Essay On Anti Discriminatory Law

A law that prohibits discrimination of transgender people and establishes a system of unisex restrooms would give transgender people a basis for discrimination claims, prevent the hardships transgender people face in gendered restrooms, and allow families to use the same restroom. Some people may argue that this law would be harmful because unisex restrooms are expensive and create an environment in which there are sexual predators that try to harm others. However, legislators and public places can easily address these concerns by limiting the size of unisex restrooms and providing extra security measures. As long as there is a solution to these concerns, this anti-discriminatory law can fill the gap where courts often deny a transgender person’s claims of discrimination.

These restrooms can also benefit families by allowing family members of multiple genders use the same restroom. The anti-discriminatory law should have explicit definitions of discrimination and it should only apply to public places such as work, school, stores, and businesses. An anti-discriminatory law like this is essential because the current laws that transgender people must try to use to defend themselves from discrimination, such as the ADA and Titles VII and IX, are not specifically for transgender individuals. Transgender people should have a guarantee to the right to equal protection under the law, but there is no current law that provides this guarantee. Louis Michael Seidman, a constitutional law professor, describes this type of dilemma when he says, “The point of equal protection review is to adjust the legal mechanism so that it ‘fits’ the state of the world. But what if the state of the world is, itself, a product of gender subjugation…?” (Seidman