Florida: Schools must allow trans students to use bathrooms that match gender

[RKP5637]

Amazing!!! Good!!!

https://news.yahoo.com/schools-must-allow-trans-students-201314693.html

A federal court in Florida has ruled that it is unconstitutional for schools to ban transgender students from using the restroom that matches their gender identity. Judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit announced on Friday that they are affirming a lower court's ruling on the matter because "a public school may not punish its students for gender conformity."

[Manifestor_of_Light]

1. I have a question.

Can a person change their genotype?

[RKP5637]

2. Interesting question. I am not an expert here, but my gut feeling is yes, perhaps, eventually. n/t

[csziggy]

7. NPR's Science Friday had a discussion last week about squid changing their RNA

And they speculated that in the future that ability might be able to be adapted so that human RNA and maybe even DNA could be altered "on the fly" the way that squids and octopus can.

Squid Gene-Editing Shows New Possibilities For Treating Genetic Diseases
Audio of interview at link: https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/squid-gene-editing/

So eventually it may be possible to change human's genomes to match their gender identity, among other things.

[RKP5637]

8. Thanks for the reply/link! n/t

[Manifestor_of_Light]

9. I looked it up.

Most people are born 44+XX (female) or 44+XY (male). The 46 chromosomes, 44 autosomes and 2 sex chromosomes which determine sex, are in every cell in the body except gametes and red blood cells. They can't be changed.

Sexual dimorphism is a thing that can't be changed either. Biological sex is fixed and immutable. I don't think MtF people have the right to tell biological women that they can't use the term "woman" to mean "adult human female".

[gollygee]

10. How is your opinion about use of the word "woman" relevant to a discussion about school bathrooms?nt

[FreeState]

12. One news now is shit/a hate site

Please take your transphobia elsewhere it’s not welcome here.

Trans women are women.

[gollygee]

13. Trans children need to be safe

Do you know any trans children?

And did you read that article? It's from a very right-wing source.

[Turbineguy]

3. Maybe they could just have a few

extra bathrooms that are single person use and you can go in, lock the door and do what you need to do.

[RKP5637]

6. To me, it seems that would work well in some cases. n/t

[bluedye33139]

4. Trans issues are really rising to the front these days

In my little town in Washington, the schools give trans students a choice and also offer individual restrooms that are actually not gendered. The local high school similarly makes accommodations for trans students on a case-by-case basis, and it goes pretty well.

Across the border in Idaho, anti-trans activists are a lot more powerful and, as you would expect, trans students have a much worse time.

[RKP5637]

5. Trans gives anti-trans activists yet another thing to hate. So much hatred in the US. It must be

absolutely horrible to be a trans child, as well as an adult. So many non-trans use gradeschool playground logic and taunting.