Colorado parents of transgender 1st-grader file complaint over restroom ban

[Tea Earl Grey Hot]

Well, I hate to be the stick in the mud, but gender is not arbitrary by a long shot. Perhaps I am being a stickler for the definition of the word arbitrary, but I think we all know there are differences between male and female. I have to agree with those here who say that is awfully young to be concerned about gender. Do I care overly much how the child came to be confused or sure about his or her gender? Nope. It's mostly irrelevant. What is relevant is that boy means penis and girl means vagina in terms of a bathroom. I see a lot of, "Let her use whatever bathroom she likes. They're just kids. No harm." Well, you could be right, but I do not see a single shit given for the long term. What happens when said kids are not little anymore? Boy, girl, banana, I don't give a shit. I don't want a vagina in my teen nephew's bathroom or a penis in my teen niece's bathroom. I give not a single shit if it is attached to a dress wearer or a pants wearer or a tree. Unisex bathrooms? Seriously. Adults do not even have those. I would be extraordinarily uncomfortable if I had to change a tampon in a unisex bathroom or were alone with a strange man in a bathroom. Now, back to the point of this child, she has a penis and will presumably continue to have one until she is an adult. Since "oh, just let them do it" is not going to work in a teen restroom, the child should be assimilated to reality as soon as possible. She has to use the boy's room or perhaps the nurse's office. C'est la vie. I personally think it would be more harmful to cater to it now and have reality slap her in the face later than to just explain the difficulties to her right away.

I agree about unisex restrooms but the designation of gender soley on what organ you have between your legs seems too simplistic. If you have a kid who feels, acts, and looks (clothed) like a girl, why should we still treat the kid like a boy?