Massachusetts schools get guidelines on transgender students: officials said that they are ready to implement new state guidelines that allow transgender students to use bathrooms and play on sports t

conan93 · 2013-02-21T20:09:31+00:00

Good.

Leinadro · 2013-02-21T20:35:09+00:00

This is definitely good news.

nigglereddit · 2013-02-21T20:56:25+00:00

Interesting idea.

It seems to accept rather readily that there are enough transgender students for this to be needed. That's an assumption tied to the recent huge explosion of teens claiming to be transgender, something which we might do well to examine to ensure an appropriate response.

vandramir · 2013-02-22T00:10:14+00:00

This is a good step towards equal treatment for transgender students.

2013-02-21T20:23:02+00:00

Nice. Very nice.

2013-02-21T21:15:02+00:00

Why would they have to get permission to play on sports teams for their preferred gender?

What happened to Title IX?

MechPlasma · 2013-02-21T21:41:24+00:00

The one thing to watch out for is a transgendered male woman playing on a woman's team, on account of biological differences.

But it does seem like they've actually thought it through, rather than just going with whatever rash decision would appease the people complaining.

HumanMob · 2013-02-21T22:07:57+00:00

This is great news and i love to hear it...but what does this have to do with men's rights?

2013-02-22T13:40:33+00:00

I wonder how they'll deal with transsexual men dominating in women's sports now...

(is that right? Guys identifying as women as transsexual men? Or are they transsexual women as that's what they identify with?)

Pecanpig · 2013-02-21T20:29:18+00:00

I could care less.

So long as they can't just switch and say "I'm going to be a boy today" to change locker rooms and such.

I could care less about sports, so long as they follow the same rules.

JIZZ_ON_EVERYTHING · 2013-02-21T23:17:36+00:00

There shouldn't be gendered bathrooms in the first place.

"Gender" is an inherently sexist notion which should have nothing to do with the egalitarian movement. Leave such pseudo-scientific bullshit to the feminists.

giegerwasright · 2013-02-22T08:13:41+00:00

Yawn. If you're a dude, you can pretend to be a chick. If you're a chick, you can pretend to be a dude. But you will never be what you pretend to be. Get the fuck over it.

2013-02-21T22:17:40+00:00

I self-identify as an aardvark ... where my love ?

Nodbugger · 2013-02-21T22:23:25+00:00

I don't like the idea of someone just being able to choose what they are. There really isn't a standard. Does someone have to be full blown post operation? Can a male just throw on a dress say he is a girl and call it a day? Or does it even need to be that far? Can I just say I think I should be a female, never do anything about, and be considered one?

This looks like another empty headed approach at being progressive without any real thought put into it.

Edit: Apparently people would rather put out crappy plans to make people feel better than to sit down and find a reasonable solution. Is there no place on Reddit that isn't filled with damn idiots?

NWOslave · 2013-02-21T22:00:57+00:00

What a load of crap. Now I'm a boy, now I'm a girl. What will I be tomorrow? The western world is a shithole.

Demonspawn · 2013-02-21T20:29:00+00:00

This belongs in LGBT, not in MR.

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