Transgenders Should Use Public Facilities According to Their Biological Sex

Thank you for accepting. Here are my arguments for transgenders should use public facilities according to their biological sex. 1) Transgenders only compromise around 0.3% of the U.S. population. As a result, the 99.7% of people should not be subject to using public facilities with the opposite gender, and minorities should not be overly favored compared to the majority. [1] 2) #weneedtopee. This is an overused hashtag in social media. If people regard peeing as such an important matter and an emergency, why bother to change the precedent of gender separated bathrooms? In addition, if peeing is a concern, why bother arguing for privacy when the only concerned matter is peeing? This hashtag does not support the claim of transgender bathroom rights advocates. 3) Transgender bathrooms bills aren’t the same as Jim Crow Laws. Jim Crow laws are laws that prohibit colored people from using the same public facilities as whites. This is based on the separate but equal doctrine established by the SCOTUS case, Plessy v. Ferguson. However, it was overruled because the facilities were not the same and were not easily accessible in the SCOTUS case, Brown v. Board. The Jim Crow laws also prohibited African Americans from voting by using white primary, poll tax, the grandfather clause, and literacy test. All of these are based on racial discrimination. However, transgenders do not suffer from any of these discriminations. Transgenders could vote, and the facilities for both genders are the same. There isn’t a specific fountain labeled “transgenders only”. [2] 4) Transgenders need safety. I hear this argument countless of times, but what about the safety of non-transgenders? Just because someone doesn’t feel safe in one area doesn’t mean that others need to feel unsafe because of him/her. In addition, even if transgenders do not commit sexual assault, there are others who can abuse this opportunity. Allowing transgender bathrooms gives more opportunity and loopholes to sexual predators and can endanger children and women. This is proven on the news and many incidents. [3] 5) Privacy of Minorities vs. Privacy of Majority. I hear this argument countless of times, but what about the privacy of non-transgenders? Just because one person feels awkward in one area doesn’t mean that multiple people should feel awkward and violated. This may be stereotypical, but many pro-choice advocates are also pro-transgender bathrooms. Countless times they argue for women’s right to privacy to choose abortion, but what about women’s right to privacy to change and use the bathrooms? 99.7% of non-transgenders should not have their privacy rights violated because of a 0.3% of transgenders who feel uncomfortable and feel that their privacy is violated. Stop destroying modesty and fight for it! [4] 6) HB2 is not discriminatory. This North Carolina bill is not discriminatory. In fact, it prevents discrimination in workplaces and advocates for the establishment of single occupancy facilities. It only states that in people must use public facilities corresponding to their biological gender in multiple occupancy areas (e.g.: locker rooms, showers, etc.). [5] [1]- http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu... [2]- http://www.pbs.org... [3]- http://www.breitbart.com... [4]- http://www.huffingtonpost.com...; & http://www.christianpost.com... [5]- http://ncleg.net...