Alolan_Apples
Apple Imperialist
Yes, I know it is another of these political threads, but this one is quite interesting. The bathroom debate is already back in the spotlight after Trump has reversed Obama's executive action requiring all schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms of their gender identity. Not only that, but the Supreme Court is gonna hear arguments on this whole issue.
His reasoning is that this issue should be left up to the states and not the federal government. I only half-agree to this. While I do have to admit that Obama has overstepped his bounds when trying to do this, this is not a decision that should be dealt with by the states. Ever since North Carolina passed a law requiring transgenders using public restrooms that correspond with their sex, it faced a similar fallout that Target went through after the hacking in 2013. They lost a lot of money and jobs because of the boycotts. Even some bands, companies, and sports teams have completely mothballed the state. So I don't think it should be up to the law that decides what bathrooms or public facilities transgender people should use, city, state, or federal. However, I do think that transgenders shouldn't be discriminated from basic rights, including the right to use public restrooms in general. The choice issue is the only reason why this became controversial. I'm not for forcing trans people to use bathrooms of their biological sex. I'm just against having this issue involved in law and politics. But I do think gendered public facilities should be upheld and mandated federally, mainly to separate cis-males and cis-females for privacy reasons.
So when it comes to the bathroom debate, I do think it should be dealt with at the federal level when it comes to cis-gendered people. But for transgender people, that should be left up to the commercial services and not politics. If it's a chain of institutions or businesses, the superintendents and chief executive officers should decide on this, or take the middle ground (where they don't even care which bathrooms trans people should use). I don't want to see another state or a city to face boycotts for taking sides on the debate.
What are your opinions on this? Do you think this was another dumb move of Trump's when he was in office, or do you think he's right?
His reasoning is that this issue should be left up to the states and not the federal government. I only half-agree to this. While I do have to admit that Obama has overstepped his bounds when trying to do this, this is not a decision that should be dealt with by the states. Ever since North Carolina passed a law requiring transgenders using public restrooms that correspond with their sex, it faced a similar fallout that Target went through after the hacking in 2013. They lost a lot of money and jobs because of the boycotts. Even some bands, companies, and sports teams have completely mothballed the state. So I don't think it should be up to the law that decides what bathrooms or public facilities transgender people should use, city, state, or federal. However, I do think that transgenders shouldn't be discriminated from basic rights, including the right to use public restrooms in general. The choice issue is the only reason why this became controversial. I'm not for forcing trans people to use bathrooms of their biological sex. I'm just against having this issue involved in law and politics. But I do think gendered public facilities should be upheld and mandated federally, mainly to separate cis-males and cis-females for privacy reasons.
So when it comes to the bathroom debate, I do think it should be dealt with at the federal level when it comes to cis-gendered people. But for transgender people, that should be left up to the commercial services and not politics. If it's a chain of institutions or businesses, the superintendents and chief executive officers should decide on this, or take the middle ground (where they don't even care which bathrooms trans people should use). I don't want to see another state or a city to face boycotts for taking sides on the debate.
What are your opinions on this? Do you think this was another dumb move of Trump's when he was in office, or do you think he's right?