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Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Transgender Bathroom Debate
Alright. I wanted to write this article because I was skimming through Facebook and I happened to pass through an article about a woman who was mistaken for being transgender and was thrown out for using the wrong room. Transgender rights have always been quite a taboo topic in today's society. Not many can wrap their heads around someone who has female parts, identifying as a male, and vice versa. It's always been a heated topic as people don't want the other "sex" in their bathroom due to the fact that simply, they just don't look like "the part". The woman who was thrown out of the bathroom for being mistaken as a transgender said that society needs to be more open about their gender norms. Women can have short hair, men can have long hair and IT'S ALRIGHT. Now, back to the problems transgenders face on a daily. AJ Jackson, a transgender male, has gathered complaints for simply using the male bathroom in his school. The school, Green Mountain Union High School, recently allowed students to use the sex-specific bathroom of their choice. Yet, some student's disapprove of this and, in retaliation to the new rule, have started to wear "Straight Pride" t-shirts to show it. Their argument is, "gay people are being celebrated at the expense of straight people." Now, there's nothing wrong with telling people your opinion... but that doesn't mean they want to or need to hear it either. Just because someone is different on the outside doesn't mean that they're any different from anyone else. The one thing that gets on my nerves about the opposing arguments people have proposed is that they say that AJ should be more considerate for his classmates as they've always seen him as a girl. So, are you trying to tell him to just not be who he is?
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