Why We Should Not Be Allowed In The Classroom

      Forcing trans students to use the bathroom that corresponds with the gender on their birth certificate could make the students feel uncomfortable and could result in bullying. Lauren Buetikofer is a counselor at Life Balance counseling. “ The simple act of adding the word ‘identified’ can tell transgender individuals this building/facility/organization is a safe place for you because we are accepting of you,” says

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.” This is stated in the Declaration of Independence by our founding fathers it says that all men are created equal, but they’re not being treated equal and a change needs to occur. In the U.S. lesbians, gays, bisexual and transsexual students in schools are being denied the rights they constitutionally deserve such as equal protection from bullying and harassment, equal access to school programs and facilities and equal freedom of expression; these problems are still all too common and need to be addressed.

Today, the transgender bathroom policy is a popular topic in politics. If put into effect this law would allow students to use the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity. When a student can’t use the bathroom they prefer, it conflicts with basic human rights. Every student should have the opportunity to be him or herself in a learning environment; no matter what gender they are assigned at birth. To be accepted by your peers is also a very important concern to the transgender community as they struggle with accepting themselves. Much violence is aimed towards them due to being different. Transgender students should not have to plead for their basic human rights in school.

One of the newest issues that schools are facing today is accommodating transgender students. In May 2016 the US Department of Education and Department of Justice’s has recently sent down recommendations that schools make the following modifications to school policy: Transgender students may use the bathroom and locker room associated with their gender identity. According to KOLR 10 news Nixa schools are not going to accommodate students for this recommendation.

Every student enrolled in Cameron High School should be able to get the highest quality of education available. However, in fact, we are not getting what we need to achieve this. The students of LA III have decided we no longer deserve to suffer educationally because of the limits and restrictions of the school district. We will no longer settle for less because of a faulty system within the school.

Like Dan Patrick, the lieutenant governor of Texas puts it, “This is a public safety issue, not a discrimination issue. It’s about common courtesy and privacy.” In an ideal community, disregarding all comfort issues, letting transgenders choose the bathroom they want to use would be fine. However, that just is not the world we live in today. Sexual predators are out there. If prohibiting transgenders from entering the restroom of their choice prevents even one case of sexualual harasment or molestation, isn’t it worth it? Ultimately, the most important thing policy makers must consider is safety for everyone using public

Transgender people are deserving of having the right to use public facilities that correspond with their gender identity instead of being forced to use facilities that match their biological sex, which could put them in danger. There have been many cases of transgender people being denied access to use bathrooms and locker rooms for the gender they identify with, out of worry that they’d make other people occupying said bathrooms and locker rooms uncomfortable. The reactions of other groups of people shouldn’t determine the way transgender people are treated. As stated in an article about whether or not transgender students should be granted access to the facilities consistent with their gender identity, “Part of our Constitution and the principles of America is that we do not compromise the rights of the individual for the comfort of the others,” (Chiasson,1). Transgender people shouldn’t be forced to use facilities that match their biological sex and be put in danger just because other people feel that having a transgender person in a bathroom or locker room with them would be an invasion of privacy. Another good point made in that article is if an individual who presents themselves as a female, with long hair and feminine clothes, is forced to use a men’s bathroom, they are put in significant danger. Whereas, if they are allowed to use the women’s bathroom, most if not all occupants of the bathroom would never even know the individual is transgender, resulting in no

Transgender students were restrained from using the bathroom of the gender in which they identified with in order to protect the public safety of the other students who might not feel comfortable in an environment where they must share a bathroom with someone

The issue of transgender students and their right to public restrooms has recently been brought into the political spotlight. Transgender being defined by the authors of the article Experiences of Transgender-Related Discrimination and Implications for Health: Results from the Virginia Transgender Health Initiative Study as, “…an umbrella term used to de- scribe people whose gender identity or expression does not conform to that typically associated with the sex they were born as or assigned to at birth” (Bradford, Reisner, Honnold, Xavier 1820). It is statistically clear that transgender students are at greater risk of harassment and physical harm than their cisgender peers. Not allowing these students to use the restroom of their gender

College have limited guidelines students have to obey. With less rules the students fulfilled their needs to do things they'll never do at home. For instance, students can go to limited parties, they have no curfew, and maybe try drugs. In fact, they have their own choice to make. Additionally, students can adopt to not going to class, leaving their dorm late at night, or just hanging with the wring crowed. Parents are not there to hold their kids hands. First year students are not used to having freedom; having someone telling them what to do. Students attend to take advantage of that

Per the corporal discussion matter on the 11/1/16, I understood that you were not for having children sit on the asphalt unacceptable as am I. Can you please advise Ms. Ramirez not to do that during 1st grade lunch recess. My students came in with dirty clothing on their bottoms which they transferred to my rug. Also their is the question of cleanliness, I am always working on teaching my children to protect themselves from germs and harmful substances, but if they are not given a choice to stand in the yard-while waiting for me- then they run they risk of catching something. Like i said before, i like to treat my children they way I expect my own child to be treated at his school.

If you gotta go, you gotta go, it shouldn’t matter where, but to some people, it does. Where you use the bathroom has become an important issue in schools. Why not try to create a school environment that makes everyone feel safe? Doesn’t everyone have a right to at least be comfortable at school? All schools should have at least one gender neutral washroom, so that all kids can be comfortable. Gender neutral or all-gender washrooms are just one step towards a more -inclusive and socially advanced society.

According to the New York Times, they interviewed some students on how they felt about having a person who identifies themselves as a transgender in their bathroom. A girl named Grace Diggers doesn't think it is appropriate for a girl that was a boy at birth to come into the girls' restrooms with other females. She said in her interview, "I think that it is endangering females by opening the doors for any man who wants to enter locker rooms and restrooms where females are. If schools want to provide a gender neutral restroom or space where transgender people can go, that is one thing, but eliminating any place where girls can go and have privacy from men is a very bad policy." I understand this high schoolers opinions and views of the bathroom issues and maybe this policy they are proposing is not the correct answer but I do believe there is a right answer, somewhere that can be inclusive of not only transgenders but other identities as

Schools that discriminate against transgender individuals do not care how they mistreat them. This is a huge problem in the world because students that establish different genders are forced to use restricted restrooms and alternate facilities. Parents and attorneys consider that discrimination. A high school in Chicago has 30 days to handle a situation involving a transgender student who classifies themselves as girls, and wants to shower and get ready in the girls’ locker rooms. “Thad Ballard elected to keep transgender students from using the facilities that match their identities, and he want other students to respect other people’s sexual orientations” (Bosman & Rich, 2015 p. 2).

Transgenders are being told they cant use the bathroom they want to. There is a story about a MTF (male to female) six year old that was told that she cant use the girls bathroom at school. “For a year and a half, it wasn't an issue. But in December, Coy's school informed her parents that she would no longer be permitted to use the girls' restroom.”(From school to society, the intolerance transgender people face). “The bathroom, and more specifically the public restroom, is where the rights of transgender people come into close proximity with the privacy rights of everyone.” The Supreme court took a case on October 28, 2016 about a FTM (female to male) high school student who wanted to use the boys bathroom. They agreed with the previous statement about the privacy of the bathrooms. (Transgender Bathroom Issue: a Solution?). This has proof that it has happened to many people in schools and can help many people who are struggling with this.