Transgender People Targeted Imagine a world where your safety could be in danger for trying to do your business in a restroom. If anti-transgender laws are passed, this will be the fate of transgenders in America. The amount of anti-transgender laws being passed are on the rise, bringing bad news and problems for everyone. It violates one of the Education Amendments, and brings harm to everyday citizens. Everyone gets affected and made uncomfortable by these laws. Passing transgender laws would create unnecessary conflict between state laws and education laws. It would support the idea of discrimination against transgender people. In fact, the laws would be ineffective because police cannot enforce the law without harming possibly innocent bystanders. In other words,lawmakers should not pass laws forcing transgender people to use the …show more content…
Police are having trouble dealing with the enforcement of transgender laws. An article written by Nico Lang states “When transgender bathroom laws were passed there were no specifics on how to enforce it, leaving law enforcers without a way to promote the law.” No one ever made any rules on how to enforce the bathroom laws, leaving police without ways to support and enforce it. Andy Cush further explains this, “That means that even if a department does come up with a firm policy for policing bathrooms it’s not clear what to do if and when they catch someone.” The police have no way to punish transgender people for going into the wrong bathroom. They can come up with ways to stop them, but there are virtually no consequences for breaking the law. Even Michael’s article supports this, telling people that there is “Absolutely no way to enforce the law as it relates to the enforcement of bathroom provisions.” The police can’t enforce the law without interfering with people’s basic needs to use the bathroom. Overall making a transgender bathroom law would be completely pointless and lead to the senseless drama and hurt of