Frisco schools are considering a policy proposal that would effectively ban trans students and staff from using the restrooms corresponding to their gender identities.
earlier this year to approve a similar policy, citing"safety concerns" about current practices that allow transgender students and their parents to work with the school campus staff to figure out which bathroom they are allowed to use. Other school districts in North Texas have passed similar policies.
Rep. Valoree Swanson, who authored the bill, said the bill was about"fairness," but opponents noted at the time that debate over this and similar bills has led to a sizable increase in phone calls by transgender students to suicide hotlines. Several North Texas school districts have also targeted certain books from library shelves, including many that cover LGBTQ+ issues, due to complaints from parents and politicians about supposedly obscene material. objected to book bans and accused ban advocates of engaging in"culture wars," stressing that none of the material that had fallen under public scrutiny was actually obscene.
And although advocates for policies that restrict trans peoples' rights insist they are concerned about keeping children safe, recently released data suggests that these fierce debates over trans rights could be taking a serious toll on trans and nonbinary individuals.found that 82% of transgender individuals have considered suicide and that 40% have actually attempted suicide. The authors noted that transgender youth were especially vulnerable to suicidality.
"School belonging, emotional neglect by family, and internalized self-stigma" were identified as particularly significant factors.
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