The Obama administration will send letters to public school districts on Friday directing them to accommodate transgender students by allowing them to use the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity, the New York Times reported Thursday evening.
The letters from the Education and Justice departments will outline how schools can ensure that transgender students are not discriminated against, but the guidelines are not enforceable by the federal government, according to the New York Times.
“A school may not require transgender students to use facilities inconsistent with their gender identity or to use individual-user facilities when other students are not required to do so,” the letter reads, according to the Times.
This letter is the latest move by the Obama administration to push for transgender rights. The Justice Department last week filed a lawsuit against North Carolina over the state’s anti-LGBT law that prohibits transgender individuals from using the public restroom of their choice. And the administration filed a brief last year supporting a transgender teen in Virginia who argued that his school violated Title IX by not allowing him to use the bathroom corresponding to his gender identity.
in the future will this be known as the Emancipation of the Urinals Proclamation of 2016?
‘all we are saying… is give pees a chance’
That’s why I love this man. He’s actually standing up for ALL the children and pushing back at all the sanctimonious pricks and RWNJ bigots screaming “perverts are falling from the sky into school bathrooms.” He will be remembered for a great many things, not the least of which is leading the resistance in this latest episode of “Stall Wars!”
I blame Obama.
“A school may not require transgender students to use facilities inconsistent with their gender identity or to use individual-user facilities when other students are not required to do so,” the letter reads, according to the Times.
The Kenyan tyrant is just toying with the Trump butlers of America now. You can cut the consternation with a knife: “WE DON’T REQUIRE “OTHER STUDENTS” TO USE URINAL AVAILABLE BATHROOMS IF THEY HAVE A PENIS AND URINAL ABSENT ONES IF THEY MUST SIT TO PEE. IT’S JUST THE WAY IT’S ALWAYS BEEN DONE. FIRST THEY SAY WE CAN’T ENSLAVE A RACE. THEN THEY SAY WE MUST ACCOMMODATE THE TRANSGENDERS. WHAT’S NEXT? WHERE DOES IT ALL STOP? THE NUANCE IS BLOWING MY MIND. YIKES! JUST BEING FORCED TO SAY ‘NUANCE’ WHEN I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS IS NUTS…Blah Blah Blah.”
Obama is both doing the right thing, and reminding voters of the stark contrast that will occur, should a Republican get into the White House. He’s going to be Hillary Clinton’s best ally going into November.