Transgender people should be able to use the bathrooms of the gender they identify as

Rebuttal | Transgender choice on bathrooms would not cost us anything in terms of infrastructure This assumes that there won't be a dispute about making both bathrooms equally accessible for both. What about Urinals in Female Bathrooms for trangender female and intersex people who don't seem themselves as any gender and would also claim the choice? Best case, law suits have to be fought and lost, worst case, places will be forced to update their bathrooms in favour of subjective need. Sexual Harassment complains are also likely to raise, when unknowing whether a person is transgender male/female or someone taking advantage of transgender peoples choice. All this is not cost free and has to be considered. Rebuttal | Security for women is not undermined A man, dressed up as a woman, going into the female bathroom with the intention to assault woman there is an exception. It requires planing and preparation (costume, when and who), while sexual harassment and spontaneous violence are much more likely as they require only situational triggers such as alcohol or mood. These larger and second group is much more stoppable with the doors of a female bathroom. It's not an actual way to prevent the violence but it's a psychological trick against being harassed, as the shutting of a door to a room that man feel not welcome to and will encounter communal rejection is can replace a individual spoken rejection. If Pro argues that transgender female should be allowed to the female bathroom for their security than this means that the female bathroom is a save place for woman. Yet the reason that transgender female can't go to that place is the reason that it would be a save place for them. Means: as soon as we start ignoring the boundaries of separated bathrooms, there is no stopping of violence against transgender female by males nor a place for cisgender woman to feel save and private. Transgender people can't avoid the problem of violence (verbal or physical) against them by using the other bathroom, as they will bring this problem with them. And they will undermine the psychological factor for the security of the majority of women in a female bathroom, by doing so. Rebuttal| The claim of religious people on separation is weaker than transgender peoples wish on free choice As Pro argued, there is an average of about 0,3% trangender people within our society who have an subjective claim on using the bathroom of their choice. This stands against 32% world population of Christians, 23% Muslims and about 15% Hindus (including 0,2% Jews) [1] which all hold rules that underline gender segregation. Transgender people have no physical need to go to the bathroom of their choice. Nor are Muslim woman are physically prevented from using the same bathrooom as a male. Both claims are equally subjective. It's neither true nor fair to assume that the emotional stress of one group is generally higher than for the other. A Muslim woman who is not able to change herself or deal with her mensturual bleeding due to realistically "shared" bathrooms can encounter similar forms of disgust and insecurity. Such as transgender female's suicide cannot be solely nailed down to being forced to use the male's bathroom, the stress of religious people is as well worth considering. That transgender people feel insecure and have identity problems is as well real as irrelevant. Society can not be forced to adapt to personal issues such as psychological disorders. That area is to complex and unforeseeable. What society can be forced to is accepting these issues and not making it worse. In other words: Violence against transgender people is unjust. But that does not justify changing infrastructure to make up for that. Fairness is not aimed to make everything enjoyable for everyone. It aims to give everyone what they need. Transgender people and religious (and ideological people who support separated bathrooms personally) have equally no need and rightful claim on either form of bathroom. As we can't emphasize and fulfill the desires of all minorities, transgender people have to accept that they are part of a large group of people who don't like to go to public toilets. Conclusion We have a saying in germany that relates to "putting the cart before the horse". Transgender people have a difficult stand in society. Society rejects the idea of them using the bathroom of their choice. Forcing people to accept them in any bathroom won't be able to prevent effectively the hate against transgender people. Undermining security that is proportionally more important (as applying to the majority of cisgender women) for a short visit of a public restroom is out of proportion and doesn't serve the purpose of teaching acceptance by education over force. Finally I want to thank Pro. Though I disagree with your resolution I regard the debate itself as highly important to provide this education about transgender people and their desires and life challenges. Understanding where we can help in a way that doesn't influence our own life is the first step. What we might do that influences the majorities daily life is our free choice but not compulsary and should not come prior to the first step. [1] http://www.pewforum.org...