Right Here In River City

We are facing pressures.

The last locker room that I was in all had separate changing stalls, it was no longer just one big open space. Down in Maryland they are having this problem,

State senator raises concern about mixed-gender locker rooms. Harford County schools say they are following state guidelines.
By Tony Roberts
The Aegis
Oct 12, 2022


State Sen. Bob Cassilly has raised concerns with Harford County Public Schools after he heard about a middle school student who felt uncomfortable changing in a school locker room with a student of a different biological gender.

In response, school system leaders say the policies on gender-nonconforming students’ access to school facilities follow state guidelines. They add that they encourage students and parents to let them know when they feel uncomfortable.

Okay, first off that same complaint was used during segregation, then during the Lavender Scare, and now us. Being “uncomfortable” is not grounds to discriminate.

“They related their child’s embarrassment at having to change for gym class in the presence of a classmate who is of the opposite biological sex,” said Cassilly, who is also the Republican candidate for Harford County executive.

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Cassilly said that having a student who identifies as a gender different from his or her biological gender disrobe in a locker room with students of another gender is “mental trauma” for both the student in question and the other students in the locker room.

I tell you that when I was in high school I was embarrassed changing in front of all the others students. That is why they went to individual stalls.

And, and, and then they were given an option… their own changing room!

Along with explaining the policy, the system said that parents are informed accommodations can be made when a student feels uncomfortable. However, in this specific situation, neither the student nor the parents made a staff member aware of their discomfort.

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The guidelines state that schools “provide access to the locker room that corresponds to the student’s gender identity, provide the option to use a safe and non-stigmatizing private alternative space for any student who is uncomfortable using shared facilities,” and “provide reasonable alternative arrangements for any student who expresses a need or desire for increased privacy” while keeping the transgender student’s gender identity confidential.

When I was in college in the dorms the bath room had individual stalls with doors, with a changing seat in the front with wall hooks, in the back was a shower. Many a Saturday morning while taking a shower I heard women voices also taking a shower.