Gender Identity: Sex-Segregation Bathrooms

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Gender Identity.
I believe that every school should have a L.G.B.T club or center. Gender is something that makes someone them. Gender isn’t based on what their “real sex” is. The term or word “Transgender” is often used to describe a wide range of identities that have varied from the traditional understanding of gender.

Sex-segregated Bathrooms
The federal state and local governments are debating if they should regulate the law of sex-segregated bathrooms.
Violations of Transgender rights.
Making it hard for those people who have to use the bathroom in a public place.

Gender Dysphoria
Is the medical term for Transgender people.
They feel like their birth sex and their gender identity do not match.

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