Open Discrimination In Bathrooms

A common topic of discussion lately has been transgender rights, specifically when it comes to bathrooms. The more conservative side of the spectrum argues that transgender individuals using the bathroom assigned to the gender they identify with endangers the safety of others. While others say by denying them the right to use the gender they identify with is an act of open discrimination. By denying transgenders basic human rights, such as using the bathroom that they identify with, it dehumanizes them and supports the negative stigma that is associated with the LGBTQ+ community. On top of the legal drama regarding who is allowed to use which bathroom, the transgender community faces a plethora of other issues, such as poverty, harassment and violence. The article “Understanding the Transgender Community” by The Human Rights campaign, says “The National Transgender Discrimination Survey (NTDS) found that 15 percent of responders were living in severe property (making less than $10,000/ year,”. These numbers were over twice the amount for transgender people of color. The article also recognizes that …show more content…
In the article “North Carolina transgender law: Is it discriminatory?”, Paul Stam who sponsored the measure says “The law did not change the policy on discrimination an appreciable extent between two weeks ago and today, what they’re really complaining about is that we have not become like the 17 other states that have put in special rights for them… We’re trying to protect the reasonable expectations of privacy of 99.9% of our citizens, who think when they're going into a restroom or a changing room or a locker room, that they will be private,”. By saying this, Stam enforces the stigma that transgender people are dangerous and