Debate Over Transgender Teachers

Nancy Cordes spoke with the Human Rights Campaign's Allyson Robinson and the Traditional Values Coalition's Andrea Lafferty about the upcoming congressional vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

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[GenericFatGuy]

If the zebra lady is in the traditional family group, what is she doing on TV? Shouldn't she be at home working in the kitchen?

[peythontylerchance]

Well. If you're going to treat being trans* as a mental disorder, let's compare it to real mental disorders. Take bipolar disorder. Would you fire or remove a teacher because they had bipolar? Would you remove them as they were starting their medication until it took effect? Now let's look at it from a medical standpoint. What if someone were to get a nose job for a deviated septum? They have one type of nose, and then another. Isn't that confusing to children? Ugh. All this just pisses me off.

[fkmehrdlmao]

omg! I can't believe this bitch...I am so over the "mental disorder" thing.

[razoodocks]

But do children see them from the waist down? Lol!

[transvoice1]

and uh.. transgender women can be women from the waist down, we are fully women, (same goes for ftm) so you are just ignorant and try to sound like you have actual facts, which you do not.

[transvoice1]

okay so, I get all A's and B's in school, I have multiple friends, am a fully functional member of society, Mentally Stable but because i was born a man but am transitioning to a woman, I am dangerous and should not have equal rights? the American Psychological Association opposes prejudice and discrimination based on demographic characteristics including gender identity, as reflected in policies including the Hate Crimes Resolution (from their site) Andrea you need to research your sources

[CommunistCookie]

@CommunistCookie she just wants kids to not think it's okay to be gay or ts

[CommunistCookie]

over pampered zebra lady totally ignored that hemanshe

[juliaperalta18]

doesnt make me less of a teacher or doctor. does that mean that they dnt wnt transgendered people to operate on other people? god forbid a teacher in a class room but now that lil grl is sick n needs to b rushed 2 the ER 4 surgery. well r u going to take the actual male who unfortunently doesnt knw all to much but can do the surgery, or the transman who knws wat the fuck he's doing!!! this lady is stupid!!

[juliaperalta18]

as a pre-t n pre-op ftm, i find it vry wrong n nieve that she or anyone has a right to tell me i have a disorder. no, i was not put together right in the first place. everything to me is there, i like grls, i wnt to have a family one day, im straight, i am a male.. only thing that i ddnt recieve is a dam penis n testicles. not my fualt. other then that i bear the same thing as a full blown male. so my parents fkd up my sex oreientation. way to go mom n dad!!!

[juliaperalta18]

I totally find that tinteresting peythontylerchance. there r worse "disorders", if thats what ppl would like to call it, other then gender identity disorder.Being Balemic,having eating problems. or for instince how u sad abt bipolar. im pretty sure there r teachers out there who are bipolar, putting children in harms way becuase this persons personality can change in 2secs on they can go crazy on the whole class,but they let them wrk as teachers still. society is hatin.zebra lady pissed me off!!