Trump and Sessions' rescinding President Obama's trangender restroom directive is so messed up.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Life has has to be challenging enough for a transitioning or transgender person in freaking public school and now Trump is only adding to their burden.

And if this ban is implemented writ large are we going to have someone stationed at every restroom to check people's private bits? Wow, did they think this through?

[HoneyBadger]

1. Transgender rights are human rights

This is the worst thing since the election. This affects your children's children. It is right up there with climate change.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. The ersatz Muslim ban and his ersatz mass deportation plan are right up there.

We can not be blind to one outrage because we feel it is more outrageous than than another.

[Initech]

2. Everything that this administration has done has been worse than what happened the day before.

[Greybnk48]

4. AND Betsy DeVos. Without her it could not have happened.

If you think her religiously insane participation in this was "reluctant," I have some swamp land in FL for sale, cheap.

[MineralMan]

5. What's so weird is that this is such a non-issue, really.

It's being used as a symbolic issue, and that is a shame for the very people who would benefit from access to facilities they choose, based on their gender identity. That's especially true for transgender and transitioning kids. Nobody wants to be a political football, especially young people who are dealing with peer recognition of their gender identities.

The numbers of people who are affected by this controversy are very small, proportionally. In most cases, their fellow students either ignore the issue altogether or are supportive. The people pushing the issue are simply pushing a larger agenda they seem to have about anyone who is not normative.

It's a false issue, being raised purely for political reasons. I detest that. The people pushing gender assignment restrictions don't really care about which bathrooms transgender people use. That's not what this is about. It's about a much larger issue having to do with people who do not conform to traditional roles. It's an issue based on fear and loathing.

My sympathies are with the young people who are being used as ammunition in this battle. They don't need that additional crap laid on them. It's toxic.

[FreepFryer]

8. This x1000. It's about punishing and 'othering' gender nonconforming individuals. Thank you. (n/t)

[HoneyBadger]

9. Since we all use bathrooms, and have children or grandchildren or relatives with them

It affects everyone. So please do not say that it is a non issue. It is second only to climate change as a multi generational issue.

[Buckeyeblue]

6. How many jobs did this create?

45 won because he fed into the blame game for those who feel left behind. So we need to know how many jobs this policy created.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. Maybe it will create a burgeoning private bits checker industry.