Imagine shopping in a mall, and there is a woman standing confused right in front of the bathroom signs that clearly indicates men and women. What is the confusion? You asked yourself. Well, this woman was biologically born as a man; but, she has the desire to use the ladies washroom. With so much contemplation, and fearing the repercussions, she took the step of fate into the ladies washroom. These are just some of the issues transgender individuals are facing today. What is transgender you asked? Well, according to Merriam-Webster, transgender is a person who identifies a gender identity that is different from the one in correspondence to the individual’s sex at birth. Transgender and bathroom issues in schools are not unheard
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There was an incidence of a thirty-nine-year-old transgender woman shot to death in the restroom of Bradford’s department store in Colorado. According to George Drivas from the Boston Tribune, “The woman, Donna Wright (born Donald Wright), was shot after an altercation with fellow Bradford’s customer, 55-year old Kathleen Workman in the department store’s restroom” (Drivas). Many people have a difficult time tolerating the transgender individuals. The harder the transgender right is being pushed in the nation, the more the hate crime becomes. “Almost 80% of the transgender individual reported harassment at school during their younger age; not to mention the physical assault adult transgender individual reported on trains and buses” (Stemetz). June 12, 2016, marked the deadliest terrorist act on the United States soil since the attack on September 11, 2001, also the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. 49 people were shot and killed in a gay club in Orlando Florida as a result of a hate crime. The shooter was identified as 29-year old Omar Mir Seddique Mateen. According to CNN, “The parents of Mateen, who are from Afghanistan said, Mateen has once expressed outrage when he saw two men kissing in Miami” (Fantz et
There was an incidence of a thirty-nine-year-old transgender woman shot to death in the restroom of Bradford’s department store in Colorado. According to George Drivas from the Boston Tribune, “The woman, Donna Wright (born Donald Wright), was shot after an altercation with fellow Bradford’s customer, 55-year old Kathleen Workman in the department store’s restroom” (Drivas). Many people have a difficult time tolerating the transgender individuals. The harder the transgender right is being pushed in the nation, the more the hate crime becomes. “Almost 80% of the transgender individual reported harassment at school during their younger age; not to mention the physical assault adult transgender individual reported on trains and buses” (Stemetz). June 12, 2016, marked the deadliest terrorist act on the United States soil since the attack on September 11, 2001, also the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. 49 people were shot and killed in a gay club in Orlando Florida as a result of a hate crime. The shooter was identified as 29-year old Omar Mir Seddique Mateen. According to CNN, “The parents of Mateen, who are from Afghanistan said, Mateen has once expressed outrage when he saw two men kissing in Miami” (Fantz et