Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Maine commission moves to ban gender specific bathrooms in schools
The Maine Human Rights Commission is taking heat over a proposal to ban schools from enforcing gender divisions in sports teams, school organizations, bathrooms and locker rooms, saying forcing a student into a particular room or group because of their biological gender amounts to discrimination. The issue came to light in 2009 when the commission ruled that, under the Maine Human Rights Act, a school had discriminated against a 12-year-old transgender boy by denying him access to the girls' bathroom.
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I don't agree. I think there should be separate bathrooms. One for girls, one for boys. Otherwise, there would be no privacy and I don't think it's right for boys to see girls and vice versa.
True and also there is the safety issue where you have students of both genders sharing bathrooms you have an increased risk of sexual assault.
yes, that's exactly what I was thinking too. Perhaps they should designate a bathroom that anyone can use, such as a single stall bathroom or something of the sort.
It seems that common sense may be winning the day in Maine with the HRC backing away from its controversial plans on school toilets. Check out the link below:
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/141166.html
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