Schools must allow transgender bathrooms, Department of Education says

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  • BS44325BS44325 Posts: 6,124

    you guy's are o.k with obama acting as dictator and forcing in a new law .......let me guess.

    Godfather.

    What ultimately is the job of the president? To enforce laws. Is says that in the Constitution. If a state doesn't want to follow federal law, then the president is within his authority to with hold federal funding. It's really that simple.
    Yes but the question is what qualifies as a federal law? This is clearly a matter for the states. It's really that simple.
  • EM194007EM194007 Posts: 2,827



    What ultimately is the job of the president? To enforce laws. Is says that in the Constitution. If a state doesn't want to follow federal law, then the president is within his authority to with hold federal funding. It's really that simple.

    Can you please post said Federal Bill/Law. Not what the Obama admin did in 2014 and took it upon their self to add guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Education. Which isn't 100% legal, only Congress can change the law.

    When did guidelines become law?
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    BS44325 said:

    the people opposed to this are the same ones who want "creationism" to be taught as part of the curriculum. i'm looking at you texas.

    teaching religion in schools to me is a far greater concern than having to make a unisex bathroom.

    Some of us who oppose this are concerned about safe spaces for women and previous female victims of sexual assault who see any encroachment on their space as a violation. To be clear transgendered are not predators but safe spaces for women should be respected. You either believe in this concept or you don't.
    oh please, spare us all this bullshit about republicans believing that "safe spaces for women must be respected."

    you guys are already inside the woman's vagina with your party platform.

    this is the party that opposes equal pay for women. they oppose paid family leave and maternity leave. they oppose birth control, as well as obamacare and planned parenthood that provides contraception. they oppose abortion, even in the case of rape and incest. AND they oppose gay rights. this is just an extension of that opposition. so please, spare us the line about republicans caring about women and respecting them. this is about discrimination, and about republicans playing the victim card.

    they are incapable of leading, so playing victim is all they have left.
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  • callencallen Posts: 6,388

    Can I just add that I am always disturbed when the 1% dictate what happens to the 99%. No matter who the 1% is

    That's a fked up position.

    And as you see empirically, there wasn't a problem before, so you should have an opinion about this total waste of time and energy.
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    show all of us, on this doll, exactly where obama hurt you.
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  • callencallen Posts: 6,388
    Funny
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  • Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 11,610



    you guys are already inside the woman's vagina with your party platform.

    Well played.
  • what dreamswhat dreams Posts: 1,761
    callen said:

    Can I just add that I am always disturbed when the 1% dictate what happens to the 99%. No matter who the 1% is

    That's a fked up position.

    And as you see empirically, there wasn't a problem before, so you should have an opinion about this total waste of time and energy.
    Huh? You lost me. Can you please rephrase the second paragraph so I can understand whatever fked up thought you are trying to share with me?
  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    edited May 2016
    Is anyone else getting tired of this topic being a topic all of a sudden?
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  • BS44325BS44325 Posts: 6,124

    BS44325 said:

    the people opposed to this are the same ones who want "creationism" to be taught as part of the curriculum. i'm looking at you texas.

    teaching religion in schools to me is a far greater concern than having to make a unisex bathroom.

    Some of us who oppose this are concerned about safe spaces for women and previous female victims of sexual assault who see any encroachment on their space as a violation. To be clear transgendered are not predators but safe spaces for women should be respected. You either believe in this concept or you don't.
    oh please, spare us all this bullshit about republicans believing that "safe spaces for women must be respected."

    you guys are already inside the woman's vagina with your party platform.

    this is the party that opposes equal pay for women. they oppose paid family leave and maternity leave. they oppose birth control, as well as obamacare and planned parenthood that provides contraception. they oppose abortion, even in the case of rape and incest. AND they oppose gay rights. this is just an extension of that opposition. so please, spare us the line about republicans caring about women and respecting them. this is about discrimination, and about republicans playing the victim card.

    they are incapable of leading, so playing victim is all they have left.
    Nope. This is a woman's rights issue.
  • oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,845
    BS44325 said:

    BS44325 said:

    the people opposed to this are the same ones who want "creationism" to be taught as part of the curriculum. i'm looking at you texas.

    teaching religion in schools to me is a far greater concern than having to make a unisex bathroom.

