LGBT People Should Have Equal Rights

CON: "There is no way to give a "born male" LGBT the right to give vaginal birth to a baby because there is no such available process". REBUTTAL: While it is true a born male cannot give vaginal birth that in no way implies that if they could they wouldn"t have the right to. We as humans are forced to live in the physical world we inhabit, and with it comes certain impossibilities. I only argue that LGBT people should have the right to, not that all would be able to. Freedom of speech is a "right" of the people of America as written in the Constitution, however if a person is unable to speak, write, or "voice" their opinion in any way it does not mean that the right does not apply to them, it only means they are unable to accomplish it. CON: "Do they have the right to break women's world records at the Olympics? If they do, why can I not participate?" REBUTTAL: Equal rights does not imply equal acceptance into independent organization. A male who has an operation to become female, has every right to attempt to enter the Olympics to compete in a female sport. Just as every male who doesn"t have an operation does. An organization is its own social establishment and such it operates based on the rights of the people within the group, as long as it follow the rules it originally described. If a male wants to join the female sport and the group doesn"t want to accept them that is their own right to do so. The male can still run, or high jump, or do any other sport they wish to do, but the organization doesn"t have to consider it as a part of their organization. If however the rules simply state gender by affiliation instead of by birth then anyone who affiliates themselves as female should be allowed to join. Note my argument is for SEXUAL orientation and not gender. CON: "If a "born male" who claims to be a female trapped in a male body can go in a female restroom, why can't a straight man?" REBUTTAL: I would like to note again the debate is about equal rights of people of differing SEXUAL orientation, not gender. If a right is given to a person to use a bathroom based on the rules of a facility then everyone has the right to use the bathroom as described by the facility. Whether or not a transgender person should be able to use a bathroom of their choosing depends on the rules of the facility. If the facility states the only requirement to use a bathroom is gender affiliation then they have the right to use the bathroom of whichever gender they affiliate with. It is up to the laws of a facility and organization to determine the rights of the people who use them. I do not believe however bathrooms should be restricted because a person is gay, or of a differing sexuality. MAIN REBUTTAL: It is true if you are not a police officer you can"t legally arrest anyone, it is true if you are not in the military you cannot legally enter facilities meant for military personnel only. These are rules set up by the government, I am not arguing against laws. My argument is if a right is given to men and women to join the police, or the military, or whatever organization, be it based on gender or not, the person's sexual orientation should have no bearing on whether or not they qualify. If a person is transgender they should be allowed to follow the laws as originally described. If the law says gender of time at birth is what matters then they should follow that rule, if it simply says affiliated gender then both transgender, and non-transgender should be able to follow the rules of whichever gender they affiliate with. If a law is made or changed to be against a person based on sexual orientation however, that is unjust. What difference is there between an LGBT person and a straight person that should cause them to be discriminated against. Sexual Orientation Discrimination is not currently illegal based on our current laws, but it should be. The Equal Rights Amendments (http://www.equalrightsamendment.org...) covers issues pertaining to gender, although lacking in information on transgender. There however, needs to be an Equal Right Amendment for gay, lesbian, and bisexual people to have no fear of discrimination based on their sexual orientation. That is if a straight person of a specific gender has the right to do something a non-straight should have that same right.