Current proposals in the US that prohibit transgender people from being able to use public restrooms that align with who they are (e.g. proposals forcing transgender men to use women\u2019s bathrooms, and trans women to use the men\u2019s room) are constructed on intentional falsehoods. This trend of inflammatory fearmongering and demonization is a threat to the health and safety of transgender people, as well as cisgender people perceived to be trans. Safety and privacy is important to all of us, and banning transgender people from these spaces does nothing to make other people safer.<\/p>\n
These discriminatory endeavors are part of the broader, escalating wave of attacks on basic civil rights. These attacks include attempts to ban essential health care<\/a> for transgender youth and adults, restrict participation in sports<\/a>, block accurate identity documents<\/a>, curb freedom of expression<\/a>, endanger transgender inmates<\/a> by incarcerating them in institutions inconsistent with their gender identity, and suppress and even criminalize books<\/a>, education<\/a>, and culture<\/a> by and about LGBTQ people.<\/p>\n All of these efforts are part of the same broader goal to roll back the clock on acceptance for transgender people, and make it increasingly difficult for transgender Americans to go about their daily lives.<\/p>\n Reporters should include these facts when reporting on these issues:<\/strong><\/p>\n When a bill or proposal explicitly addresses transgender people and the use of restrooms, locker rooms, or other single-sex spaces, journalists should contextualize it with the facts above, speak with transgender people and organizations to include their perspectives, and make note of broadscale patterns of targeting trans people with false, harmful, and dehumanizing narratives in efforts to retract their basic civil rights.<\/p>\n ADDITIONAL RESOURCES<\/strong><\/p>\n Current proposals in the US that prohibit transgender people from being able to use public restrooms that align with who they are (e.g. proposals forcing transgender men to use women\u2019s bathrooms, and trans women to use the men\u2019s room) are constructed on intentional falsehoods. This trend of inflammatory fearmongering and demonization is a threat to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":507,"featured_media":930053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[139168,139171,138732,139170,139167,138405,138407,138409],"tags":[126738,139289,123876,139755,141545,139882,142047,119702,126624,142141],"ppma_author":[139047],"class_list":{"0":"post-930049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-courts-law","8":"category-education","9":"category-featured","10":"category-hate-extremism","11":"category-legislation","12":"category-news","13":"category-sports","14":"category-transgender","15":"tag-anti-trans","16":"tag-anti-trans-legislation","17":"tag-civil-rights","18":"tag-fact-sheet","19":"tag-hate-extremism","20":"tag-media-resources","21":"tag-trans-bathroom-ban","22":"tag-transgender","23":"tag-transgender-athletes","24":"tag-trump-administration"},"aioseo_notices":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n
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