Strive for Gender Neutral Bathrooms The recent hot debate in our society focuses on the new controversial policy for public bathrooms to be identified as gender neutral. People who identify as a gender other than their biological sex are allowed to use the bathroom based on how they identify themselves. Elizabeth Vliet, is a current physician, has acquired specialized training from Johns Hopkins Sexual Medicine Consultation team, and provides her stance about the gender neutral bathroom policy will promote the increase of danger, especially for women. Vliet has treated numerous patients over the years regarding sex and gender issues.
The American Family Association (AFA) has listed down 10 cases of crimes targeting girls to show the danger to women and children presented by Target’s transgender bathroom policy. On Thursday, AFA president Tim Wildmon released a statement highlighting the growing evidence of the danger brought about by Target’s policy to let men use women’s restrooms and dressing rooms in its outlets. While Target has justified its decision to implement the transgender bathroom policy to make everyone feel welcome, Wildmon insists that the rule only gives sexual predators access to victims, The Christian Post relays. “Clearly, Target 's dangerous policy poses a threat to wives and daughters,” said Wildmon.
Suppose that a man is sitting in a McDonalds and his 8-year-old daughter needs to use the restroom. Assuming that she can handle herself he lets her go, as she is walking to the restroom a 40 something year old potbellied man in a pink dress also starts walking towards the female restroom. Now if he gets up to stop this man he could be fined and in certain instances be arrested. Because of Title IX (9), if someone ‘identifies’ as a certain gender they can use the restroom that they identify as. This has risen major concerns around the country.
Another way such conflicts could be solved is by violating the right that effects the least number of people. As in make the ruling based upon making the least damage to a certain group or people. Such in the example of LGBTQ students using different washrooms, I believe a person should use the washroom based on biological sex and not gender identity as doing otherwise could endanger other people in a very private
Walking through the hallways at school you have the opportunity to see all different kinds of diversity. People of all different races, genders, and religions surround you everyday. Being a part of the community and being a good citizen means including and accepting the people around you. And not treating them any differently than you would want to be treated yourself. Loretta Lynch’s speech, “Address Announcing Complaint Against North Carolina et al re Transgender Law” uses pathos and ethos to advocate for the transgender community to allow them to use the gendered bathroom they are comfortable in.
For the past year society's standards of homosexuals has changed dramatically, last summer gay marriage has been legalized in all 50 states in the us. Now sympathizers of transgender are trying to advocate for bathroom changes for transgender, these people are demanding equal rights to bathrooms that they associate with. I personally find this outrageous and immoral. The concept is very ludicrous, why are we allowing people to choose their gender? It’s ridiculous, I personally believe or would like to think that all children were raised as one gender, and that their parents educated them on the simple concept of where to use the restrooms.
Do you shop at Target? Do you use their bathrooms? Should transgendered humans be allowed to use whichever one fits their identity at that exact moment? Well this might be a question you don’t sit and ponder about, but in the past 4 weeks, this conversation has been the hype all over the United States. Male, Female, or even both, I personally don’t care which bathroom you use.
In Gavin Grimm’s case, transgenders claim they have the rights to use whatever restroom they personally identify with. However, in reality and concordance with biological truths, they are false. In Proverbs 18:2, the Bible says, “Fools have no interest in understanding, they only want to air their own opinions” (New Living Translation). According to a Biblical definition of a fool, transgenders have claimed to be wise, but in reality they have become fools.
The Stonewall Riots are said to mark the beginning of the modern LGBT rights movement, and it was largely initiated by transgender women of color. Over the next few decades, legislation would be enacted to aid the cause for equality. By 1977, trans athletes could play on the teams of their gender identities, and by 1993 anti-discrimination laws were extended to transpeople in Minnesota. In the 21st century alone, transpeople were getting invited to the White House, playing in college sports, and serving as judges, all without having to hide who they were (“Milestones in the American Transgender Movement”). Hardships are still all too common, unfortunately, but much progress has been made nonetheless, and the fight continues to this
This article is about a new policy that still hasn’t been passed, but it will make it so trans-genders in prisons and jails will be housed according to their gender identity (North). There is even training that has begun for jail staff as stated in the article “ to help protect transgender inmates from violence and harassment, as well as instruction on the importance of respecting inmates’ gender identity and using the correct pronouns”(North). This article is relevant to our class, especially when we had a transgender visit our class and talk about herself, and just based off of discussions it was mentioned how it’s unkind to ask trans-genders if they had an operation or not because it’s no ones business and placing trans-genders based
The main focus of this journal article is how transgender prisoners are mentally and physically denied the right to pass as women in a prison meant solely for men. Jenness and Fenstermaker (2014) state that these transgender inmates have to be definite in their femininity so as to receive a form of ‘recognition’ and ‘belonging’ of their chosen gender, and even then it is difficult as they are in a men’s prison and are therefore understood to be as ‘male’. This immediately serves as a Human Right’s concern, as even prisoners have the right and privilege to be whomsoever they want to be. Jenness and Fenstermaker (2014) argue that although every human possess that right, transgender prisoners being sexually assaulted is 13 times more likely than
Those who argue that transgender Americans are abnormal, unfit for workplaces and a disgrace for families do so in an effort to block their civil rights in the workplace, in public places, and in health care. They see transgender people as ones to be pitied and shunned. In this environment; transitioning on the job is career suicide, medical treatments and surgery to bring a person’s body with that person’s gender identity is available only to a few who pay out of pocket. Coming out of the closet often means living as a deviant. Being transgender today remains unfairly and needlessly hard.
I believe that people should use the bathroom that they identify for because people are being treated unfairly. In addition, people won 't feel left out in any of their classes if they are being treated as the gender they are identified for. Body paragraph 1: I believe that transgender people should be treated evenly and should be allowed in restrooms they identify for. For
I am replying to question one. This is a very intresting topic that I have never heard of. I never even thought about what bathroom transgernder men and women should use. In my opinion, they should use the bathroom of their new gender that they have transformed into becuase that is who and what they are now. It should not be that confusing to children if they look like the gender they have transformed into.
As of recent years, there has been plenty of controversy over whether people should be allowed to use the public facilities as their gender identity as opposed to their anatomical assigned sex. In May, former President Barack Obama and his colleagues wrote a document to all
