11 states challenged Obama's decree on transgender toilets in schools

The prescription of US President Barack Obama, which gives American transgender students the right to choose the male or female toilet themselves, led to the filing of lawsuits already in 11 states.

The lawsuits are initiated by the states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and West Virginia, as well as the governor of Maine and the Arizona Department of Education.

Как told ForumDailyThe Obama decree, signed by representatives of the education and justice ministries, does not have the force of law, but contains a hidden threat against schools that do not obey the decree: they may face legal action or loss of federal funding.

Opponents claim that the Obama administration had no right to give such instructions to educational institutions. The lawsuit, which was filed in Texas, says that this decision is similar to a social experiment and will turn schools into "testing laboratories".

The initiators of the innovations, in turn, explained their desire to defend discrimination, which, in their opinion, consists in the requirements of transgender students to have a medical diagnosis, undergo treatment or present a birth certificate and other documents to determine their gender.

“Transgender students should be subject to the same rules as other students,” the directive said.

Last year, at a referendum in Houston, local residents rejected a decree that was designed to protect transgender and gay people from discrimination, which would allow, among other things, men to visit women's toilets.

Currently, a federal court is facing litigation between the Obama administration and the state of North Carolina over a law passed there in March restricting access to public toilets for transgender people.

North Carolina was the first state in the country to prohibit people from using toilets and changing rooms designed for several people in public buildings and schools if they do not correspond to the floor indicated in their birth certificates.

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