As I finished up the first part of my last article, “What Needs To Be Said About The Target Transgender Restroom Debacle” the transgender acceptance debate spread to the public school system, thanks to at least one school which made a similar statement to the one Target made. This was then followed by a directive from President Obama, declaring that all public schools should adopt a similar policy regarding restrooms and locker rooms, or risk losing their federal funds; funds which most public schools rely on just to keep their doors open.
We are talking about students who for
the most part, are under the age of 18, and unable to provide any
type of legal consent or make legal decisions without the input and
approval of their parent or guardian. Personally, I believe that
even if a child is questioning their gender in high school, it could
be for any number of reasons. It probably isn't going to be until
sometime after the age of 18 that they truly figure out whether it is
a real issue or simply an insecure phase when they were questioning
their identity due to other circumstances.
