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Trans Women and Public Restrooms: The Legal Discourse and Its Violence
Safe access to public restrooms is an essential need for participation in civic life, in the workplace, in educational settings, and other public spaces. This is no different for transgender people. However, access to public restrooms according to gender identity has sparked controversy to the exten...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8022685/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33869591 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.652777 |
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author | Bagagli, Beatriz Pagliarini Chaves, Tyara Veriato Zoppi Fontana, Mónica G. |
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description | Safe access to public restrooms is an essential need for participation in civic life, in the workplace, in educational settings, and other public spaces. This is no different for transgender people. However, access to public restrooms according to gender identity has sparked controversy to the extent that transgender people face embarrassment and even expulsion from these spaces. The lack of access of the transgender population to public restrooms has a negative impact on the physical and mental health of this population. Thus, this article aims to address the main consequences that the ban on the use of bathrooms has for the transgender population, specifically the access of transgender women to the women's restroom. We covered some legal aspects of “bathroom laws” and the main arguments in this discussion. We understand that the prohibition of access to the restroom constitutes a form of gender violence and discrimination, as we conclude that the arguments that express concerns about safety are not supported. |
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spelling | pubmed-80226852021-04-15 Trans Women and Public Restrooms: The Legal Discourse and Its Violence Bagagli, Beatriz Pagliarini Chaves, Tyara Veriato Zoppi Fontana, Mónica G. Front Sociol Sociology Safe access to public restrooms is an essential need for participation in civic life, in the workplace, in educational settings, and other public spaces. This is no different for transgender people. However, access to public restrooms according to gender identity has sparked controversy to the extent that transgender people face embarrassment and even expulsion from these spaces. The lack of access of the transgender population to public restrooms has a negative impact on the physical and mental health of this population. Thus, this article aims to address the main consequences that the ban on the use of bathrooms has for the transgender population, specifically the access of transgender women to the women's restroom. We covered some legal aspects of “bathroom laws” and the main arguments in this discussion. We understand that the prohibition of access to the restroom constitutes a form of gender violence and discrimination, as we conclude that the arguments that express concerns about safety are not supported. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8022685/ /pubmed/33869591 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.652777 Text en Copyright © 2021 Bagagli, Chaves and Zoppi Fontana. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Sociology Bagagli, Beatriz Pagliarini Chaves, Tyara Veriato Zoppi Fontana, Mónica G. Trans Women and Public Restrooms: The Legal Discourse and Its Violence |
title | Trans Women and Public Restrooms: The Legal Discourse and Its Violence |
title_full | Trans Women and Public Restrooms: The Legal Discourse and Its Violence |
title_fullStr | Trans Women and Public Restrooms: The Legal Discourse and Its Violence |
title_full_unstemmed | Trans Women and Public Restrooms: The Legal Discourse and Its Violence |
title_short | Trans Women and Public Restrooms: The Legal Discourse and Its Violence |
title_sort | trans women and public restrooms: the legal discourse and its violence |
topic | Sociology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8022685/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33869591 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.652777 |
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