Seat Of Unrest: Argument Analysis

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:

It’s not hard to say that America has come so far into society and our freedom. How can our country forget when slavery ended in 1865 and gave women more rights in 1920. However, over time America has ignored the basic rights of transgender people. Transgender people are not any different from African Americans, or women. Why should they be treated any different, they're humans just like everybody else. They deserve the same basic treatment as a human rather than being treated like they're not from this planet. There are transgender people today who are getting harassed and tormented for just going into the bathroom for what they identify as. They should be able to go into a bathroom for which gender they identify as. Rather than making special bathrooms for transgender people that make them stand out and feel like they’re labeling themselves for using.

Here in Canada, this issue has been brought forward in both communities and provincial level of concerns. To take a look closer to home, the city of Toronto had witnessed the complexity of this issue in the past years. A Toronto transgender teen who identifies as a male, was banned from using his high school boys restroom, and was forced to leave school grounds and search for a public bathroom at a gas station. Concerns were mentioned for the safety of Spencer, and also how he felt uncomfortable being forced to use the women’s restroom; however, several parents and students agreed with how the school was taking action to this problem. After a petition was enacted by fellow supportive students, Spencer was allowed to freely use the restrooms at his high school.

had was that they shouldn’t have any problem using the bathroom correlating with the sex transgender people were assigned with at birth. In reality, trans people not using the bathrooms of their identity is more harmful than meets the eye. “The medical community (and increasingly, employ-ers, schools and courts) now recognize that it is essential to the health and well-being of transgender people for them to be able to live in accordance with their internal gender identity in all aspects of life—restroom usage is a necessary part of that experience. In Doe v. Regional School Unit, the Maine Supreme Court held that a transgender girl had a right to use the women’s bathroom at school because her psychological well-being and educational success depended on her transition. The school, in denying her access, had “treated [her] differently from other students solely because of her status as a transgender girl.” The court determined that this was a form of discrimination” (FAQ, Lambda Legal.) Another counter argument is a social media movement where it shows fully transitioned trans people using the restrooms of their assigned sex to show that making it illegal for trans people to access the restrooms of the gender they identify as isn’t as good of an idea as people

After listening to “Beyond Bathrooms: The Battle Over Transgender Rights” a discussion on the “1A Radio Station” it is present that the debate over gender expression and which bathroom to use is still being fought. The radio show displays four guest (Grace Dolan-Sandino a transgender female and 11th grader at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC, Peyton Chapman the Principal of Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon, Matt Sharp Senior counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative legal organization, and Tanya Washington a Professor of law at Georgia State University.) who all share their opinions on the topic of whether transgender people should be able to use the bathroom that matches their gender expression or not, discuss possible solutions to the problem, and share their own personal experiences on the topic. After listening to the discussions in the program I will have to agree with the side that allows people who

Transgender rights and policies have always been an ongoing debate. In the article, “Bathroom Battlegrounds and Penis Panics,” Schilt and Westbrook (2015) argued that in order to push gender equality forward, we must consider the rights of transgender people by allowing them to have access to bathrooms that support their gender identity rather than their biological sex. In doing so, authors believed that it would make progress in alleviating discrimination against transgender people. However, in this conscious effort to fight for transgender rights and their access to sex-segregated spaces,

Transgendered people in America have made many great strides since the 1990s. They have encountered violence, lack of health care, and the loss of homes, jobs, family and friends. There have been many phases of the struggle of being transgendered in America over the years. The current phase we must be in now is equal rights. There are many variations of discrimination against the transgendered community. In our society we simply do not like what we do not understand. It is easier to discriminate than to try and understand. We are all created different and we should appreciate our differences. The change must come by addressing the views of the public. There is much justification in the unequal rights of transgendered peoples. The Human

Many people have an issue with transgender people using the washrooms associated with their gender identity. Arguments against this include “the need to protect our little girls from sexual predators using the protection of being transgender to gain access to female spaces”. There is no evidence to back this argument, as there are many schools that have allowed students

Since we were little, girls and boys were always told to go to different gender bathrooms. The girl's door had a bright pink stick figure with a skirt, and the boys would have a blue stick figure on their doors. These pictures will point us to which bathroom to go to depending on our sex. As a former child, I always wondered why I couldn’t enter the boys' room. I would ask my mom this question, but she would just respond with “you aren’t a boy.” I always thought, “why does it matter, shouldn’t it be fine for both genders to use the same bathroom?” This tradition has been followed for years-until now. It’s the twenty-first century, and much has changed. Legislatures have introduced the bathroom bill which will make single stalled bathrooms gender neutral. Although some argue single stalled gender-neutral bathrooms will jeopardize the normality, I would pass this bill because it will welcome the LGBTQ+ community, benefit caregivers and help lower the debt.

Another reason why, people are against transgender bathroom use is restroom etiquette and manners. Even though, this request may not be imprecise people are going as far back as saying manners of men and women should be respected. Women should use the women's restroom and men should use the men's restroom.

When transgender rights are being talked about the topic of bathrooms is usually included. This is a controversial debate in the U.S. People who do not support or approve of a transgender using the bathroom that they identify with are concerned for public safety. Sexual assault, embarrassment, and much more are reasons why.

Law makers are in the middle of a public battle over restroom policy and gender. Passing restroom policies to allow transgender people to use public bathrooms is not a bad idea. However, it would better for transgender people to choose the restroom based on their gender transition. Although, I would suggest that lawmakers should consider not, allowing them to choose the public bathroom based on their birth gender. This new law could cause confusion in an adolescent perspective. Children might assume that a boy can walk into a girl‘s restroom and vice versa.

Along with discrimination is the controversial topic of the restrooms in which transgender people should use. LGBT activists in California argue that the law to let transgender people use the bathroom their gender identifies as opposed to what their sex is. This law will protect these people from discrimination, bullying, and confusion (also known as gender dysphoria). In some cases, parents fight for their transgender child to use the preferred bathroom of their gender identity and that has made some cases go to court for transphobic people in California. Many argue that transgender people will spy on cisgender people. Some say that boys people born as a male are male. The same applies to women. “Dr. Joseph Berger has issued a statement saying that from a medical and scientific perspective there is no such thing as a "transgendered" person, and that terms such as "gender expression" and "gender identity" used in the bill are at the very least ambiguous, and are more an emotional appeal than a statement of scientific fact” (There is No Such Thing As “Transgender”). Dr. Joseph Berger is simply incorrect. Gender is defined as the state of being male or female, typically in social and cultural reasoning opposed to biological reasoning. If Dr. Joseph Berger was to do his research correctly, he could have come to this conclusion rather

While some people disagree with letting transgender people use the bathroom they identify with, others agree. Some people believe that every person is created equally and should be treated the same. Some people believe everyone has a right to choose which bathroom they use. Some people believe nobody should be discriminated against based on their gender identity. This is all true. Nobody is better than the person standing beside them, but transgender people make up .06 percent of America (Ford). Yes, transgender people are the same as everyone else, but in this situation the United States’ government needs to consider the safety for the majority of

After doing research on the subject, I started to notice a trend in those who opposed the idea of a transgender individual being able to use the same restroom as everybody else. When asked why they opposed the issue they would say because it puts children and women at risk by letting men use the same restroom as them, or something pertaining to the safety of women and children. However, the fact of the matter is there is a minute amount of cases where transgender individuals used inappropriate conduct while in a restroom of an opposite sex in the few stores that allow individuals to use the restroom of the gender they identify as. In fact the cases where it did happen, it was clear to see the individual was not transgender just a sick minded individual manipulating the rules and not using them how the law intended. Some states have actually passed laws on this subject. North Carolina and South