    Some of us who oppose this are concerned about safe spaces for women and previous female victims of sexual assault who see any encroachment on their space as a violation. To be clear transgendered are not predators but safe spaces for women should be respected. You either believe in this concept or you don't.
    oh please, spare us all this bullshit about republicans believing that "safe spaces for women must be respected."

    you guys are already inside the woman's vagina with your party platform.

    this is the party that opposes equal pay for women. they oppose paid family leave and maternity leave. they oppose birth control, as well as obamacare and planned parenthood that provides contraception. they oppose abortion, even in the case of rape and incest. AND they oppose gay rights. this is just an extension of that opposition. so please, spare us the line about republicans caring about women and respecting them. this is about discrimination, and about republicans playing the victim card.

    they are incapable of leading, so playing victim is all they have left.
    Nope. This is a woman's rights issue.
    No. It's a human rights issue.
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  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,486

    I don't oppose or support this. As an educator, I just see it as another distraction. In my school of 1200 students, zero are transgender . . . in all my years of teaching, zero. I've had one student in 23 years who had one parent transition. That's it, out of thousands and thousands of students' parents. This is just a whole lot of hoopla over a small, small, small group of students where a local decision could solve it. Making it a federal issue just raises a whole lot of fury that in my view distracts from the central mission of schools. When I talk to kids about it, I get eye rolls. The kids see the adults, again, getting tied up in a knot over an issue that does not impact them in the least, especially not in a way that will improve their access to a quality education.

    Do I deny that the less than 1% of transgendered teenagers need a place to pee? No. Simple: give them access to the private bathrooms that do exist already in school buildings. End of story. Quit making it a problem for everyone else in the school. We're busy learning how to read and write.

    I agree. My local district had a 5-year "boy" identify as a female. Because of the age there were a lot of parents concerned and did not want to have to explain to their 4 and 5 year old children why Johnny is always using the girls room. The solution is the school gave the child access to all staff restrooms. Seems to me a more than fair compromise to me. The parents of the child still sued the district for discrimination, and won! And made national news for a short while. This was two years ago before it was as big of a story as it is now.
    Sometimes it does seem like the goal is to draw attention rather than to solve an almost non-existant problem. And I say almost non-existant based on the stats you gave above, that are not far off from my district as well. To create federal guidelines for 1 or 2 children in a school that can easily be accommodated at a local level. And now the parents of the high school kids are afraid Johnny Football Star is going to streak through the girls locker room without any consequences (and if you don't think that happens, you don't know many high school or even middle school boys) and hide behind a new law that was meant to protect others.

  • BS44325BS44325 Posts: 6,124

    BS44325 said:

    BS44325 said:

    the people opposed to this are the same ones who want "creationism" to be taught as part of the curriculum. i'm looking at you texas.

    teaching religion in schools to me is a far greater concern than having to make a unisex bathroom.

    Some of us who oppose this are concerned about safe spaces for women and previous female victims of sexual assault who see any encroachment on their space as a violation. To be clear transgendered are not predators but safe spaces for women should be respected. You either believe in this concept or you don't.
    oh please, spare us all this bullshit about republicans believing that "safe spaces for women must be respected."

    you guys are already inside the woman's vagina with your party platform.

    this is the party that opposes equal pay for women. they oppose paid family leave and maternity leave. they oppose birth control, as well as obamacare and planned parenthood that provides contraception. they oppose abortion, even in the case of rape and incest. AND they oppose gay rights. this is just an extension of that opposition. so please, spare us the line about republicans caring about women and respecting them. this is about discrimination, and about republicans playing the victim card.

    they are incapable of leading, so playing victim is all they have left.
    Nope. This is a woman's rights issue.
    No. It's a human rights issue.
    Explain that to the previously victimized women out there who feel their safe spaces are being encroached upon. Don't turn their previous traumas into an intolerance of the transgendered.
  • Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 11,610
    BS44325 said:

    BS44325 said:

    BS44325 said:

    the people opposed to this are the same ones who want "creationism" to be taught as part of the curriculum. i'm looking at you texas.

    teaching religion in schools to me is a far greater concern than having to make a unisex bathroom.

