Transgender controversy
From an Washington Post article by Michael Miller
This appears to be taking place in Hillsboro, Missouri. A transgender teenager named Lila Perry is using the girls’ bathroom and locker room. She has not yet had gender reassignment surgery, so she is physically male. Apparently, many of the female students are not ready to adapt to the new situation. The school district had been allowing Perry to use the staff bathroom, but she said that excluded her and made her feel isolated, as if she were some kind of third gender. So the school district said she could use the same shower and bathroom as the other girls.
There’s an obvious conflict of individual rights going on here. Lila Perry has the right to identify as a girl, and to be accepted as such. The other girls have the right to not have to shower with a person who is physically a male. What do you think? How far does the right to be accommodated extend? I understand her need to feel like a girl, but I think she’s pushing it too far. She might feel like a girl, but she doesn’t look like one. Asking her to use the staff facilities is reasonable.
Of course, things are out of control in the community, with Lila’s friends saying it’s OK, and the other girls saying it’s not OK. The idiot Christians are involved, hiring lawyers and organizing demonstrations.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-transgender-teen-used-the-girls%e2%80%99-locker-room-now-her-community-is-up-in-arms/ar-AAdSn1R?ocid=iehp