Trans Girl Suspended From High School for Using Bathroom

[s4mid4re]

They go there to learn, and looking at another sex's sexual parts or being disgusted/annoyed by it, isn't part of being in school.

The fuck kind of school did you go to where you were looking at other people's sexual organs?

I guess I should have worded it a little clearer:
"They go there to learn; looking at another sex's sexual parts or being disgusted/anoyed by it isn't part of being in school."

But yeah, mistake there.

 

[_Chaz_]

Is there a law or a school rule that distinctly designates which bathroom a transgender citizen is allowed to use?

Thanks for having my back. When people argue with me on things I don't know much about I usually get very quiet

Maybe you should learn about something before you start saying things about it.

 

[s4mid4re]

Is there a law or a school rule that distinctly designates which bathroom a transgender citizen is allowed to use?

Thanks for having my back. When people argue with me on things I don't know much about I usually get very quiet

Maybe you should learn about something before you start saying things about it.

Yes, it's the school and Transgender Law Center's policy (quote from article):

Bathrooms are the single most common public place where the gender binary is strictly enforced, reports the Transgender Law Center. Since public restrooms are a place where people who are or are perceived to be gender-nonconforming are routinely harassed and often assaulted, the topic of bathroom safety and access is all too common conversation in schools these days. The center has been running a Safe Bathrooms Access Campaign and published the groundbreaking guide called Peeing in Peace.

Anyways, she was warned several times to use the staff bathroom, but couldn't follow directions, thus the suspension.

 

[Devante]

It's a guy trying to use a girls' bathroom. Where's the confusion?

 

[Pong20302000]

lol this world is messed up, fussing over bathrooms

Unisex bathrooms

honestly like it would bother that many people in this day and age

my work has unisex bathrooms

 

[Elrinth]

They should be suspended from pretending to be something which they aren't.

 

[ZAFDeltaForce]

I understand the school is enforcing this for the safety of the TG students. But damn, a suspension is way over board.

 

[KingdomBlade]

It's a good idea to make them use the staff bathrooms. Avoids problems, arguments, bullying and they can be in peace. It was wrong of her to break school rules; but a suspension is over the top; that doesn't mean however that making them use staff bathrooms wasn't a good idea. It's high school; it'd be fine to protest it in the real world but there, it's best to avoid problems.

They should be suspended from pretending to be something which they aren't.

This on the other hand is just stupid. It really is.

 

[deathking]

lol this world is messed up, fussing over bathrooms

Unisex bathrooms

honestly like it would bother that many people in this day and age

my work has unisex bathrooms

if this happened at my high school it would just be a place for students to have sex during lunch breaks/ 2 students take a break during class from different classes and go at it
1 student gets pregnant at school parents rage
also the ages 13 to 18 could cause a load of trouble when 13 year olds are knocked up by 18 year olds

 

[BlueStar]

They should be suspended from pretending to be something which they aren't.

Yeah, they should be forced to pretend they aren't a transexual!

owait

 

[Pong20302000]

lol this world is messed up, fussing over bathrooms

Unisex bathrooms

honestly like it would bother that many people in this day and age

my work has unisex bathrooms

if this happened at my high school it would just be a place for students to have sex during lunch breaks/ 2 students take a break during class from different classes and go at it
1 student gets pregnant at school parents rage
also the ages 13 to 18 could cause a load of trouble when 13 year olds are knocked up by 18 year olds

well then might as well enroll your school in the BR Program (congrats if you get the reference)

if people cant control themselves then thats there fault

have a form saying either making the parents agree its ok for this or there kid doesnt go to school

you can have a camera outside to check whos in at what times

not like they can stop people going in other toilets
i used to have female friends in school and just stand by the sinks in there bathroom
the stalls have doors so not like i could see anything plus we could chat at the same time
teachers didnt care as long as no one was smoking

 

[Veho]

Unisex bathrooms

if this happened at my high school it would just be a place for students to have sex during lunch breaks/ 2 students take a break during class from different classes and go at it

And you mean they don't do it in regular bathrooms? (And break rooms and storage rooms and locker rooms and broom closets and boiler rooms and large supply cabinets and under the bleachers and, you know, all over the place?)

 

[Pong20302000]

Unisex bathrooms

if this happened at my high school it would just be a place for students to have sex during lunch breaks/ 2 students take a break during class from different classes and go at it

And you mean they don't do it in regular bathrooms? (And break rooms and storage rooms and locker rooms and broom closets and boiler rooms and large supply cabinets and under the bleachers and, you know, all over the place?)

if i had a choice of place to have sex it wouldn't be the bathroom, not to mention awkward (not saying impossible)

 

[Elrinth]

They should be suspended from pretending to be something which they aren't.

Yeah, they should be forced to pretend they aren't a transexual!

owait

KingdomBlade failed at reading this

 

[Foxi4]

They should be suspended from pretending to be something which they aren't.

Yeah, they should be forced to pretend they aren't a transexual!

owait

Not that I want to sound conservative, but they're only "transgender". The fact that they feel like "a girl trapped in a boy's body" or the other way around does not justify them using the "wrong" bathroom. Their sex is what it is, thus they should use the appropriate bathroom, sex and gender are not interchangable terms - how is that mind-boggling?

I can see the reasoning behind such a suspension, but I do believe it's too harsh of a punishment, a reprimand would've sufficed. Gender and sexuality issues are a personal matter, but the factual sex of a given person is one and only one, and by said sex you determine which bathroom you go to.

I for one would be disturbed if there was a lady standing beside my urinal - I don't give the slightest eF*** whether said lady is transgender, transsexual or even an elephant trapped in a human's body, I wish to pee in solitude, and if I were forced to pee with company then I'd feel more comfortable to pee infront of people with the same "assets". Obviously not for comparison reasons, but for the obvious reason of "shame" which is a natural human reaction.

That doesn't make me or anyone else who thinks like me any less sensible or tolerant.

 

[Blood Fetish]

You have to blend into society, not make the society blend you in.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Frankly, you have a troubled world view.

 

[BobTheJoeBob]

I'm still not entirely sure what transgender means. Just to make sure, is it someone who is a boy but thinks he should be a girl, or vice versa?

 

[Foxi4]

I'm still entirely sure what transgender means. Just to make sure, is it someone who is a boy but thinks he should be a girl, or vice versa?

That is exactly what it is. You have a given sex, but you associate yourself with the opposite gender. Obviously those things can be corrected by appropriate surgery procedures if you wish to undergo those.

Until then though, the way you identify yourself is irrelevant - you can't think only about yourself, that makes you an inconsciderate douche. If your "sex" is male, you go to the gents, if it is female, you go to the ladies room. Nobody asks you about your gender association.

@Blood Fetish How does the 19th ammendment have any relevance in this case? They're not trying to vote, they're trying to pee in the bathroom opposite to their sex.

 

[Panzer Tacticer]

Ain't it fucking sad that this is so much about 'safety issues' and not about a girl being offended seeing a guy shaped girl in a ostensibly female restroom? (I'm assuming the average guy is not going to really complain about seeing a girl shaped person in the men's room). Frankly it seems tragic that our restrooms are deemed that dangerous.

 

[Foxi4]

Ain't it fucking sad that this is so much about 'safety issues' and not about a girl being offended seeing a guy shaped girl in a ostensibly female restroom? (I'm assuming the average guy is not going to really complain about seeing a girl shaped person in the men's room). Frankly it seems tragic that our restrooms are deemed that dangerous.

I believe it was the other way around - a guy that looks feminene in the girls restroom and a girl that looked manly in the boys restroom, hence the commotion.