Transgender issues have been gaining steam recently, but one such issue is splitting our nation in half. Transgender bathroom use is a very controversial issue for now and people have varying views. In the article titled, “For Millennials, a Consensus on Transgender Bathroom
Use,” by Susan Page and Fernanda Crescente, the issue was researched in depth and by nearly “2 - 1, they say they say transgender individuals should be able to use public bathrooms designated for the gender they identify with, not the sex they were born.” A recent survey of 18 - 35 year olds also concluded that there is a 62% - 32% divide on the issue, with 34% strongly agreeing that they should be able to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with while only 17% strongly disagree. Gloria Garcia, who was among those …show more content…
It is their life; they are not hurting anybody, and we should be focusing more on what is actually more important, like terrorism and drug trafficking.” However, Franson Reneus, another person polled, disagreed and stated “I could say I identify as anything and doesn't mean that I am it, and that is seriously crossing the line of what is real or is not. I feel like in some years an idiot will categorize as a spoon and we will have to accept it because he feels like it.” Opinions among older Americans is split much more closely with 43% disagreeing and 41% agreeing. The article had also shown that there is a partisan difference on the issue, with Trump supporters saying by 55% - 41% that transgenders should use the bathroom of the gender they were born while Hillary Clinton supporters say by 76% - 21% that they should use the bathroom they gender identify as. The reason I chose this article is because transgender/LGBT
Use,” by Susan Page and Fernanda Crescente, the issue was researched in depth and by nearly “2 - 1, they say they say transgender individuals should be able to use public bathrooms designated for the gender they identify with, not the sex they were born.” A recent survey of 18 - 35 year olds also concluded that there is a 62% - 32% divide on the issue, with 34% strongly agreeing that they should be able to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with while only 17% strongly disagree. Gloria Garcia, who was among those …show more content…
It is their life; they are not hurting anybody, and we should be focusing more on what is actually more important, like terrorism and drug trafficking.” However, Franson Reneus, another person polled, disagreed and stated “I could say I identify as anything and doesn't mean that I am it, and that is seriously crossing the line of what is real or is not. I feel like in some years an idiot will categorize as a spoon and we will have to accept it because he feels like it.” Opinions among older Americans is split much more closely with 43% disagreeing and 41% agreeing. The article had also shown that there is a partisan difference on the issue, with Trump supporters saying by 55% - 41% that transgenders should use the bathroom of the gender they were born while Hillary Clinton supporters say by 76% - 21% that they should use the bathroom they gender identify as. The reason I chose this article is because transgender/LGBT