Persuasive Essay On Lgbt Discrimination

Solving LGBT Discrimination There are an estimated 700,000 people in the United States that identify as being transgender ("Transgender Facts”). The Civil Rights of this section of American citizens is being fundamentally violated by the states and local government for religious reasons, which should not be allowed under constitutional separation of church and state. In comparison to the over three million citizens that occupy this country, this seemingly small group of individuals along with the other residing members of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) communities, are under attack. This year alone there have been more than 200 bills introduced by lawmakers in the United States to limit the rights of LGBT people with only a small handful that have passed (Thoreson). These bills range from allowing discrimination to bathroom usage. North Carolina successfully passed their House Bill 2 (HB2) which revokes the rights of transgender citizens to use the bathroom for which they …show more content…
However, transgender persons have had mixed success using Title of the Civil Rights VII (…to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations…) when arguing their equality is being threatened (Schweitzer). Lawmakers do not agree that being transgender makes your sex different so you should use the bathroom coordinating with that sex. They only see it one-sided, you are only your natural biological sex, it does not matter how a transgender feels only that you were “born” a male or female. For non-transgender people, not using bathrooms and changing rooms designated for the opposite sex does not stigmatize or suggest that any person’s identity is unworthy of respect; however, the bathroom law creates a new definition of “biological sex” that excludes transgender people creating shame, stigma, and distress