Unveiling the Impact: Texas Transgender Bathroom Bill and its
Ripple on Equality
The
bathroom bill has developed a lot of contention in the state of Texas. It is a
bill passed and restricts transgender children to bathrooms of their biological
sex. This is a bill similar to one passed
in North Carolina a year before. The bill is
considered as an amendment of the school hazard preparedness bill. Many people
in the state find the two issues unrelated. The bill will restrict transgender
children to exclusive bathrooms that are for single occupancy
and will restrict them form bathrooms of their sex transition. Opponents of the bill have been very vocal and call it discriminatory. They compare the bill to the Jim Crow laws of segregation
where seclusion that separate the children. The article explores the main issue
of the situation about the ability of the
bill to cause separation within schools that would result in more discrimination of transgender children.
The article claims the use of bathroom of the current sex of transgender
children is very important for the transition process. This essay will, therefore, try and explore the various
rhetorical strategies used by the article in addressing its issues. Rhetorical strategies are simply strategies of persuasion
used within arguments to help support a particular claim. It is also used to
make responses to opposing arguments. The main claim or argument of the article
is that the passing of the transgender bathrooms in Texas will cause separation
among the children and this will cause some aspects of segregation and
ultimately lead to discrimination of transgender children. The opposing
argument is that the bill is effective in protecting students and enhancing
equality among all of the in schools.
The
first rhetoric strategy used by the article is the appeal to logos. This is a persuasive way of arguing that
applies the use of reason in the form of use of facts backed by a sufficient
amount of evidence to bring out the aspect of reason
as well as logic into the argument. The article has used a generalization of information
relating to the bill. The article explores how the state of Texas will be the
first one and the only state to restrict
transgender children from accessing bathrooms they are comfortable with. The article then follows with a statement
of comparison with a situation that occurred in North Carolina. The situation
at North Carolina was met with a lot of opposition and costs the state a lot of
money. The article appeals to reason or logos in the sense that the restriction
of the use of bathrooms in school would
result in more discrimination. The
article also uses comparisons to demonstrate its
argument. The first comparison is between the two states of Texas and
that of North Carolina. The article uses the situation at North Carolina to
show the passing of such a bill will lead to a lot of backlashes. The other comparisons sued is between the passing of the transgender bathroom bill in Texas
and the Jim Crow Laws of segregation used to separate people of color and
whites. The article shows the state separate but
equal is applied by the bill by establishing single occupancy bathrooms
that will be separated from the rest of the bathrooms and ought to be used by those transgender children that may
feel uncomfortable using their respective
bathrooms.
The
other rhetoric strategy is the use of pathos. Pathos is the appeal to emotions.
The use of factors capable of influencing the emotions of readers can be used
to strengthen an argument. The same happens in the article where the writer of
the article elicits feelings of
compassion as a result of the consequences of the bill on transgender children.
The fact that the bill is affecting
children paces it a very emotional sensible standpoint for readers. The article
uses an example of a little girl called Libby. She is a transgender and her
mother Rachel fears for her. This is
because the state and lawmakers she expects
to protect her interest have in a way turned against her and are now putting
her and her friends in great danger. Acceding
to Rachel, the restriction of the use
of bathrooms would have a great impact of Libby who had transitioned just
before joining the elementary school. She
had recognized herself as a girl and had
been using the girl’s bathroom. However, now she will be forced to use the boy’s
bathroom which is her biological sex or be forced
to use a separate bathroom. The use of Libby’s story is a great example of an emotional appeal. It is a sensitive example of a girl who will be directly affected
by the passing of the bill. The story paints a legitimate picture of the way
the bill will affect school children who
are transgender. The article has specifically
used this strategy to appeal to the emotions of the audience and to shed some light on the real truth associated
with the passing of the bill.
Works Cited
Balingit, Moriah. Texas House passes ‘bathroom
bill’ restricting transgender student access. 22 May 2017.
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/texas-house-passes-bathroom-bill-targeting-transgender-schoolchildren/2017/05/22/b828efce-3f15-11e7-8c25-44d09ff5a4a8_story.html?utm_term=.20473f015fd0>.
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