the bathroom, many students often will call them a freak or other harsh words, and if the situation is bad enough they might even beat them up. School can be tough for a transgender student and even harder for the ones that has just came out.
Moore1Abby MooreJason Armstrong ENG 11230228 September 2017Does What's in One's Pants Define Who One is?Transgender citizens are no outsider to the culture citizens live in: the conception of not feeling constrained or comfortable in one's gender or sex has been discussed and observed for many years. In today's society, one observes and perceives many different types of people. One may see different races, different sex, and also, different traditions. Our world is full of divergent people. As citizens of The United States people have their own personal rights as an American citizen. Although there is innumerable amount of problems with the system today there are pro's and con's to both sides of the situation that is to be taken into consideration and a solution. American citizens are arguing all over the United States about transgender bathroom use and should it be prohibited and enforced. Transgender restroom use has become a much more substantial issue at the present time because as American citizens, all is supposed to have equal rights. Transgender citizens are not overlooking this poetic right as American citizens. Many people in the United States protest because what is in one's pants does not have to define who one is. If one grows and desires to be something different as an American citizen legally one cannot tell them it is