Transgender bathroom law
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When you’ve gotta go, you’ve gotta go. But while a trip to the bathroom is a rather straight-forward experience for most people, it can be a difficult and even dangerous experience for members of the trans community.
According to a report published by the Transgender Law Center in the US, transgender people have been refused access to the appropriate facilities at their place of work or school, while others have been attacked in public bathrooms.
The number of gender-neutral bathrooms has grown in recent years, but this has not been without controversy. In North Carolina, USA, a new law dictates where transgender people can use the bathroom: the law requires that people use bathrooms according to their biological sex (the sex they were born with), rather than the gender they identify with. In defence of this new law, it is argued that this is really about equality and safety for everyone; however, others feel that this is a direct violation of human rights.
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