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Title: The Cross-Dressing Case for Bathroom Equality
Post by: Shana A on January 17, 2012, 08:33:45 PM
Post by: Shana A on January 17, 2012, 08:33:45 PM
The Cross-Dressing Case for Bathroom Equality
Jennifer Levi
Daniel Redman
http://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/sulr/vol34/iss1/4/ (http://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/sulr/vol34/iss1/4/)
Abstract
While transgender rights advocates have won many battles in the fight for equality, bathroom discrimination remains a significant obstacle to transgender people's full participation in society. This Article discusses the reasoning behind the cases that have rejected transgender people's discrimination claims based on bathroom exclusion. The Article then demonstrates how these arguments mirror the rationales offered by supporters of long-dead, unconstitutional cross-dressing laws. Synthesizing the two bodies of case law, Levi and Redman offer a new way forward for transgender advocates seeking bathroom equality.
Jennifer Levi
Daniel Redman
http://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/sulr/vol34/iss1/4/ (http://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/sulr/vol34/iss1/4/)
Abstract
While transgender rights advocates have won many battles in the fight for equality, bathroom discrimination remains a significant obstacle to transgender people's full participation in society. This Article discusses the reasoning behind the cases that have rejected transgender people's discrimination claims based on bathroom exclusion. The Article then demonstrates how these arguments mirror the rationales offered by supporters of long-dead, unconstitutional cross-dressing laws. Synthesizing the two bodies of case law, Levi and Redman offer a new way forward for transgender advocates seeking bathroom equality.