No Men In Women's Bathroom Analysis

A referendum on the anti-discrimination ordinance known as the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) was on the ballot for Houston voters in Harris County, Texas, on November 3, 2015. It lost 61 to 39. Houston is a fairly liberal city with a lesbian mayor who has been elected for the past 3 terms without much controversy. Part of this referendum would allow transgender people to use the bathroom that correlates to their gender; makes sense, right? It is frustrating that HERO was so strongly voted against. The slogan against HERO was "No Men in Women's Bathrooms." I see a flaw in this argument, men are NOT going into the women's bathrooms. THEY ARE WOMEN! Just as much of a woman as any other woman. Transgender women do not belong in men's bathrooms because they are NOT men. I am saying this as someone who identifies more as a woman and I just want to go to the bathroom. Why do other make is so difficult for transgender people just to pee? It is ridiculous. Bathrooms are a terrifying place for transgender people and it …show more content…
When reading “Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass” I realized what reading actually means, it means power. With words comes wisdom, and with wisdom comes power. In the text Douglass quoted Mr. Alud who said, “If you teach that nigger (speaking of myself) how to read, there would be no keeping him. It would forever unfit him to be a slave” (Douglass 20). He becomes more of a human and less of a slave through his education. He is free if he can read. Douglass said, “It was a grand achievement, and I prized it highly. From that moment, I understood the pathway from slavery to freedom. It was just what I wanted, and I got it at a time when I the least expected it” (Douglass 20). I wish I appreciated reading as much as Frederick Douglass. Douglass educated himself to expand his freedom and I am trying to educate others to expand my freedom and the freedom of others like