Restrooms

the government is not doing protecting them in a safe manner. The opening statement of the article reads, “Allowing biological men to use women’s restrooms and changing rooms - what could possibly go wrong? Plenty” (Thiessen). This statement immediately shows Thiessen’s awareness of the problems that may be caused by biological men that use women’s restrooms or changing rooms. Thiessen argues that instead of the law allowing any person to enter the gendered-facility of his/her choice, public…

though the accounts of transgender citizenship claims. West offers many examples of how this criticism of the law can help transform current legal engagements. Through his expansive discussion of Debbie Mayne, People In Search of Safe and Accessible Restrooms, Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance, Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, and impure politics West is able to articulate how “legal discourses open up sites for identification across identity categories and enable political…

members of the LBGT community. People who are a part of this community have faced so much negativity for their sexual preference. For example: Transgenders that have not had their surgery to change their gender completely are now being forced to use restrooms of the gender they had at birth. There needs to be a reformist movement started so that the rights of these people can be protected and not taken advantage of. This reformist movement looks to bring social change so that everyone in the…

ant-LGBTQ guideline stance, by rescinding a guidance that safeguarded transgender students from profiling in interstate sponsored schools, and most contentiously, asked schools to allow trans students utilize the restrooms and locker room that match with their birth gender. It was the restroom segment that made the policy so contentious amongst conservative policymakers, prompting states to file litigations against the Obama administration and, finally, resulting in the Trump government to…

Kaeyley Triller-a survivor of childhood rape-explains in her article, A Rape Survivor speaks out about Transgender Bathrooms, “I’d much rather risk hurting a smaller number of people’s feelings by asking transgender people to use a single-occupancy restroom that still offers safety than risk jeopardizing the safety of thousands of women and kids with a policy that gives would-be predators a free pass” (Triller, 2015). What Triller fails to realize is that this is not simply a matter of “hurt…

Transgender bathrooms Should transgender people be allowed to use either bathroom? For the safety of all transgender people need to use the restroom that their birth certificate identifies them as our family/private restrooms.This will help prevent Sexual predators from being able to attack also kids and parents need to feel safe when their kids are in school or anywhere, although transgender people might consider this is harsh we need laws to set boundaries so everyone feels safe they do not…

in certain ways. For example, when someone spray paint on a federal public building the person can be place under arrest, even though they are expressing how they feel. In the same manner, when it comes to allowing transgender individuals to use restrooms that doesn’t accommodate to the other sex, it plays a problem for those who feel their privacy is being violated. A problem that could occur is the federal government…

the opposite gender and discomfort with one’s own assigned sex that results in significant distress or impairment”(Psychology today 2018) . Grimm had at first gained permission from the principal to use the boy’s restroom during his 2014-2015 school year. G.G. went to the boy’s restroom for two months with no problem until some of the county residents found out and started contacting the Gloucester County School Board so that he could be banned from doing so. The board at first wanted to…

drink at regular intervals in order to increase the amount of times the children had to use the restroom. The children were given verbal directions as to what to do when they needed to use the restroom. They were also given dolls that the trainer used to show the steps they were just verbally told. The study also used reinforcement for skills that were done before, during, and after using the restroom. The trainers used treats and words of praise after the child did the appropriate action.…

gender neutral restrooms in a later sentence, they do not make it an effective enough statement for the reader to believe that sexual assault has not and will not occur due to gender neutral restrooms in public spaces. This is problematic because hitherto this counterargument, Rode successfully appeals to the audience. The counterargument raises legitimate questions and fears, and unfortunately Rode does not alleviate these fears enough to lessen doubts about gender neutral restroom…