    Some of us who oppose this are concerned about safe spaces for women and previous female victims of sexual assault who see any encroachment on their space as a violation. To be clear transgendered are not predators but safe spaces for women should be respected. You either believe in this concept or you don't.
    oh please, spare us all this bullshit about republicans believing that "safe spaces for women must be respected."

    you guys are already inside the woman's vagina with your party platform.

    this is the party that opposes equal pay for women. they oppose paid family leave and maternity leave. they oppose birth control, as well as obamacare and planned parenthood that provides contraception. they oppose abortion, even in the case of rape and incest. AND they oppose gay rights. this is just an extension of that opposition. so please, spare us the line about republicans caring about women and respecting them. this is about discrimination, and about republicans playing the victim card.

    they are incapable of leading, so playing victim is all they have left.
    Nope. This is a woman's rights issue.
    No. It's a human rights issue.
    Explain that to the previously victimized women out there who feel their safe spaces are being encroached upon. Don't turn their previous traumas into an intolerance of the transgendered.
    Can you link any articles where previously victimized women have said this?
  • BS44325BS44325 Posts: 6,124

    BS44325 said:

    BS44325 said:

    BS44325 said:

    the people opposed to this are the same ones who want "creationism" to be taught as part of the curriculum. i'm looking at you texas.

    teaching religion in schools to me is a far greater concern than having to make a unisex bathroom.

    Some of us who oppose this are concerned about safe spaces for women and previous female victims of sexual assault who see any encroachment on their space as a violation. To be clear transgendered are not predators but safe spaces for women should be respected. You either believe in this concept or you don't.
    oh please, spare us all this bullshit about republicans believing that "safe spaces for women must be respected."

    you guys are already inside the woman's vagina with your party platform.

    this is the party that opposes equal pay for women. they oppose paid family leave and maternity leave. they oppose birth control, as well as obamacare and planned parenthood that provides contraception. they oppose abortion, even in the case of rape and incest. AND they oppose gay rights. this is just an extension of that opposition. so please, spare us the line about republicans caring about women and respecting them. this is about discrimination, and about republicans playing the victim card.

    they are incapable of leading, so playing victim is all they have left.
    Nope. This is a woman's rights issue.
    No. It's a human rights issue.
    Explain that to the previously victimized women out there who feel their safe spaces are being encroached upon. Don't turn their previous traumas into an intolerance of the transgendered.
    Can you link any articles where previously victimized women have said this?
    Here's one for starters...

    http://dailysignal.com/2016/01/25/sexual-assault-victims-speak-out-against-washingtons-transgender-bathroom-policies/
  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 10,825
    I'm going to ask the question I keep asking and no one has had an answer for it....

    Up till now what has been keeping the stalkers/rapists/assaulters etc out of the women's bathrooms?

    The sign that says women?

    This whole thing is STOOOOOOOPID and all about fear, hate, and ignorance.
  • BS44325BS44325 Posts: 6,124

    I'm going to ask the question I keep asking and no one has had an answer for it....

    Up till now what has been keeping the stalkers/rapists/assaulters etc out of the women's bathrooms?

    The sign that says women?

    This whole thing is STOOOOOOOPID and all about fear, hate, and ignorance.

    It wasn't the sign per se but a populace who recognized a standard code of conduct and whose presence would subtly enforce that code. Of course criminals could abuse the code in the past but it was always harder knowing there were eyes, ears and societal rules. We are now moving towards desensitizing people to these rules which will allow the criminal to have more opportunities for abuse. Do not call the fears of previously victimized women "stooooooopid". They are not acting out of hate or ignorance but out of previous traumatic experience.
  • eddieceddiec Posts: 3,920
    BS44325 said:

    I'm going to ask the question I keep asking and no one has had an answer for it....

