From b5c6515819d7e8c7b30999cecb7ac965ef531e25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nate B <43703496+NB419@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 13:38:19 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Create bathroom_bills.md --- trans/bathroom_bills.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 trans/bathroom_bills.md diff --git a/trans/bathroom_bills.md b/trans/bathroom_bills.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3c01dfb --- /dev/null +++ b/trans/bathroom_bills.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +## Bathroom Bills + +#### Evidence for the public safety argument in regards to bathroom bills is unsubstantiated in data. + + + +* [Hasenbush et al. 19](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13178-018-0335-z) + * **Analysis of crime & privacy violations** as they relate to concerns raised by those who advocate for ‘**trans bathroom bills**’ + * Analysis indicates there is **no empirical evidence to support these concerns**; such crimes & privacy violations are **exceedingly rare**. Calls for trans bathroom bills are **fear mongering**, plain and simple. +* [NatCen: Curtice et al 19](https://www.bsa.natcen.ac.uk/media/39363/bsa_36.pdf) + * A vast majority of cis women are not, in fact, concerned about which facilities transgender people use. + * "**72% of women** said that they were “**very**” or “**quite comfortable**” with a transgender woman using a "female toilet" + * This one excludes the "neither comfortable nor uncomfortable" answer which was **another 14%** from the 2017 survey +* [Media Matters: Percelay 15](https://www.mediamatters.org/sexual-harassment-sexual-assault/17-school-districts-debunk-right-wing-lies-about-protections) + * Non-academic source with liberal leanings; nonetheless legitimate findings + * Organization contacted officials at the largest school districts in **12 states** with gender identity protections on the books + * School districts were asked if there were “any incidences of harassment or inappropriate behavior” as a result of “allowing transgender students to access facilities they're comfortable with.” + * **0 school districts** (which represent over **600,000 students**) have had any increase incidents of harassment or inappropriate behavior after the law passed