The vast majority of healthcare, policy, and legal experts agree - anti-trans polices are HARMFUL.
Gender Identity Nondiscrimination Laws in Public Accommodations: a Review of Evidence Regarding Safety and Privacy in Public Restrooms, Locker Rooms, and Changing Rooms Amira Hasenbush, Andrew R. Flores & Jody L. Herman, Sexuality Research and Social Policy volume 16, pages70–83 (2019)
“This study provides evidence that fears of increased safety and privacy violations as a result of nondiscrimination laws are not empirically grounded.”
Implying that transgender bathroom or locke room polices creates a safety concern is unfounded. At most, it’s asking to discriminate against our trans youth because of someone taking advantage of the policy. And that is misplaced fear.
School Restroom and Locker Room Restrictions and Sexual Assault Risk Among Transgender Youth
“Pediatricians should be aware that sexual assault is highly prevalent in transgender and nonbinary youth and that restrictive school restroom and locker room policies may be associated with risk.”
The REAL safety risk is to trans students in schools with restrictive bathroom policies.
“Pediatricians should be aware that sexual assault is highly prevalent in transgender and nonbinary youth and that restrictive school restroom and locker room policies may be associated with risk.”
The REAL safety risk is to trans students in schools with restrictive bathroom policies.
Harvard Law Review, March 10, 2020
A legal review of the right to privacy argument specifically applied to transgender bathroom use in school environments. In order for someone's right to privacy to be considered violated, to void a transgender student's right to not be discriminated against, there would have to be some sort of misconduct. To imply “privacy matters” is to imply transgender students are bad and wrong. Equal rights for others does not mean less right for you.
This review looks at all the evidence and data, and identifies strategies for safe and supportive schools for LGTBQ: “In the last decade, strong evidence supports four strategies to create safe and supportive schools for LGBTQ and all students (NASEM, 2019, 2020). Everyone—students, parents, school personnel, and policy-makers—can suggest, support, and help implement the strategies described here. Table 1 provides specific, actionable recommendations for each strategy, for these key stakeholders. All our students deserve safe schools.”