Luna Lefort Research Paper

Hannah Carson, a 16-year-old high school girl, has a secret that only she and her immediate family knows because if the news would to ever be revealed, she would be regarded as a freak in the eyes of society. For as long as Hannah could remember, she has been told by her parents that she should use the female’s bathroom even though she personally identifies herself as a male. Hannah is what society calls a transgender. She and many others like her are starting to emerge into the mainstream society to express their feelings and take their rights. This can be seen in the article “Bathroom Battlegrounds and Penis Panics” which is about should people who have penises be permitted or restricted from using female restrooms. We will analyze this article through several sociological key concepts.

Most don’t explicitly look into the complexity of a transgender person’s life and all the questions or problems one might face: Do I use the men’s or the women’s bathroom? Is it appropriate to use this locker room? Those are only two of the many questions a transgender person might run into on a daily basis because of how others would see the situation, how the people who may have a sneaking suspicion that the woman they saw go into the ladies’ bathroom isn’t actually female by their definition, or how it could also seem strange to see that same person go into the mens’ bathroom. These all lead to dysphoria in any person’s situation in public places due to the fact that many choose to taunt or mock the person; however, with the help of Title IX these questions could start to vanish from the thoughts of many transgender students which Blad exemplifies with a quote in her article:

Many people are simply not aware or understand what it means to be transgender. In the Autumn of 2015 a Missouri town was divided when transgirl Lila Perry started using the girl’s restroom and locker room, even after the school offered a single stall restroom. Students gossiped and eventually parents raised concern at a school board meeting, they asked the school to stop giving privileges to “confused teenagers who want to be something they are not sexually". The parents did not get the response they wanted so they and some students organized a student walk out;before this even happened Lila dropped gym class because she feared for her safety.

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In a lot of places around the world more and more people are coming out as “Transgender.” The term transgender means that the person’s gender identity does not correspond with the gender they were assigned as having at birth. From personally having a transgender boyfriend I have since realized that these people experience a lot of discrimination in and from society. Many people simply just do not understand what the term transgender means and they see it as someone just “wants to be a man” or “wants to be a woman.” While there may be people who present it this way, it is more so that the individual just “feels” different, and “feels” as if they are “in the wrong body.” Some people experience this feeling at a young age as my boyfriend did in his elementary age. We live in a world who put these people down for being who they truly are, and no human being wants or needs that.

Joe is a fifteen-year-old boy whom is in the process of transitioning into the gender that he identifies. As of now, he is in the gender non-conforming stage of his transformation. “Should I use the women’s restroom? Should I use the men’s restroom? What if someone harasses or assaults me if I go in there? I just do not know what to do.” This could go through the mind of someone going through the non-passing phase of transitioning into a transgender individual. Lately, there has been heavy discussion on the rights of transgender individuals to use public facilities. These thoughts and conversations have been bubbling in the past few months since President Trump took office in January. Gender-neutral restrooms is a large topic discussed in

In 2015 the book Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin was banned from several high schools. The reason being that it showed anti-family, Offensive language, homosexuality, sex education, political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, and more. This book is about Susan Kuklin, an award-winning author and photographer of thirty books for children and young adults, interviewing six transgender or gender-neutral young adults. She uses their stories about this in her book. It shows how a teenager going threw a situation like that feels like. Some stories are joyful and others are heartbreaking. It also shows that bulling is bad, mainly because many of the students get a lot of hate for being happy in themselves. It teaches students or whoever that reads it that you shouldn’t judge any one because of a choice that they made. It also encourages that people should be more accepting of

The transgender community has been particularly outspoken about the injustices they have faced as transgender individuals as of late. Due to this, the public’s attention is drawn to what can be done to help these individuals gain the same rights that cisgender people have. A particularly potent topic is that of transgender students in high schools. On account of the attention, schools and teachers are faced with whether they will help or hinder the lives of their transgender students. Unfortunately, it has been made clear that high school teachers and high schools in general are not doing enough to accommodate their transgender students.

