STUDY: Transgender People Experience Discrimination Trying To Use Bathrooms

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STUDY: Transgender People Experience Discrimination Trying To Use Bathrooms

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/06/26/2216781/transgender-bathroom-study/?mobile=nc
6/26/13
Zack Ford

A new study from the Williams Institute confirms that transgender people face significant levels of discrimination and harassment simply when trying to use the restroom. The study focused on people who identify as transgender or gender non-conforming/genderqueer in the Washington, DC area and found that an overwhelming majority — 70 percent — had experienced some sort of negative reaction when using a bathroom. The study notes that this is in spite of the fact that DC's enforcement regulations contain "the strongest language in the country in regard to gender-segregated public facilities" to protect trans people from just these sorts of issues.