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Bathroom Bills
Evidence for the public safety argument in regards to bathroom bills is unsubstantiated in data.
- Hasenbush et al. 19
- 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
- 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
- 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