“GLSEN research shows that nearly two thirds of transgender students avoid school bathrooms because of feeling unsafe or uncomfortable. They risk verbal and physical harassment, no matter which of the two, sex-segregated bathrooms they enter.” as the quote here

says “The biggest challenge for these kids often is what happens to them at school and at home,”Providing even a staff member to listen, and give guidance with this difficult issue could mean a world of difference.Adkins says that schools learning to handle this sensitive subject could mean the difference between life and death.Adkins told CBS North Carolina at least 40 percent of transgender youth will attempt to commit suicide at some point.With numbers like that, it’s easy to see why schools providing both social and mental for trans youth is so important.The help should be for not only the transgender students, but their classmates also.“Their peers may not have known that they were transgender before that, so they’re outing themselves just going to the bathroom,” said Dr. Adkins. “If they go to the bathroom that matches their gender identity, then they’re breaking the law. So, they’re stuck between a rock and a hard place if they need to go to the restroom.”While it’s obvious that the schools providing an outlet for the trans youth students is important, its just as important that there be help for their peers as well, as this is a matter that affects them all.To Sumarize,It is of vital Importance that schools provide trans students (as well as their peers) the type of guidance, and metal help that is needed for all to co exist and succeed in a classroom

Because of my beliefs, it would be easiest for me to side with parents who are concerned about how transgender students will affect the lives of non-transgender, as far as things like bathroom policies. But it is my responsibility to keep all my students safe and love them equally. In reality, transgender students are more likely to be the victims of bullying and I need to look out for them the most. Bullying has always been an issue in schools, and bullying can become violent, especially among those who bully transgender students. Sadly, more than 80% of transgender students do not feel safe at school, and more than 40% have actually been physically harmed (Transgender Bullying, 2015). I must learn how to be more accepting of transgender. To do so, it is necessary for me to put myself in uncomfortable positions to learn more about this lifestyle. I believe more exposure is the best way to accept

“This above all, to thine own self be true” is a quote spoken by Polonius to Laertes in William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet. A saying with meaning that rang true in 1600, as well as today. It is important for everyone to be true to themselves, but society can get in the way and bar people from being able to really be their true self, especially when you differentiate from what is normally accepted. “Transgender” is a word that has been popping up in the media a lot recently with celebrities like Laverne Cox from Orange is the New Black, a program on Netflix, and most popularly, Caitlyn Jenner. Stars like this have inspired many people to open up themselves to the world and be true to their gender identity. With more and more transgender students opening up about their true identity schools have been facing a problem; their use of locker rooms and

Today there is about six transgender students at brea olinda high school. Most of these kids say they feel uncomfortable coming to school because they are restricted to the restroom. majority of people see them allied with rather than the one they relate to. A transgender Student going into a restroom feels more at risk of being harassed at all times than anyone else that goes into the restroom. For instance, picture yourself being a woman or a man going into the opposite gender’s restroom how it would feel? Majority of people would say that it would be a humiliating and just plain awkward. This is how transgender student feels on a daily basis. Because of this pressure many intelligent kids drop out of school at young age due to feeling like

Picture yourself being in an unfamiliar place and going into the opposite gender’s restroom, how embarrassed would you be? Hearing you’re a lady you’re not supposed to be in here! I have done this quite a few times, and I was terrified hoping that no one saw me. What if you didn’t identify yourself as a specific gender, which restroom would you use? Do you use the one that you are “supposed” to use or do you use the one in which you define yourself as? Transgender people tend to face this difficult decision each time they are in a public place especially schools. The transgendered community is becoming more and more accepted in society’s eyes, but they still face discrimination from people, and society. The issues that the transgender

We are conditioned to believe the United States is a country built on equality, a country where we all get an equal, unbiased chance at success and happiness. Unfortunately, this is simply not the case. Many groups in our country are oppressed and discriminated against, for the sole fact that they stray from the norm. One of these groups is people who are transgender, and they are the community I want to “build bridges” with. I chose this community because my exposure to them has been very low, thus my education is limited and my perspective is narrow. I have seen a decent amount of television shows that depict the lives of transgender people, so most of my information comes from the media, which can be immensely problematic. Through this project I would like to become more correctly informed about the transgender community and in the process abolish my own prejudices.