It has come to my attention that there has been discomfort for transgenders at this school due to the students having to use the bathroom of their biological sex. A transgender is a person whose self-identity does not conform to the sex that they were assigned to at birth. The transgender population is on the rise so it is time to address this issue. Recently the Obama transgender policy got released, there was a large concern about privacy across the United States and the majority of the population objected to this new idea. Another worry that people have is that the public is being used as a social experiment. Some U.S. states went the opposite way of acceptance and decided to create bathrooms that the transgender population would not be able to use; This act is the …show more content…
We need to have gender neutral bathrooms installed throughout our campus because I firmly believe that the last location that you should feel out of place is when you are at school. This will also comfort any unsteady feelings of those who oppose sharing the bathroom with transgenders. For those who have taken their new gender as their full time identity they should be able to freely use the bathroom that corresponds with their identity and we should be protecting them of their right. If we were to force a transgender to use the restroom that they were assigned to at birth instead of their current identity that they hold we would be causing more discomfort to both students than if we were to allow the transgender to use his/her bathroom that corresponds with the current gender. To privatize the restrooms with all of the recent changes the urinals will all be placed into a separate stall and in the ladies room we will be installing larger walls on the stalls and making the gap between the door and stall smaller to avoid any “peeping toms.” We need to create an environment here for our students that is safe and will be free from anything that will