Recent in the news I have been hearing about the Trans Bathroom Law and it genuinely confuses me as to why it is such an issues. Why do people care so much about a stranger's genitals that would prompt them to make a law forcing them to use the incorrect bathroom? I am a transman living in Texas just trying to get by. This law affects me and people around me because I am a mostly passing man having to use the Women’s bathroom. I do not understand why forcing a trans person to use the wrong bathroom is more acceptable than having the decency to just let them use the restroom of gender they identify with. I want to understand why they do not want trans people using the right bathroom for them. I want to understand why they, the lawmakers and
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As Lee Kleinman said “Senate Bill 6 is defiantly an attack on our long-standing position against discrimination," (Widomski). Further in the article talks how about seventy seven percent of voters approved in an amendment that would add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity and expression” to a list of employment protections (Wilonsky). At this point I was still confused about this law was even being carried out now since so many people voted but then I got to this quote from Dan Patrick saying "allowing men in women's restrooms is both mind-boggling and appalling." apparently after this him and republican Sen. Don Huffines launched a petition to “Keep Men Out Of Women’s Restroom.” this is when I started to see where the transphobia was coming from. All it took was one man who disagreed with anti-bias laws meant to protect minorities to snowball out of control to the point where he got what he wanted, a proposed piece of legislation saying “people must use the bathroom assigned to their "biological sex," which is to say the gender on their birth certificates.” it saddens me so much reading this articles know that it was just one person who put all of us, trans people of Texas, in such an awful situation. Moving onto Josh Kenworthy article I learned …show more content…
It wasn’t even from some adult acting out that caused Patrick to get this bill going, it was trans children. He wanted to target trans children to not only isolate and force them into situations nether they or the kids around them want to be in but to humiliate them; and for what? Why does this matter so much to him that feels the need to tweet "Mark today as the day that Texas is drawing a line in the sand," (Mangan). This bill will cost so much to Texas not only because of job loss but it’s speculated that “If Texas follows in North Carolina’s footsteps and becomes the second state to pass such a law, it could face similar economic fallout due to boycotts (“Around the States”). Not only this but taxpayer-funded schools or public agencies would have to pay ridiculous fines if they try to work around this bad by letting trans people use the right bathroom (“Around the States”). This bill will not only set Texas back years upon years of progress but will only solidify peoples beliefs that Texas is some backwards hick state that only cares about white cisgender heterosexuals who don’t want to step out of the 1950’s. Dan Patrick is making a mountain out of a nothing. There were no problems with trans people using the restroom until he came along and started making stuff up, I see that now. I thought
As Lee Kleinman said “Senate Bill 6 is defiantly an attack on our long-standing position against discrimination," (Widomski). Further in the article talks how about seventy seven percent of voters approved in an amendment that would add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity and expression” to a list of employment protections (Wilonsky). At this point I was still confused about this law was even being carried out now since so many people voted but then I got to this quote from Dan Patrick saying "allowing men in women's restrooms is both mind-boggling and appalling." apparently after this him and republican Sen. Don Huffines launched a petition to “Keep Men Out Of Women’s Restroom.” this is when I started to see where the transphobia was coming from. All it took was one man who disagreed with anti-bias laws meant to protect minorities to snowball out of control to the point where he got what he wanted, a proposed piece of legislation saying “people must use the bathroom assigned to their "biological sex," which is to say the gender on their birth certificates.” it saddens me so much reading this articles know that it was just one person who put all of us, trans people of Texas, in such an awful situation. Moving onto Josh Kenworthy article I learned …show more content…
It wasn’t even from some adult acting out that caused Patrick to get this bill going, it was trans children. He wanted to target trans children to not only isolate and force them into situations nether they or the kids around them want to be in but to humiliate them; and for what? Why does this matter so much to him that feels the need to tweet "Mark today as the day that Texas is drawing a line in the sand," (Mangan). This bill will cost so much to Texas not only because of job loss but it’s speculated that “If Texas follows in North Carolina’s footsteps and becomes the second state to pass such a law, it could face similar economic fallout due to boycotts (“Around the States”). Not only this but taxpayer-funded schools or public agencies would have to pay ridiculous fines if they try to work around this bad by letting trans people use the right bathroom (“Around the States”). This bill will not only set Texas back years upon years of progress but will only solidify peoples beliefs that Texas is some backwards hick state that only cares about white cisgender heterosexuals who don’t want to step out of the 1950’s. Dan Patrick is making a mountain out of a nothing. There were no problems with trans people using the restroom until he came along and started making stuff up, I see that now. I thought