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Persuasive Essay On Transgender Issues

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People are born different. Each individual person comes out with a body that describes them as

a male or female. Transgender people are conflicted about their gender; although their bodies say

otherwise, emotionally, “transgender feel different from their physical appearance (2).” In this case,

transgender is looked down upon since it's not normal in society to be transgender.

Regarding the governor Dan Patrick approving a “bathroom policy to accommodate transgender

students (1),” the policy's title sounds quite nice, but how it was executed is shameful. If a student feels

“uncomfortable using the bathroom with a transgender peer (1),” the transgender student must go to a

neutral or unidentified sex restroom “where no one is present (1).” A policy that was created …show more content…

Scribner, believes the policy is for the good of the children (1), conservative groups

see it as an action of bullying (1).

The point is, not everyone is accepting. To make a policy where people must identify what

gender they are and regulating the restroom stalls on the person's gender on paper is horrific to the person

who doesn't want to let others know. Transgenders don't want to identify as others. They want to feel

“accepted, understood, and supported (2),” for who they choose to be. The fear of the other kids' safety,

mainly teenage girls, arouse the policy that was made. Generalizing that transgender people will do harm

will only “add fuel to the fire (3).” Since the word transgender is not normally used on a day to day basis,

it's unusual to people who don't understand what transgenders face. Additionally, Target stores across the

United States announced that transgender people “can used their bathroom in their stores (4).” A big

change that reflected on people slowly understanding and accepting of others who are different than them,

because of their mix emotions of themselves. However, customers “ARE FURIOUS! (4),” about the

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