President Obama has sent a notification to all the States that public* schools should allow transgender students to use bathrooms (restrooms) matching their gender identity. In other words if a boy thinks he is a girl in his mind he should be allowed to use the girls bathroom. And vice versa. The officials say a student's gender identity as the student's sex for the purpose of enforcing this guidance.
It is only a “guidance” and not a “law”. In other words if you do not comply with the guidance, funding for your school will be cut off.
Mr. Obama wants to make sure transgender students enjoy a supportive and nondiscriminatory school environment. Many states are objecting to this. But LGBT groups praised this announcement. What if a creep posing as a transgender enters a girls bathroom?
Someone has filed a case in the Supreme Court and it has taken up this case for hearing,
President Kennedy wanted to put a man on the moon.
President Obama put a man in the girls bathroom.
* In USA, public schools mean government schools that operate from money received from the government,
I don't think it is a good idea to allo a man into a woman's bathroom just because he 'thinks' that he is a woman. Separate bathroom for them?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Sandhya. I think you have a point. But then, there has to be 4 different bathrooms. Boy, Girl, Boy who thinks he is a girl, Girl who thinks she is a boy.
DeleteYes, that is right. Feel sorry for them.
DeleteI agree with you about 4 different bathrooms idea.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments DA. Come to think of it, there should be a 5th bathroom for the people who are neither this nor that.
DeleteFifth bathrroom !!! Hhahahaha structuring help burst out laughing at that
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This might encourage more transgenders to go to schools with others. So I feel it may not be a bad move.
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Thanks for your comments Rajesh. Hope any girl creep does not enter the boys bathroom. HeHeHe.
DeleteOh! What if a boy who is a transgender goes to a boys' bathroom? I don't think he will have any problem as he is physically not different than them???
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Sindhu. That is the point Sindhu. But this individual freedom has gone too far here. A transgender boy is physically not different from a boy. But in his mind, he is a girl and so afraid to go boys bathroom. President Obama wants to put this boy in a girls bathroom.
DeleteIts weird to think even,one's physicality should be the criteria, not what you think.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Renu. You and I think it is weird. But Obama does not think so.
DeleteInteresting! If we started implementing ideas based on what "we think in our mind", its going to be chaotic. I suppose the intention is noble; but it may lead to misuse and confusion.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Insignia. You are absolutely correct.
DeleteI am sure that there will b a lots of problem related to implementating rhe idea, also misuse of also... Where normal boys could use this guidance to enter into a boys washroom and vice versa... Having said that, I am glad that the government thought about it and are trying to take steps...
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Thanks for your comments Satya. Government wants to do the right thing. But the implementation is wrong.
DeletePerhaps the solution lies in providing couple of restrooms for only one person of any gender to get in and lock and withdrawing the notification. As of now, we have only male and female restrooms.The suggestion would remove the difficulty faced by some.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Mr. KP. Your idea is good. However, if government is trying to accommodate every individual's request, where is the end? For example, tomorrow, religious zealots may want separate bathrooms for them.
DeleteHappy New Year SG. Though it is a noble though I am sure it will be misused by many unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Harini. Welcome back. Long time no see. I agree with you.
DeleteTransgenders are also human beings.Their needs should be properly acceded to.But as Satya said, possibility of misuse is there. A grownup boy may claim,"I have a girl's mind." And if any time he exhibits boyish nature again he may claim that things have changed in him.So better to have both the kinds of washrooms for both the types of transgenders. Interesting post indeed.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Sarala. Your idea is good. However, if government is trying to accommodate every individual's request, where is the end? For example, tomorrow, religious zealots may want separate bathrooms for them.
DeleteMay you be pleasant and peaceful in 2017.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarala. Happy New Year to you too.
DeleteWhat you said is cent % correct,no doubt, but the Earth and resources belong to them also, a few have captured a major portion though. SG, I said so because transgenders may not be allowed by both male or female.
DeleteOh, seems he had to do something around the end of his term!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Alok. You are absolutely right. He has to do something to keep himself busy.
DeleteThey should maybe have a separate bathroom like they have for family. They should have a separate bathroom for trans folks too. Having them use ladies' bathroom is not a good idea.
ReplyDeleteIf there are altogether 4 diff kind of bathrooms then I think there should b no prob? But an entry in girls bathroom becoz he thinks he is a girl or vice versa not a great idea IMO
ReplyDeleteThis is really a good move but he must think about the right implementation...
ReplyDeleteWhile the thought is a good one but the implementation of the same would be laced with issues and problems of great magnitude!!
ReplyDeleteLike many good ideas, this may have it's share of execution problems
ReplyDelete"President Kennedy wanted to put a man on the moon.
ReplyDeletePresident Obama put a man in the girls bathroom."
I have not laughed this hard in a lot of time!
This is a very populist guideline by Sh. Obama. More like a shot at creating a needless "legacy". Creeps will definitely misuse it.