    Up till now what has been keeping the stalkers/rapists/assaulters etc out of the women's bathrooms?

    The sign that says women?

    This whole thing is STOOOOOOOPID and all about fear, hate, and ignorance.

    It wasn't the sign per se but a populace who recognized a standard code of conduct and whose presence would subtly enforce that code. Of course criminals could abuse the code in the past but it was always harder knowing there were eyes, ears and societal rules. We are now moving towards desensitizing people to these rules which will allow the criminal to have more opportunities for abuse. Do not call the fears of previously victimized women "stooooooopid". They are not acting out of hate or ignorance but out of previous traumatic experience.
    I read the article you posted above but I have a hard time distinguishing if the main woman they interview is making her stance because of previous abuse or her deeply Christian views.

    'Gretchen Flores, 47, told The Daily Signal she’s rallying Christian church leaders to help organize the effort against the Human Right Commission’s policy. '

    On the other two women in the article: 'Triller Haver and Simon have since canceled their memberships—something that as Christians and longtime volunteers at the organization, they thought they’d never do.'
  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 10,825
    A glimpse into the future if the regressives get their way....

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  • Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 20,694
    Is the title of this thread accurate? The article posted doesn't say that schools must build transgender bathrooms. It says that students should use the bathroom that they identify with.
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  • seanwonseanwon Posts: 483
    BS44325 said:

    Do not call the fears of previously victimized women "stooooooopid". They are not acting out of hate or ignorance but out of previous traumatic experience.

    As are transgendered who feel safer in the Ladies room because they have experience being harassed and assaulted by close minded, intolerant guys in the Men's room....

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  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 10,825
    BS44325 said:

    I'm going to ask the question I keep asking and no one has had an answer for it....

    Up till now what has been keeping the stalkers/rapists/assaulters etc out of the women's bathrooms?

    The sign that says women?

    This whole thing is STOOOOOOOPID and all about fear, hate, and ignorance.

    It wasn't the sign per se but a populace who recognized a standard code of conduct and whose presence would subtly enforce that code. Of course criminals could abuse the code in the past but it was always harder knowing there were eyes, ears and societal rules. We are now moving towards desensitizing people to these rules which will allow the criminal to have more opportunities for abuse. Do not call the fears of previously victimized women "stooooooopid". They are not acting out of hate or ignorance but out of previous traumatic experience.
    Last I checked this wasn't started by "previously victimized women". It was started by a bunch of North Carolina politicians.
    Previous to them pushing through their law, and not letting the public decide, there was no issue with who (whom?) was using which bathroom.
  • Dirtie_FrankDirtie_Frank Posts: 1,348

    I'm going to ask the question I keep asking and no one has had an answer for it....

    Up till now what has been keeping the stalkers/rapists/assaulters etc out of the women's bathrooms?

    The sign that says women?

    This whole thing is STOOOOOOOPID and all about fear, hate, and ignorance.

    You are right there was nothing stopping them before. You know what this does give the sickos that do this type of shit. A defense to cause reasonable doubt.
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,003

    BS44325 said:

    the people opposed to this are the same ones who want "creationism" to be taught as part of the curriculum. i'm looking at you texas.

    teaching religion in schools to me is a far greater concern than having to make a unisex bathroom.

    Some of us who oppose this are concerned about safe spaces for women and previous female victims of sexual assault who see any encroachment on their space as a violation. To be clear transgendered are not predators but safe spaces for women should be respected. You either believe in this concept or you don't.
    oh please, spare us all this bullshit about republicans believing that "safe spaces for women must be respected."

    you guys are already inside the woman's vagina with your party platform.

    this is the party that opposes equal pay for women. they oppose paid family leave and maternity leave. they oppose birth control, as well as obamacare and planned parenthood that provides contraception. they oppose abortion, even in the case of rape and incest. AND they oppose gay rights. this is just an extension of that opposition. so please, spare us the line about republicans caring about women and respecting them. this is about discrimination, and about republicans playing the victim card.

    they are incapable of leading, so playing victim is all they have left.
    Yep it's the party of exclusion everyone of the points you bring up are all on the table with them all the time ...
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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    the mighty dicktator Obama has spoken and his word will be the law of the land......

