In an attempt to make the less than one percent of the population that is “transgender” feel better, Oregon is making the rest of the 99% uncomfortable by allowing boys who think they’re girls use lockers and bathrooms meant for girls.
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From the Guardian:
Oregon schools should protect transgender students’ rights to use bathrooms that match their identities, according to sweeping new guidelines that provide a sharp contrast to recent anti-LGBT policies across the country.
The state’s department of education, which sets standards for 197 public school districts, published extensive protocols on Thursday aimed at “creating a safe and supportive school environment for transgender students” by allowing them access to appropriate restrooms, locker rooms and sports teams and by respecting their preferred names and gender pronouns.
Great. SO boys can pretend to be girls and beat the hell out of girls at their sports teams, while invading their bathrooms and lockers.
Oregon LGBT advocates say they hope the new school guidelines will encourage other states to proactively affirm that trans students must have equal protections.
“Schools have a responsibility to serve all students,” said Andrea Zekis, policy director at LGBT nonprofit Basic Rights Oregon. “For some students who are transgender … they feel safer at school than they do at home.”
In Oregon, debates around trans students’ access to restrooms intensified in recent months after one principal allowed a transgender boy to use a male locker room.
The new guidelines make clear that the principal’s decision was correct.
“It is recommended that school districts accept a student’s assertion of his/her/their own gender identity,” the guidelines say. “A student who says she is a girl and wishes to be regarded that way throughout the school day should be respected and treated like any other girl.”
School districts should also use students’ preferred names and pronouns and should provide two sets of transcripts and diplomas – ones with their legal names and ones with their preferred names, the guidelines say.
Here’s the problem – kids are idiots. You can’t give them this kind of choice when they’re just barely figuring out who they are. They need structure and clear guidelines, not encouragement to think sloppily and depend on their emotions. It’s not just about how we treat this tiny demographic of less than 1%, but what we value in our society. Clearly, we value idiocy over nature.