Pros And Cons Of Transgender Bathrooms

In the United States in 2017 people are free to choose who, and what they want to be. As a citizen you are allowed to make decision's everyday about the way you want to live your life, except now some of these decisions are being taken away from the rights of citizens. When I say this I am referring to relatively new controversy around transgender bathrooms in the United States. This controversy has been sparked in the recent years due to the issue that some people have of transgender individuals using the bathrooms that correspond with the gender they have choose. Some citizens believe that you should use the bathroom that matches the sex that is on your birth certificate, while others think that you should be able to choose the bathroom that
In May of 2016 the "Obama administration publicized in May 2016, which said a federal law known as Title IX protects the right of transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identities." The Obama administration took a great leap by taking this out of the state's hands and bringing it up to the federal level. Although just recently the Trump administration rescinded protections for transgender students in public schools. The two federal departments said the Obama documents do not "contain extensive legal analysis or explain how the position is consistent with the express language of Title IX, nor did they undergo any formal public process. This interpretation has given rise to significant litigation regarding school restrooms and locker rooms." "The president has made it clear throughout the campaign that he's a firm believer in states' rights and that certain issues like this are not best dealt with at the federal level," said White House spokesman Sean Spicer. These actions were put in place to protect people who identify as transgender, taking power away from the states. Additionally, President Trump took away these actions in order to give states these rights to
"It's portrayed as a threat to women, but on a much deeper level, it's about what it means to be a man and what it means to be a woman." To put these voices more into perspective, its important to know the numbers behind them after a recent survey of Americans. The majority of respondents to a new U.S. poll opposed laws barring transgender people from using bathrooms consistent with their gender identities and indicated growing acceptance for gay rights, a nonpartisan research group said on Friday.Fifty-three percent of the Americans surveyed oppose laws requiring transgender people to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex at birth, according to the national poll by the Public Religion Research Institute. The survey showed that 39 percent of respondents favored such laws, and almost one in 10 of the 2,031 adults surveyed in February by telephone had no