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Post by nightowl on Sept 1, 2022 15:20:08 GMT -5
Many schools are passing rules that you must use a bathroom of your gender at birth so they are being identified anyway. They are winning. And forcing a trans girl to use the boys bathroom could lead to bullying too. Most in school would know who is who anyway so I don't think it can be hidden in most cases. They know, otherwise what would be the problem or why the uproar? An alternative would be to have a bathroom or two designated as gender neutral. It is not perfect but going to the bathroom with friends may not be an expectation or option for trans kids in this climate. But if you have friends and you are not isolated, they may choose to use the gender neutral bathroom too. Forcing a 16 yr old trans girl (long hair, bra, plays on the girls teams, been a girl since she was 12) to use the boys bathroom puts her in danger from boys. It's like letting the black boy use the white boys bathroom in a segregated society. Most students in school should not know whether someone is trans or not if they are a transfer student - that is privileged private information and would put the administration in jeopardy other than in those state where gender-identity is not treated as a protected class. There are some trans-kids who stay with their school because their friend group has accepted them and been with them thru whichever transition step they are on. For parents who are concerned that their girls are going to be raped by a trans girl or horror, a straight guy pretending to be a trans girl, the gender neutral bathroom doesn't provide any protection because then you really are mixing all the sexual orientations together. I think sports & locker rooms are a lot harder nut to crack but regular bathrooms should be easy. I will never understand the problem. I had a trans child in my class from grade 3 to 6. The kids accepted her as a girl from the start. We teachers and her classmates knew, she was trans. Most of the other kids on the school didn’t and never even questioned her gender. She used the girl‘s bathroom and changed for sports with the girls. No problem. When puberty hit, we talked about transsexualism and all was good. The only „problem“ was with swimming class in grade 3. There she got the only single cabin in the women‘s changing room and showered alone after the other girls and the problem was solved. |
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