Transgender people should be allowed to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with due to the facts that it is safer for everyone, transgender-inclusive policies are not a safety risk, harassing and assaulting are not problems. In a letter by, the ninth grader, Skye Thomson says he gets dirty looks entering the women’s bathroom at his school due to the fact that he’s a transgender boy-born a female and identifies as a male-which makes him feel very uncomfortable and unsafe. Schools are a place for students to feel safe. Yet for transgender people, it’s a completely different story. Going to school is a nightmare due to the consent name-calling, harassment, and physical assault.
Transgender people should be allowed to use the bathroom that they identify with due to it being a safer alternative for everyone. In a letter by Skye Thomson, “HB2, the so-called ‘bathroom bill’ that is supposed to keep everyone safe in bathrooms. But it doesn’t keep everyone safe, especially people like me. Imagine yourself in my shoes, being a boy walking into a ladies room. It’s awkward and
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According to the article by Washington Blade“This week Police Chief Cathy Lanier of D.C. and law enforcement officials in Maryland – both of which have laws banning discrimination against transgender people – said they could not identify a single case in which a transgender person has been charged with assaulting or harassing women in a public bathroom.
‘I’m not aware of any police-related cases — none,’ said Lanier when asked by the Washington Blade if D.C. police have been called to public bathrooms because of threats against women by a transgender person.” By allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with a safer working and learning environment is created for everyone, transgender or