    Godfather.
  • DegeneratefkDegeneratefk Posts: 3,123

    the mighty dicktator Obama has spoken and his word will be the law of the land......

    Godfather.

    Dictator. Looks like a spell check error.
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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504

    the mighty dicktator Obama has spoken and his word will be the law of the land......

    Godfather.

    Dictator. Looks like a spell check error.
    no,it really wasn't but thank you....he's no commontator either LOL !!

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  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,486

    I'm going to ask the question I keep asking and no one has had an answer for it....

    Up till now what has been keeping the stalkers/rapists/assaulters etc out of the women's bathrooms?

    The sign that says women?

    This whole thing is STOOOOOOOPID and all about fear, hate, and ignorance.

    The law actually. It is out of fear and hate, but not necessarily towards the transgenders. A woman had a right to call police or security when a man followed them into a restroom (and by man I mean someone who lives their life as a man and is just being a creeper, and not referring to a transgender) and that man could be arrested and charged with a sex crime. Now they don't.
    I have zero issue sharing a restroom with someone who lives their life as a man regardless what is on their birth certificate. But I can understand the concerns women and fathers have. They are not afraid of the transgender. The law would have prevented Jarod from Subway from following a 12 year old girl into a locker room at a water park to change before and would be arrested (again) if he did. You may think their fears are not accurate and that's fine, but this is the answer to your question. A grown man (and by man I refer to the same as above) would easily be stopped and questioned if attempting to enter an inappropriate a locker room by any adult because it was against the law. I think these issues should be addressed instead of just labeling everyone else as ignorant, we'd find a solution faster.

    If you don't think that stuff happens google the sex offender list and see how many people are registered sex offenders in your area, many for things like exposing themselves in front of a school. There's a lot and it's disgusting and it does happen. That is why some have a fear, but fear that this will make it easier for those people.
  • Overblown issue.

    We're talking about f**king bathrooms. If you got a noodle... go hang your noodle out where all the other noodles hang out. Look straight ahead while you do it and bingo... you've successfully pee'd.

    School bathrooms are not teeming with thugs looking to club transgender people. They're typically very quiet places with most of the kids sitting in class. A transgender kid simply needs to ask if they can go to the washroom... walk to the washroom through the empty halls... walk into the empty washroom (there might be someone in there so say "Hi" if so)... and relieve themselves.

    * Both the same issue... but essentially the same strategy for adults in the public setting. I'm pretty sure there are no scarlet letters indicating who's transitioning so even the worst asshole out there doesn't give a shit. If someone has already transitioned... go to new designation.
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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504

    Overblown issue.

    We're talking about f**king bathrooms. If you got a noodle... go hang your noodle out where all the other noodles hang out. Look straight ahead while you do it and bingo... you've successfully pee'd.

    School bathrooms are not teeming with thugs looking to club transgender people. They're typically very quiet places with most of the kids sitting in class. A transgender kid simply needs to ask if they can go to the washroom... walk to the washroom through the empty halls... walk into the empty washroom (there might be someone in there so say "Hi" if so)... and relieve themselves.

    * Both the same issue... but essentially the same strategy for adults in the public setting. I'm pretty sure there are no scarlet letters indicating who's transitioning so even the worst asshole out there doesn't give a shit. If someone has already transitioned... go to new designation.

    it's just not that cut and dried man, the human factor is way to bazar and the fact that it's been boy's in the boy's room and girls in the girls room since forever ! and accepted as so then why change it ? it's worked great all these years.

    Godfather.

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